12-2-13

CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE

CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE!!!

there are so many houses with Christmas lights up and more and more are added everyday and i LOVE IT!! .

Sunday was wonderful - as usual!   probably one of the most uplifting scarament meetings i have ever been to. it was what i needed to hear and just what our investigator Kira needed to hear. 

so about those 5 new investigators. we are back to the 1.  it was a rough week. we got a text at about 8 pm from one person telling us she wasnt interested- dropping us - went to bed feeling like crappy missionaries. and then we woke up to a text from our other investigators (a couple) telling us that they were not interested. so that day was one of those "im gonna make it" kinda days. :) 

but none the less it was a good week.  Monday and tuesday sister Fenn put me on "bed rest" becasue of the nasty head cold i had - never had a fever - but they would rather have us rest then work and end up being sick for 3 weeks.  so we studied did, some stop bys, took a nap etc.  and then on thursday we had thanksgiving!! 

i hope i never have to have two thanksgiving meals again!! :)

i was very nice but the whole eating two meals part of things was not so nice to my insides.  haha We started our day at the Pincocks house. that is the Bishop and his family. and I cannot tell you how much i love their family! so much!  they are SO funny! and just so fun to be around.  they had the most delicious turkey i have ever had and just yummy food and every kind of pie you could think  of.  it was a fun time there. 

then we went straight to the Cassidys house. Sister Cassidy found out about a month a go that she has Lyme disease and a lot of other health allergies, which has caused a lot of problems for her in the past, so we had a gluten free thanksgiving!  if you didnt tell me i never would have known.  i mean its not that there is a lot of gluten in thanksgiving anyways but.. the things that did, you couldnt tell.  - a tender mercy.  i was actually really excited to try it all. and it was fab! 

so we just ate with them and then went home. 

friday we worked and worked and met a really nice old man who is just so sweet. and we are going back to teach him. he just lost a TON of his family this year to deaths and is struggling. anyways. 

Lots of miracles are going to happen this month. I can feel it!  

then we can truly say  -- ITS A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE! 

may we each look for the Christmas miracles this month and have the courage to do as elder Ballard invited. to reach out to one between now and christmas!  -- JUST DO IT!

love you all!!

Sister O'Neil