Nowhere to start with this week. It was amazing!! I'll jump right in:
Monday I learned how to break dance... New skillz... Ha! What's really sad is that we did it to no music, and I couldn't move my arms for the next five days... P90X obviously isn't doing anything for us!
I feel like a sinner when I actually like music we listen to... Like Christmas music.
I can't put events to days anymore. Sorry if I'm jumping around all over the place with this!
Thanksgiving on the mission is a blast, it's so fun house hopping seeing how everyone else does Thanksgiving! We finished the night at Lori's (she the food pantry coordinator at the Haven, not a member). Thanksgiving morning we went down to the Catholic church in Lebanon with John and packaged around 500 dinners for people to drive all around the area to people and families who needed a dinner, that was such a wonderful experience and a tradition I'd love to be a part of next year and years after.
Some pretty big news for everyone.... ROB IS GETTING BAPTIZED IN TWO WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!!! December 14th!!!!
This last Sunday we invited him to bear his testimony. He made me come up to the pulpit with him. I introduced him and then sat behind him as he spoke. He talked about the first time we met, how he was having the worst day trying to mourn the loss of some of his family members and couldn't get out of the rut he was in. He then went to talk about "The Good Book" aka THE BOOK OF MORMON and how he carries it everywhere he goes! He reads from it all the time! HE EVEN SLEEPS WITH IT!!!! He testified that it brings him joy, happiness, and everything good! I just sat behind him bawling like a baby. This was something I wanted so badly, and it was happening. I really can't even explain the joy I felt at that time. Our labors are bringing forth good fruit. The Lord has answered my prayers. Like Alma I can say, "my joy is full." We walked back to our seats, tears flowing down my face. I was so happy.
JOHN. HE FINISHED THE BOOK OF MORMON!!! So much good this week I can barely take it all in! He fasted on Sunday, got a new church outfit. Tonight we're going to talk with him. I really and truly can see him being baptized by the end of the transfer. It's incredible. He wants to drive Rob to Book of Mormon class, he wants to come to the ward Christmas party. He knows it's true and feels it!!
MARIA!! So she came to church with us and is coming again next week! She said it helped her feel comforted, and apologized for judging us beforehand. We gave her a Book of Mormon full of questions of the soul that Sister Korman had found. She called us later that night and shared one that spoke to her with us. How lucky we are to know her. She's prepared like no one I've ever met before!!! Wish I could just bring you all along to see the good lady she is!!
Friday and Saturday night we had the Christmas Nativity at the Joseph Smith Memorial. John came with us! The next night we had everyone cancel on us, so with one hour until it started, we called around 30 people trying to get them to come. At last, Chris Balch said she could! What a wonderful night we had, both nights!!
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