What a
week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It seems to fly by
so fast!!!!!!!!! On Monday we taught the first part of the Plan of
Salvation to one of our investigators who cannot have a baptismal date until
next month, but he is so amazing! We talked about God's plan for us and
about the gift of agency. He really valued that. He has been
reading the Book of Mormon and praying. He said that he thought he
wouldn't really like reading the Book of Mormon because he thought it would be
hard to understand because it was hard for him to understand the Bible, but he
is now in 1 Nephi 15 and likes reading it because it gives him a peaceful
feeling. My favorite part of the lesson was when we asked him if he had
any questions and he said, "when can you come back?" He has
been reading everyday and coming to church every week! He and his wife
have been through SO much but they just keep moving forward with faith!
We had 6 weeks training this
week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a long drive to where the
training was so we stayed the night half way with some other sisters in
Manitowoc. Then the next morning they drove us the rest of the way.
At the training I had a joyous reunion with my MTC
companion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D It was so exciting
to be able to see her and how she is growing!!!!!!!!!! What an amazing example
she is to me! President Cutler and Sister Cutler are so wonderful and
care for us and the people we are teaching so much! We did a lot of
role playing!
Then we stayed the night with the sister
training leaders in Green Bay, who were going on exchanges with the other Green
Bay sisters, the same night!
Friday was the ward Christmas party! We
encouraged all the ward members to invited their friends, and follow the
bishops invitation in bringing someone to the Christmas party. We ended
up having 30 nonmembers/less actives come!!!!!!!!!!!! I had a feeling
before we left that I should bring my Christmas music with. While we were
there one of the sisters in the ward asked if I would play some background
music while everyone was eating so I brought my piano music and got to play for
awhile! It was very nice!!!! One of the families in the ward, the
Comptons, acted out the 12 days of Christmas, and it was so funny!! Also,
the Primary acted out the nativity, and then they had a whole bunch of other
musical numbers. The elders, Sister Brandley, and I sang "Come
thou Font of Every Blessing" while one of the recent converts
accompanied us on the guitar. It was beautiful and the Spirit was so
strong. We were so busy introducing ourselves to the friends that the
wards members brought that we didn't even sit down to eat until we were
home! It was wonderful! We are meeting with one of the non-members
that was there tomorrow.
Unfortunately, we did not get to meet with the
Stockers this week because they were working overtime and weren't home.
Cherie is still sick too, so we are keeping her in our prayers. We
dropped off a little care package on her door step though.
On Sunday my companion and I did 2 musical
numbers in sacrament meeting. I accompanied Sister Brandley while she
sang a song her uncle had wrote, "Savior and Son" and then we sang
"Mary's Lullabye" with the young women. I'm so grateful
for music and for the spirit that it brings into our hearts. I'm grateful
for this Christmas season where we get to celebrate the Savior's birth and
life. What a joyful message we have to proclaim! Merry Christmas!
Love you all so so
much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The church is truly resplendesently
true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
