How are you all doing this fine fine day!! Can you believe that I get to talk to you in 2 days!! I am dying!! SOOOOOOO happy!!!! Get ready to chat fast because we only have an hour! haha.
So This week was very lovely. All of our investigators well friends have left for the Holiday season-well except Gustave our African Friend (We will be meeting with him everyday this week... haha)- so it has been a bit slow. People here are hustling and bustling trying to get everything ready for christmas! But ever so often we do stop someone who has a spare moment and will talk to us for a minute! We have had some great conversations this week about jesus christ and the true meaning of christmas.It has been great!!!
Family. Christmas in Germany is so special and I am so thankful for this time that I have been given to reflect on Jesus Christ. Our Lord, Savior, and Best friend. We were talking to a old investigator the other night and she was telling us how bad her life was. We talked to her for a little while and gave powerful testimonies that it is though Christ alone that we recieve real joy in this world!! She was still a little bit mopey and finlly sister Knecht and I just got bold and said, What do you need to change in your life to have this happiness, because you say you dont have it... and really it is your fault... It was kinda harsh but this lady has been investigating the church for years and she is always compalining... BUT WE LOVE HER MORE THAN ANYTHING! and that is why we want her to be happy. She said well maybe I need to start keeping the commandments again. We told her yes, that would be a great place to start. She then went into her kitchen and brough us out her coffee and said here take it. So we did. And we dumped it out and threw it away!! bahahahA! Just kidding, but really. It was a great experience and a good learnign experience. That even when life is hard and we dont know which way to go we can STILL rely on teh savior Jesus Christ. We can still have joy and happiness when you are near to him,. When we are following the commandments and living our lives in harmony with his teachings.
Oh my sweet family. How blessed I am to be here. To be a missionary and to be able to tell people about this good and great work we have. We have everything. We are sooo blessed. I look at some peoples lives and see how they are struggling and think to myself, HOW HOW did I get so lucky. To be who I am today and to have the family and firends that I have. I dont know. I really dont have an answer, but I do know how thankful I am for you all. For all your love and support! I love this gospel and I LOVE my savior adn redeemer jesus christ. Always remember the true meaning-why we have the oppertunity to come together as a family-because of Jesus Christ!
Oh family! I love you soooo much. Have a wonderful christmas eve! Sing really loud when you do the 12 dayws of chistmas together!!! and C H R I S T M A S! And I call being Mary next year in the nativity!! haha. I love you all so much!
Love you!
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