Merry Christmas

Hello!!

Well, just like that Christmas is over but its okay because it was such a good day! I’m so glad that it was on Sunday and that we were able to take the sacrament to think more about our Savior! How great is that!!??

I think one of the best parts, besides skyping home (i loved talking with you all! I’m so glad that everyone was there and that we were able to talk.... we were disobedient though! Ha ha we went 10 min over but repentance is real J), was being able to teach this woman we found named De'Yanna. (greatest way to spell that ever!) We had to go tracting last night and someone told us to go try her door. When we knocked she was super open with talking and then invited us in so we could share more. We taught her the restoration of the gospel and she LOVED it! She told us that she had the exact same feelings that Joseph Smith had about all the churches and which one was right! We told her that we pray about a date to invite people to be baptized and we invited her to baptism for January 21st.  She sat there thinking for a while and then said yes. Apparently it is the day her great grandma passed away and 2 of her nieces and nephews had been born!  She said it really was inspired from God and she was really excited to learn more. As we were about to leave, she got teary eyed and said that she had been struggling that day to know the meaning of Christmas and was trying hard to find her way back to Christ. We told her that we were lead to her door by the Holy Ghost and then we testified of God’s love for her. She told us how grateful she was for us and then we left. Miracles happen and this was one of them. It testified to me that our Father in Heaven has prepared his children to accept this gospel!

Other than Christmas, this week has been pretty much the same! We had another day of finding, or tracting. It was super cold but at least this time it didn’t snow!

We are finally moving today. Sadly, not to the mission home but to the land of Auburn. one would think that moving from point A to point B would be easy but no. it never is. The story begins this morning. We were told a few days ago that the Office Elders, the ones with the truck, would be coming at 9am to help move us out. all would be well in Zion if that actually happened. It was 10am and still no elders and the people who are remodeling our bathroom needed to get started. So we finally called them and they were moving other people at the time. So then we had to shove as much of our stuff as we could into Betsy, our Little Chevy Cruz. It all just got even more crazy but I won’t go into that. Suffice it to say, we look like we are living in our car, our suitcases are still in our kitchen at the cottage and we don’t have a key to our apartment. But i know that everything will be fine... or so i tell myself! Ha ha i just hope our little house gets fixed ASAP.

I hope that each of you have had an amazing Christmas! i love you all and appreciate you all so much! i pray that each of you will keep the spirit of Christmas with you throughout this next year! have an amazing week and never forget that Our Heavenly Father loves you!

Sister Reynolds