Merry Christmas!
This week has been crazy! We have taught so many lessons my head
is spinning, I, however, have loved it! It is my favorite thing to be
productive and feel like I am making a difference in someone else's life. We
met with this less active member, she has a really hard life and has fallen on
beer and cigarettes to supplement, and up until our last lesson with her, she
had no desire to quit. We talked about the celestial kingdom, and living with
her parents there. By the end she was asking us how she is going to do it? The
spirit was so strong and I loved it!
We also had a lesson with Dan again and he is progressing like
crazy! We have gotten so many investigators this week; it is so amazing how the
lord is blessing our work here in jasper!
This last Thursday we had the mission Christmas zone conference,
and I talked to one of the Elders who took over my last area. I asked him how
the area was and how Chestnut was, the apartment complex where we were
constantly teaching, and meeting people. He told me that they were never in
Chestnut. I was shocked! He then said something that may have just changed the
way I will do missionary work, he said: "Why would I want high
maintenance, low hanging fruit?" I looked back on my experience in J-town,
and as I went through each investigator I had, I realized that was all I had,
high maintenance people, who always fell through when things got tough. So I
talked my comp about it and she and I agreed that we can't knock every door,
just to get cold people who are already stuck in their faith. We needed to find
the prepared. So we are going to do the Praith thing again. (Pray in faith,
that the lord will guide us to the houses that need the gospel) We are super
excited to try it out with this mindset! If any of you missionaries try it, let
me know how it goes, because IT WORKS!!!
Christmas was amazing!! We spent pretty much all of it with the
Scott's! I love them so much!! They are so funny and relaxed that I felt like I
didn't have to hold my breath around them. They really made an effort to make
it special for us!! We took all of our presents over to there house so we
opened everything up with them, it felt like home being with this family, so
that was really special! At church, one of the speakers couldn't make it, so I
ended up impromptu speaking; this is two weeks in a row that I spoke in
sacrament meeting! J
I loved getting to talk to my family! I missed them so much, and
getting to see all of them, and talk with them was so incredible! Talking to my
family was the highlight of my Christmas! I love them so much and am so
grateful that I have a forever family, and although I don't get to see them
right now, I can see them for the rest of eternity.
Thank you to all who sent me cards, and presents, I have the greatest
support system on the planet! I love you all so much!
❤-Sister Williams
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