I just CANNOT stop singing Christmas songs, i love it! No matter where I am I will just sing songs about Christ! and the other christmas songs as well. Sometimes, it is hard being here and not being with family BUT it is so sweet to have the opportunity to bless the lives of others! On Monday we had a great time at this one members house named Jenny, we shared a message for Christmas about Christ and we tried scheduling for a time to come back to them, so that we can share to her family that are not members. we are excited to be able to help them and we had such a great time with them.
As time kept getting closer this week to Christmas I felt the Christmas spirit kick in, and no it was not because of all the dance caroling i saw here...yes that is a thing. people will not just sing here and ask for money but they will play loud remix pop music and dance for money haha. It also was not because of the remixed jingle bells and Fifth Harmony song that i heard in Puregold but our Christmas conference that we had this week was wonderful! President spoke about many things but one was a story about monks in a monastery, who were wondering why no one was visiting the monastery as much and one of the spoke to a Rabbi about the concern and asked for advice. The Rabbi said all he could say to them was that "One of you is the Messiah". They had pondered this and all thought what it could mean and the result was that they begin to all treat each other with great love and respect just as if they were the Messiah. This simple act attracted others to their monastery. I thought it was a great story. What better way to invite the Christmas spirit or the spirit of Christ in our lives than by seeing every one as children of God. After Christmas conference I had such a wonderful time and felt the love as I greeted those and wished them a "Merry Christmas" at the closing of our activity.
The week was filled with a great spirit as we worked with members we saw great success as we brought our relief society president with another member, Arnan, and introduced them to our investigator, Shirley, who is having problems following the word of wisdom. Our relief society president also struggled with smoking and it was great to see them talk and connect about the struggle and also with life. This got me thinking, "why havent we gotten Sister Datinggaling down here a long time ago!?" Hahaha you live and you learn and you try not to make the same mistakes! Shirley plans on quitting on the new year!
I am so grateful for the wonderful experiences that I have had this wonderful month to see others change and desire to come unto Christ! This church is true! I love you all!
Elder Wright
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