Hope
you all had a great week! We had some really special things happen this
week! We had a Mission Christmas Devotional, which was really unique
because all the missionaries from our mission were together. There was a
very special and powerful spirit that was in the room. I had the
privilege of singing in one of the last choirs, after singing the first
two verses of Hark the Heralds Angels sing in French, followed by the
whole mission gathering and singing. The spirit was so strong as we all
sang our praises in celebration of Christ's birth.
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| Dressing up for dinner with Jye! |
On
Christmas eve we had dinner with a family in our ward whose tradition is
to have what they call a Bethlehem dinner. We dressed up a little, and
we ate by candles and ate typical food that would have been found at the
time of Jesus. It was a very neat experience.
Christmas was
great! The ward really just encircled us and made us feel very loved!
Our spiritual thought for Christmas really touched me. We talked about
the gifts that the wise men brought to baby Jesus, and how they had
really brought things of worth. We talked about how God himself gave us
the gift of Christ by sending him to the world to redeem us all. (John 3:16). Truly
the best gift to the world. With infinite worth. I feel like so often
during this season we get distracted by the lights, bows and glitter
that are so often associated with Christmas that we forget the true
meaning of Christmas-Christ. So this year we challenged everyone to
give a gift to the Savior- a gift that is of great worth just like the
wise men. Perhaps its saying your sorry more, criticizing less,
forgiving, reading your scriptures everyday, going to the temple more
often, spending more time with your family. Whatever it might be it is a
gift that we can do for the Savior that can show our love and
appreciation for the gift that he gave to us. |
| Blast from the past-part of my MTC District. |
Though Christmas a missionary can be a hard time-being away from your family
I feel like I really got to feel and share the spirit of Christmas. I
will share my testimony with you that I Have come to know with out a
shadow of a doubt that the true essence of the gospel is love.
Everything was done because God loves us and he has our eternal welfare
at hand. I really felt that on Sunday
when our investigator Glorie came. The spirit was so thick in the air
that we could all feel it. God knows us individually and he wants us to
get a step closer to him everyday. Love you all!
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