I have been sitting here trying to
figure out what to write you. It was really nice to see you all and Glad
we got to chat. Oh and shout out to Andrew!! Nice touch on the
Christmas present! Picture attached, i will say i wasn't really
expecting it!
Life has been good since Christmas, we had a good Christmas and I have sweets coming out my ears! It is crazy!
This
has been a really good week, Hermana Pullens and I have been working
really hard. Out doing the Work of the Lord. It has been interesting
trying to find new people because one day it was so foggy we couldn't
really see anything off the side of the roads. That was interesting. We
haven't seen the sun in a few days.
High points of the week:
Josie came
to church this week! I was really excited. She has been taking the
lessons for a month and finally made it to church with her family. She
is 11. Anyway she talks to her friends about getting baptized but hasn't
told us yet. When we saw them after church i gained a testimony that
going to church makes us happy, their family dynamic had changed and
they didn't even seem to notice how much happier they seemed after just
one week at church. I hope they can keep that momentum. At our lesson
yesterday they gave us these walking sticks, which Hna Pullens and i
call our dog beaters. I got bit this last week (it was more like a
nibble) and so they said we don't have any excuses to get bit because
now we had something to fight them off with.
On saturday, we had a lesson with a 14 year
old girl and she was interested. We told her that if she had any
questions to ask them. And by the end we asked and she said that we had
answered them about the many different churches and other things, and
that seed got planted by the elders coming by one day and asking if they
could show the restoration dvd and they didn't know we would later sit
and teach her and that at 14 we would be able to be able to relate the
feelings of Joseph Smith to her because they are the same age and in the
same situation. We told her she could have that type of expereince and
that God would let her know if it was true. It really sunk in! It was a
really cool experience and i am excited to go back! truly no effort is
ever wasted.
Right now i am reading a book i got for
Christmas called, "Believing Christ" and i love it. I am not very far,
but on thing that i already know that has changed me is the common ring
of every person saying as nephi, "Oh wretched man that i am" and
focusing on our imperfections. We have many and we need not focus on
them. Feeling that we don't belong in the Lord's presence. Well I know
what Christ taught and i am learning to believe him, not just in him. I
am learning to be patient with my imperfections.
I love you all and have a great week!
Hermana Ray
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| Well played Andrew |
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| Christmas Waffles with "grandma Doreen" |
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..... Frozen outside
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