Hope everyone had a great Christmas!
We saw some
Christmas miracles this week! A few days prior to Christmas, we were
trying to see a girl named Graciela that we had met outside of her
apartment. When we knocked on her door, her roommate answered instead.
Her roommate's name is Kiki and it turns out that she's from China! She
was the only one home and she let us inside. We showed her the
Christmas videos, and although she has no religious background at all,
her Grandma in China is Christian, so she's heard about God and Jesus
Christ. The girl that we took with us invited Kiki to the church
Christmas program, and Kiki accepted! So yesterday she came to church,
and we sat by her and explained some of the things that were happening
(the sacrament,etc). She seemed to really enjoy it! She accepted to
learn more, so we look forward to meeting with her again!
We
also had another miracle this week. This was just the day before
Christmas Eve. It was in the middle of the afternoon, and we stopped
the car on the side of a residential street in order to look at our map
and figure out who we would try and see next. I glanced up from the map
and saw somebody bundled up and walking in the snow alone. I didn't
even think-----I just said almost automatically, "we need to talk to
that person." I got out of the car, Sister Gilbert following behind me,
and we approached the person walking on the other side of the street.
He was a young man named Eric. Eric told us that he was from
California---he had just moved to Idaho that day. We gave him a
pass-along card about Christmas, and he seemed pleased, "Oh! Christan! I
just accepted Jesus 2 or 3 years ago." We talked with him a bit about
that, and he accepted our invitation to come teach him about the
Restored Gospel! We are really excited about both of these miracles.
Christmas really is a wonderful time of year!
We
ate with several families and made homemade donuts with President and
Sister Hancock! That was super fun. Went sledding a bit, watch a movie
with the zone, and played a very intense version of capture the flag.
With
the upcoming New Years, make it a time to give Christ His "birthday
present". For your New Years Resolutions, you can give Christ a gift by
resolving to pray more. Maybe you can make a resolution to be kinder
to your neighbors and friends. Perhaps you want to make it a goal to go
to church, or to focus on the sacrament more as you attend meetings.
Your New Years Resolution could be to say "thank you" more often, or
even to spend more quality time with family members. Whatever it is,
dedicate this year of 2016 to the God who loves you more than words can
describe. I LOVE YOU ALL!
God Bless,
Sister Moreland
Guess who came home to Pocatello for the holidays?? Andy and Brock!
Me and Sister Gilbert after sledding!
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