This week is the week of Natal! I cant believe it. It came so fast! I am excited to see what great miracles happen as we are the hands of christ this christmas.
We had a great activity of christmas as a zone this week. President and Sister Mathews visited us and we had some great trainings and some great food. If you saw the picture we had a ton of food leftover but sister mathews only had one ziploc bag... so she asked the elders if they wanted it.. but they didnt SO... we took it :) We shared with the other two sisters as well but we also got a microwave for christmas so that was a blessing we had to heat up our leftover food in a microwave. I was having a lot of fun that day heating up a lot of things. The microwave was a great addition to our house.
But enough about that. The training Sister Mathews gave was incredible. We talked about how we are the hands of Christ this Christmas. In Helama 14:3 i think it talks about the signs of Christºs birth... the light! The light is still shining and in it is in all of us. We are the light that shines in the darkness and we are the examples. What a great calling. And our theme for this christmas is how we are the hands of christ. So we were challenged to find someone to serve this christmas and think of what christ would do to serve them. More than just cookies on the doorstep... So we have been thinking and thinking. I am still thinking actually. But i know when it comes i will do it! I am excited to keep looking for opportunities to be the Hands of my Savior this christmas and serve. In his earthly ministry he served.. all he did was think of others. And he didnt just attend to peoples physical needs, but also their emotional needs. I have been trying to look into the eyes of the people we teach and see what it is they need from the Savior and how they can accept His gospel. Christmas is a great time... but we can do this always :) i hope being His hands is a theme for life.
So this week we found Nycarlos! He is the son of an elderly lady who comes to church every week. She lives kinda long that we have to take a hiache (those van things that all little kids are scared of when they are little) to get to their house. But she still always goes to church no matter the cost. wow! So we got to teach her son and he is great. He is super excited for his baptism and he is progressing nicely.
So about the baptism we were supposed to have... Flavio! Flavio broke our heart this week. He marked at 3 in the afternoon and we brought our secret weapon member and everything... but as we knock on the door we hear someone in the kitchen... but they wouldnt open the door. So he was home, he just wouldnt open the door. We were sad. But then yesterday he called to apologize and talking about how he has not been honest with us about the commandments and is not ready to be baptized but he wants to change so we will begin talking to him again this week . HIs sister who is less active is great and held a family night this week. We got some yummy kus kus... i need to make kus kus for you all when i get back. BEST thing ever! :) and you can only make it with a special thing called a kuskuseira or a bind... so i bought one... hehe.. but i left it in praia so no kush kush for right now.
Anyway that is the sad story of flavio but now its happy because he has desire. And that is what matters. If we have the desire we can overcome anything.
Next is we found this great lady miriam. She has a octopus doily in her house that she made. We love her. She is constantly talking to herself. haha She brought us a lot of joy the night we taught her. She accepted coming to church but we think she thinks we invited her to another church... so we need to follow up with that.
Another is Maria Louisa. We stopped by last night after night church... it was great just that she was super sad about a son that she doesnt know where he is. But we comforted her with the gospel of Jesus Christ and she ended up accepting a date. Her children laugh at us everytime we come over, but Maria is really coming around. I love teaching elderly people. They have so many experiecnes that we can help them apply to the gospel.
Well thats it. Have a happy christmas. I will talk to you all next week. And with my fam fam on Christmas! I hope you all have great stories for me and i would like you all to have a question prepared--- aaron and micah principally.
Love
Sister Johnson
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