Monday, December 30, 2013

Luke 2:10-11

"A very joyous, happy, Merry Christmas to one, and all! Let the Christmas bells ring I get to talk to my family this week! Emailing is all good, and well. Letters are a treat but talking on Skype, praise to the man! That tops all. I told my companion that I am never coming home because I am more spoiled as a missionary than as a normal ginger..I mean person. Now, that's a lot. My parents treated me as good as ever, but now I have all these members who feel bad for us because we aren't with our families so they give us gifts too, and bake goods. I'm far too blessed. One of my friends who is also on a mission told me she is happy to be serving a mission because she can focus on Jesus for once. Now take some time to ponder that. It's sad, but true. The world is really distracting but as a missionary we really get to celebrate Christ's birthday to it's fullest.
So I feel like understand the joy a doctor feels when he tells a lady that she's going to have a baby. I recently had the pleasure of telling someone they are Jewish. When I came into the ward I saw a member of the Bishopric, and thought "wow, a Jewish Latter-day Saint." Then I found out he's last name is Hartzell, and I just knew. So we had supper at their house, and I say "so you're Jewish?" to which he says "I am?" umm dot dot dot then he goes on to say that they don't know much about their family history, but he's always thought he was Jewish. I told him "well I can't say for sure, but I'm pretty sure you're Jewish." He was beaming. He said "this is the best news I've received in... years!" He turned to he's wife and said "you married a Israelite baby!" That was a highlight of my week.
My one investigator hasn't smoked in a month, and a half, and he is the sweetest. He lives in an apartment that is practically empty, but he had one decoration, and it's a glass Christmas tree. I told him that I liked it, and he said "You like it, you can have it!" and started to pick it up to give to me. Ahh bless he's heart. He has almost nothing yet he's willing to give me one of he's only belongings. I love that as a missionary I am able to learn from so many different people. The Lord blesses us to see the good, and I am just working on keeping my head above water so I can soak it all in.
Merry Christmas, I love you all, Heavenly Father loves you all, and Santa loves you all."

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