Feliz Navidad!

Sisters In Our Zone

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Hola!

We had a redneck moment this week! The Millers’ daughter (Opal) got married last Saturday so they invited us over earlier in the week to help with a hog that they were going to kill and prepare for the wedding dinner. Did I mention that it was alive when they got it!? By the time we got there, they had already killed the poor guy and were shaving all the hair off. So – I got to participate with shaving a hog – and there was a lot of blood and all that other jazz. Of course – I wore my cowboy boots – so they got all nice and bloody but I loved it! It was so much fun – there was a fire going and we were having a great redneck’n time. That Saturday, we got to eat him at the wedding. Sad to say that I saw him before he was put in the oven ... but he tasted so good!

I got to try “Chicken and Waffles” for the first time this week and it was actually pretty good! Not as redneck as killing a hog but it was still really good.

We got to help with “Toys for Tots” this week. They find families who can't afford Christmas and they put together Christmas presents for the kids and food for the families. We helped organize all the toys and put them in the correct bags – it was so much fun! On Christmas Eve – we get to deliver the gifts to a couple of the families. We actually recognized some of the families that the gifts are being delivered to so we are really excited. Also, we got some pretty sweet shirts so that is a bonus!

Uyen (pronounced “When”) is a less-active’s friend – who was not really interested in the gospel previously – but this week she came out and listened in on a lesson. She loved it! She told us how she had felt the Spirit and that she really wanted to learn more. She has kept all of her commitments and she even reads more than we invite her to.

This Sunday – Melanie was sick – so she called us early in the morning and asked if she could get a ride from somebody because she really wanted to go to church. We were shocked that she took the initiative to go to church – so we found her a ride – and she loved church so much! She wants to be baptized so she is working on some old habits so that she can be ready. She is a miracle!

We sang in the Christmas Choir on Sunday! I still cannot sing but it was so much fun. A lot of people came to church on Sunday – it was awesome!

“Depend on the Lord, enjoy every opportunity, and delight in the life you have.” – Sister Kristen M. Oaks

Annette Erickson inspired quotes:

• “I have come to know that inspiration comes more as a feeling than as a sound. It is a voice that one feels more than one hears.” – President Boyd K. Packer
• “A thousand years of experience through sight, sound, touch, taste, smell, and all powers of the universe combined cannot approach the sublime and complete experience of one brief moment under the influence of the Holy Ghost.” – Bishop Keith B. McMullin

Misionera Amor!
Siempre Una Aventura
Hermana Adams