Dear Family,
This week has definitely been better thank last week. Was it the best, no. A lot of times they aren't, but it was better than last week.
Because it was Christmas, things were really slow. Not a lot of people wanted us into their homes. It makes sense. I wish it didn't though. There are some people who welcome us into their homes all excited, and others who do not. I have decided that I am going to be kind to the missionaries, and always welcome them into my home, and let them feel apart of a family :)
Christmas was fun. Our celebrations started Christmas Eve. We had two dinners that night. At our first Christmas Eve dinner, we gathered with the Bradfords. Brother Bradford is a recent convert to the church, and his wife has been very active. They are an older couple and very nice :) It was very different dinner conversations, and kinda odd, but it was way good. We then went to the Breezze's. She is the relief society president and invited us over for pizza and dessert. It was way fun. Her family was all there, and her daughters that are married all have little kids. Well, two of the boys were wanting to play the iPad, and were fighting over it, so it got taken away. Well, one of the boys was not happy with that, like at all. I guess when he gets upset, he throws himself around the room. Well, he did that this time. He threw himself in the room, right onto a metal bucket. This pore little boy ended up splitting his lip twice! It was so sad! He ended up getting 6 stitches on his face. It was so sad! Then we went to the Padgett''s (our home-share) and did their Christmas eve traditions. Every year they gather together and sing silent night, and then put the baby Jesus in the manger. It was way cute :) Well, while we were over there Brother Padgett played Santa. He ended up giving us pj's and then little things that we could do. It was so sweet! The Padgett's are amazing!
The next day we went and had breakfast with the Meadors. They are really sweet. We also opened our presents up at our house, then went next door to open our other presents with the Padgett's. It was a lot of fun. We did that before breakfast. After breakfast we went back to the Padgett's and skyped our families before dinner. That was so much fun! It was so good to see my family again! I didn't realize how special it would be to be able to skype with them. It was the highlight of Christmas. We then had dinner with the Padgett's and just spent time with their family. It was really special to be apart of their family when I was away from mine. I loved it!
The rest of the week was slow we didn't get in with a lot of people as we would have hoped, but that happens. We did get to go ans see Sister Cisneros. She is a single lady in our ward and has a son who is my age. She is also a convert, and knows mom and dad! She got baptized into the church in Highland. It is so neat to be around her. Well, this week she told me to never ever get a dog. It was so funny! I guess she thinks that me and dogs just don't get along. It was way fun to hear her say that! Made us all smile. We also did service for her. I got to climb on her roof, and take down Christmas lights. Her son and her are both very scared of heights. It was really fun! I didn't get hurt, or anything, so don't worry. I don't think I will do it again though. It wasn't the best thing for my to do, but now I can say that I have done it :)
Today we had a mission wide conference. Elder Richards from one the the Quorum of the Seventy came and spoke to us. He had a week off from "work" and came down to visit his kids, and decided that he would have President Van Cott gather all the missionaries together for a mission wide conference. It was really neat. I learned a lot from it. One of the things that he spoke about, was to teach simply. It is amazing how the Lord works. He teaches everything so simply, and Satan makes things complicated. We were told to make time to teach simply now. It is something that I have been working on. Sharing the gospel in short simple sentences. It is really neat how powerful those sentences can be. He challenged all of us to do that, and I am going to. Like I said, way neat. Sister Richards also talked a little. She mentioned something that I have been worrying about. My thought always tend to go to my future children. They are watching me now, and I want to be able to prepare myself to take care of them the way that they deserve. Well, I have been worrying that my thought have been little sins. Today, Sister Richards told us to think about our seed. She said that Nephi thought of his seed when he was young, and that there were other prophets who thought of their children. She told us to think of them always. To look at our live now, and the way we are acting. Are our action making our children proud? Are we preparing a way for them to receive the gospel? Are we worthy to have the wonderful children that we are going to receive? Are our actions the way we want our children to act? It was really powerful. I don't feel guilty to be thinking of them any more. I want to live my life in a way that my children will be proud, and a way that I wont feel guilty for sharing with them. It was amazing.
Well, that is all I have to say this week. Things are moving slow, but will improve. :)
Have a wonderful week!!
This week has definitely been better thank last week. Was it the best, no. A lot of times they aren't, but it was better than last week.
Because it was Christmas, things were really slow. Not a lot of people wanted us into their homes. It makes sense. I wish it didn't though. There are some people who welcome us into their homes all excited, and others who do not. I have decided that I am going to be kind to the missionaries, and always welcome them into my home, and let them feel apart of a family :)
Christmas was fun. Our celebrations started Christmas Eve. We had two dinners that night. At our first Christmas Eve dinner, we gathered with the Bradfords. Brother Bradford is a recent convert to the church, and his wife has been very active. They are an older couple and very nice :) It was very different dinner conversations, and kinda odd, but it was way good. We then went to the Breezze's. She is the relief society president and invited us over for pizza and dessert. It was way fun. Her family was all there, and her daughters that are married all have little kids. Well, two of the boys were wanting to play the iPad, and were fighting over it, so it got taken away. Well, one of the boys was not happy with that, like at all. I guess when he gets upset, he throws himself around the room. Well, he did that this time. He threw himself in the room, right onto a metal bucket. This pore little boy ended up splitting his lip twice! It was so sad! He ended up getting 6 stitches on his face. It was so sad! Then we went to the Padgett''s (our home-share) and did their Christmas eve traditions. Every year they gather together and sing silent night, and then put the baby Jesus in the manger. It was way cute :) Well, while we were over there Brother Padgett played Santa. He ended up giving us pj's and then little things that we could do. It was so sweet! The Padgett's are amazing!
The next day we went and had breakfast with the Meadors. They are really sweet. We also opened our presents up at our house, then went next door to open our other presents with the Padgett's. It was a lot of fun. We did that before breakfast. After breakfast we went back to the Padgett's and skyped our families before dinner. That was so much fun! It was so good to see my family again! I didn't realize how special it would be to be able to skype with them. It was the highlight of Christmas. We then had dinner with the Padgett's and just spent time with their family. It was really special to be apart of their family when I was away from mine. I loved it!
The rest of the week was slow we didn't get in with a lot of people as we would have hoped, but that happens. We did get to go ans see Sister Cisneros. She is a single lady in our ward and has a son who is my age. She is also a convert, and knows mom and dad! She got baptized into the church in Highland. It is so neat to be around her. Well, this week she told me to never ever get a dog. It was so funny! I guess she thinks that me and dogs just don't get along. It was way fun to hear her say that! Made us all smile. We also did service for her. I got to climb on her roof, and take down Christmas lights. Her son and her are both very scared of heights. It was really fun! I didn't get hurt, or anything, so don't worry. I don't think I will do it again though. It wasn't the best thing for my to do, but now I can say that I have done it :)
Today we had a mission wide conference. Elder Richards from one the the Quorum of the Seventy came and spoke to us. He had a week off from "work" and came down to visit his kids, and decided that he would have President Van Cott gather all the missionaries together for a mission wide conference. It was really neat. I learned a lot from it. One of the things that he spoke about, was to teach simply. It is amazing how the Lord works. He teaches everything so simply, and Satan makes things complicated. We were told to make time to teach simply now. It is something that I have been working on. Sharing the gospel in short simple sentences. It is really neat how powerful those sentences can be. He challenged all of us to do that, and I am going to. Like I said, way neat. Sister Richards also talked a little. She mentioned something that I have been worrying about. My thought always tend to go to my future children. They are watching me now, and I want to be able to prepare myself to take care of them the way that they deserve. Well, I have been worrying that my thought have been little sins. Today, Sister Richards told us to think about our seed. She said that Nephi thought of his seed when he was young, and that there were other prophets who thought of their children. She told us to think of them always. To look at our live now, and the way we are acting. Are our action making our children proud? Are we preparing a way for them to receive the gospel? Are we worthy to have the wonderful children that we are going to receive? Are our actions the way we want our children to act? It was really powerful. I don't feel guilty to be thinking of them any more. I want to live my life in a way that my children will be proud, and a way that I wont feel guilty for sharing with them. It was amazing.
Well, that is all I have to say this week. Things are moving slow, but will improve. :)
Have a wonderful week!!
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