Hey
family!
So this was a
pretty good week! There are always ups and down and I love it when there are
more ups than downs =)
I¨m listening to
grandmas voice message right now. Thats GREAT about Kendra and shes doing so
well in soccer! Congratulations to Mal for getting accepted to PA school! Thats
awesome!!! And Shawna is going to have another baby!! Congratulations!! Thanks
for the recording grandma, Love ya.
Mom, I got your
talk that you gave in church about Christmas and I absolutely loved it! Such a
great message to truly have the spirit of christmas and to give more gifts than
presents! Love it! And thanks for the letters from the cousins and friends that
are serving misssions, its great to hear from them!
I opened the
package with the decorations and the stuff for Christopher! THE TREE IS
AWESOME!!!! I think that will have to be my favorite Christmas gift because I
don´t know how you can get better than that. I saw all the decorations for the
tree and at first saw all the notes and thought that they were scriptures and
was like ¨woah, thats a cool idea, I love it!¨ but then I started reading them
and they were from all my friends!!! IT WAS AWESOME!! THANK YOU MOM! youre the
BEST!!!!
It sure looks
like you were having a good time there in Utah with Lindy! Its such a blessing
that you have that class lindy, I¨m so glad that you can get lost in your work
with those kids and that you smile so much that your cheeks hurt sometimes!!!
=)=)=)
As for SKYPE in
a couple weeks, I have to be done by 5 my time and can only talk for 40 minutes
which means that we should probably start it at least an hour before so at 4 my
time at the latest. I´ll have to talk to Christopher and you can text him too to
see how it will best work out.
For Christmas,
as a mission, we will have a big party at the mission home. They are doing it
the 22 and 23. Half of the mission goes on each day and we´ll be christmas
caroling and have a christmas program there too! Its going to be awesome! And
then the 24th and 25 are going to be great! We can sleep in til 9!!!! thats
awesome! =) And then we are going to be able to basically spend the day with the
members that we want so I´m excited!
But for me and
the week, it was pretty good! There was one day that wasn´t so great because we
were walking literally ALL day. We had 1 cita no mas. So that wasn´t so good but
the one appointment that we had was a really good one! It was with Nicole, the
12 yaer old that is going to be baptized the 25th. We taught her with
Christopher and Joselyne (his wifE) and it was great. We talked about the
baptismal scripture in Mosiah (I forgot the chapter and verse) That talks about
mourning with those that mourn and comfort those that stand in need of comfort.
But while we were teaching I felt such a big love for her. I´ve known here
longer and probably better than anyone that is part of the church and her life
at home is really messed up with parents that are terrible examples and I just
want her to be ok. I feel like I am leaving in 3 weeks, the next change, and I
just want her to be ok. I felt towards her like I feel towards Cutler, like she
is my little sister and I want her to make all the right decisions and that
nothing bad will happen to her! I´m so proud of her and her decision to be
baptized. But in that lesson I just felt so much love for her! It is going to be
hard to say goodbye to her and this area.
But everyday
that I¨m down here serving the Lord, I realize more and more how lucky that I am
to have been blessed with the family and friends that I have. You guys rock! My
love for you grows everyday and I just want you to know that I love you. And
thinking about how I feel towards you, I cant even imagine how much our Savior
loves each and every one of us or how much Heavenly Father loves each of his
children. I love the scriptures in Alma 7 v. 11 to 13. The savior suffered for
each of us individually so that he would know exactly how we feel in every
moment. He is the only one that can ever truly understand us and he did it all
out of love. I hope that we can all remember that sacrifice this Christmas
season and have that love for others in this season. I love you!
Elder Holland
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