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| A photo of Elder King's Christmas haul this year! |
The happy tidings of Christmas have truly spread throughout
my whole body it seems. The Christmas miracles POURED in like egg nog
over and open fire. Christmas Eve & Christmas Day spent with the
Latter Day Saints felt like home. The Acton family had us over for
Christmas Eve dinner where we crafted Tamales for most of the evening. We
read the Christmas story to finish the night and sped home just in case our coal
was being placed under the tree early. BUT TO OUR SURPRISE SANTA DELIVERED
IN FULL this year. He brought 8 pairs of Star Wars socks, a "air
Mormon" shirt, some serious sweets and a gift card to Taco Bell. But let me tell you the cliche missionary
favorite story of the day. After our endeavors
on Christmas Day having a swell afternoon with the senior missionary couple in
our ward we drove home to change and we saw a man sitting alone by the bus stop
on Christmas... We had to stop the Michael Buble for a moment and greet this
man. We brought a Christmas DVD & some other foods for him to check
out and he replied "your presence here really is good enough for me"
and with a smile and a laugh told us ”Merry Christmas and to stay safe”... That
really warmed and tugged on the old heart strings as my companion & I were
warm and cozy all day... And this humble man just wanted a visit from
someone. I think I have to give a weekly
shoutout to my family back home. They definitely are the best. I
mean sometimes I question my Dads sanity but I still love him :) A little Sabbath Day miracle for you all...
One of our investigators named Romeo dropped off the face of the earth for the
past three weeks. In our first lesson we invited him to baptism for the 16th of
January and he accepted!!! However, no contact
since that day :/ UNTIL YESTERDAY!! We
had our talks prepared for this particular Sunday and we're headed out the door
to teach a lesson before sacrament and locked our keys in the apartment.... The
keys to our car. Therefore, we sat in the garage for 20 minutes until a
ride showed up to take us to church. Guess who showed up to sacrament in
the middle of our talks? ROMEO! He
walked in after going to the wrong church and talking to another bishop.
He showed up at church with questions from his reading and inspiration from the
Holy Ghost that his answer to the truthfulness of the church will be blunt!! Well.. In class we were taught the LAW of
chastity! Couldn't be more blunt than that. The spirit touched his heart and
tears came down! He knew that was it!! He even mentioned he was nervous for his
baptism! Elder Jewkes & I have had a
pretty great week. We are learning again and again the importance of
obedience. Occasionally we think we can slack off on the rules. I’LL
ADMIT IT. Every now & again we think we can take some of the mission
rules lightly. Every time. It. Leads.To. Spiritual. Darkness. Or in other
words... We lose revelation & the joy of The spirit. The Lord gives us
rules for protection! I have never felt so vulnerable in all my mission so far.
Keep all the commandments! They are for your well-being, your protection and will grant you
more strength. Not physical buff strength but spiritual gains. One more Christmas week miracle. I ate
eggnog fudge. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas week. The church is true.
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