Merry Christmas and Happy New Year's this week! Well, we
received the transfer text on Saturday and .... Sister Osmond and I are both
staying together another transfer!!!!!!!!!!!! :D Yay! So that was
exciting news! It
was truly one of the best Christmas experiences I've ever had! The
testimony meeting on Christmas Eve was really special By the way, last Monday I dropped my toothbrush in something nasty and so I was
going to buy a new one but decided I'd just wait and then what a surprise on
Christmas, a new toothbrush, haha, mom's know everything! :) Well, soon
after I talked to all of you I got sick too so we ended up cancelling all
our appointments on Christmas day because the mission nurse told us to stay
inside for 24 hours. This week has had its ups and downs but still
pushing through and recovering. Funny thing though, we were still blessed
with teaching opportunities even though we weren't allowed to leave the
apartment. In fact, we set goals to teach 4 people one day and we still
did! Our next door neighbor knocked on our door to give us chocolates for
Christmas and we were able to talk with her, and say a pray with her at our
door and also a part member family came and brought us dinner. It was a
fun reverse, so instead of us going and knocking on doors we taught all of the
people that knocked on our door, haha! Then we just made a lot of calls
as well and rested. We have been focusing a lot on teaching restored
truths. That is what our zone training meeting was on. Later that
day we had a lot of opportunities to do that which was such a blessing.
We taught a woman named Judie about the Book of Mormon and some other things
she had questions on.
I'm really excited for the new year. We have a lot of goals
and things we want to accomplish here. We didn't get to have solid
lessons with a lot of our investigators this week and the missionary work in
the ward needs some help so we are going to fast this week for the
ward. I'm grateful for the priesthood that has been restored to the
earth and for my wonderful family! You are all so shiningly
brilliant! Thanks for sharing your light with me this Christmas!
:D There is so many things I need to work on so I'm grateful for New
Years and to have it right after Christmas and reading the Book of
Mormon. It really gives you a fresh view of where you're at and
vision and desire for where you want to be. I know that this year we can
draw closer to the Savior as individuals and families! That is something
that was talked about it sacrament meeting yesterday and it really stood out to
me. We can all do things that help us deepen our relationship with Jesus
Christ, and bring us in line with our Heavenly Father's will for us. We
all have a work to do! A quote I liked was that "as we draw
closer to Christ we draw closer as a family, and as we draw closer
as a family we draw closer to the Christ."
The Church is lastingly true!
