Hola Todos!
I hope y'all had a very Merry Christmas because I know I sure did and it was because of a lot of reasons! Yesterday morning we woke up and got to open all the packages that we had received throughout the week while our little Christmas tree was all lit up, then we made and ate breakfast together, then we went to church and got to sing with our ward choir for our Special Christmas program! It was great and then we went to visit Brandon and his family to wish them a Merry Christmas! After that we went and visited a couple other families and had a big lunch with one of them. Then I got to Skype and see my wonderful family! That was the highlight of my day to get to see them all! I love and miss them so much, and I loved getting to cry and laugh with them all! I'm so grateful for all their love and support! We got to eat dinner with the Storm family last night and they cooked a German meal for us! It was interesting but really good. Then we headed out to the Sunset Valley area with some other Sister missionaries and went caroling at an old folks home! That was really fun because they all started singing with us and dancing in their chairs which warmed my heart. Then we went around the Sunset Valley area and caroled to some of the less actives and investigators. It was a lot of fun and I will always remember this Christmas and how special it was! I hope y'all enjoyed Christmas too!
Throughout this week we saw many miracles and had many great experiences! I got to go on exchanges with my Sister Training leader Sister Jones! WOW, she is an incredible missionary with such a big heart! She loves the people in her mission and wants to help them in every way possible. Due to my "great" navigating skills we got lost a few times but then we came across a less active by the end of the night (miracle). Her name is Patricia. We shared the "Light the World" video with her and talked a little bit about her life and her conversion. She does so much service and loved seeing the video about doing Christlike service because that helped her feel good about herself. The next day a lot of the missionaries met up at the Austin Central Texas Food Bank. We got to serve there for a couple of hours in the warehouse, and one of the families from our ward came with us and then at the end we got to put all of our names on this big ball that they have been keeping for the past couple years of all those who have helped serve there! That was fun! I truly love serving!
Weekly planning this week went well and during our lunch we made baked potatoes except when we went to make them we realized we didn't have any tinfoil...so I did what we always did back home and we went to one of our neighbors (Deborah). She was cute and gave us her whole role of tinfoil and taught us how to bake them. Then we asked if there was anything we could do for her in return, she said we could help her take some stuff out to her car. Throughout this whole process we got to know her a little better and now when we see her we always say hi to each other! What a great way to get to know your neighbors don't y'all think!
We had dinner with one of the families from our ward this week and at the end of dinner we asked if they knew anyone we could go by and share the light the world video with and they told us they had eggs for their across the street neighbors and if we wanted we could deliver the eggs to them and then share the video and so that is what we did. We went over and they opened the door and let us right in! At the beginning of the visit it was just the mom and her friend, and by the end the whole family and us were all in their kitchen talking about the Book of Mormon. We asked them if we could come back and teach them more and they said "YES" (miracle) We have an appointment with them tomorrow and we are so excited to go over there! The family is from Romania so they have a really awesome thick accent!
I hope y'all had a very Merry Christmas because I know I sure did and it was because of a lot of reasons! Yesterday morning we woke up and got to open all the packages that we had received throughout the week while our little Christmas tree was all lit up, then we made and ate breakfast together, then we went to church and got to sing with our ward choir for our Special Christmas program! It was great and then we went to visit Brandon and his family to wish them a Merry Christmas! After that we went and visited a couple other families and had a big lunch with one of them. Then I got to Skype and see my wonderful family! That was the highlight of my day to get to see them all! I love and miss them so much, and I loved getting to cry and laugh with them all! I'm so grateful for all their love and support! We got to eat dinner with the Storm family last night and they cooked a German meal for us! It was interesting but really good. Then we headed out to the Sunset Valley area with some other Sister missionaries and went caroling at an old folks home! That was really fun because they all started singing with us and dancing in their chairs which warmed my heart. Then we went around the Sunset Valley area and caroled to some of the less actives and investigators. It was a lot of fun and I will always remember this Christmas and how special it was! I hope y'all enjoyed Christmas too!
Throughout this week we saw many miracles and had many great experiences! I got to go on exchanges with my Sister Training leader Sister Jones! WOW, she is an incredible missionary with such a big heart! She loves the people in her mission and wants to help them in every way possible. Due to my "great" navigating skills we got lost a few times but then we came across a less active by the end of the night (miracle). Her name is Patricia. We shared the "Light the World" video with her and talked a little bit about her life and her conversion. She does so much service and loved seeing the video about doing Christlike service because that helped her feel good about herself. The next day a lot of the missionaries met up at the Austin Central Texas Food Bank. We got to serve there for a couple of hours in the warehouse, and one of the families from our ward came with us and then at the end we got to put all of our names on this big ball that they have been keeping for the past couple years of all those who have helped serve there! That was fun! I truly love serving!
Weekly planning this week went well and during our lunch we made baked potatoes except when we went to make them we realized we didn't have any tinfoil...so I did what we always did back home and we went to one of our neighbors (Deborah). She was cute and gave us her whole role of tinfoil and taught us how to bake them. Then we asked if there was anything we could do for her in return, she said we could help her take some stuff out to her car. Throughout this whole process we got to know her a little better and now when we see her we always say hi to each other! What a great way to get to know your neighbors don't y'all think!
We had dinner with one of the families from our ward this week and at the end of dinner we asked if they knew anyone we could go by and share the light the world video with and they told us they had eggs for their across the street neighbors and if we wanted we could deliver the eggs to them and then share the video and so that is what we did. We went over and they opened the door and let us right in! At the beginning of the visit it was just the mom and her friend, and by the end the whole family and us were all in their kitchen talking about the Book of Mormon. We asked them if we could come back and teach them more and they said "YES" (miracle) We have an appointment with them tomorrow and we are so excited to go over there! The family is from Romania so they have a really awesome thick accent!
I have been studying about the role of the Holy Ghost in missionary work this week. I have been filled with gratitude that our loving Heavenly Father provides such a simple way for us to have the companionship of the Holy Ghost, a member of the Godhead, who possesses all the qualities and characteristics that our Heavenly Father and the Savior possess.
Us as missionaries are taught in Chapter 4 of Preach My Gospel, "God loves you and all his children." He is anxious to support you in your practical and specific challenges. You have been promised inspiration to know what to do and have been given the power to do it. He will help us as we try to recognize and understand the Spirit through diligent scripture study. He will guide us to people who will receive the message of the Restoration. He will give us power to deliver the message and to testify of Christ and His gospel. He will shower His blessings upon us through the gift of the Holy Ghost. He asks that we remain worthy of this gift and that we ask, seek, and knock. (D&C 4:7, Matthew 7:7-8) I know that our Heavenly Father loves each and every one of us and I can't testify of that enough. HE is so much aware of us and our thoughts, feelings and wants to help us in every way! I love y'all and I'm so grateful for each of you and for your prayers! They are much felt on my end!
HAPPY NEW YEAR THIS WEEK!!!
Que tenga un buen día! (Have a good day)
Con Amor,
Hermana Mann
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