Merry Christmas allemaal! (everyone)
So one of the highlights of this week was the stellar member missionary work going on at our branch Christmas party. We invited several people, including less active members, and none of them showed up (including a few that told us that afternoon that they'd be there). But three of our members brought friends and the less active sister of another member came, with her nonmember boyfriend! And a few other less active members came too and had a good time. Sister H. and I were actually able to teach lessons to two of the friends that members had brought during dinner, just because they were asking questions about us and about the church. So that was super cool!
We also had some cool miracles yesterday that came from "looking for the reason." So often we get discouraged about things that fall through in missionary work, or things that don't go as we planned. And what we are forgetting is that we need to always look for the reason that it didn't go through. Why? Because the Lord is the one who is in control here. It's not us. He is more concerned about our success than anyone else, including ourselves most of the time because we don't really get what's at stake. When something goes "wrong," it's because something else needed to happen. Yesterday all of our appointments fell through, and one of the potentials we were excited about had actually given us the wrong address and then when we did find her, wouldn't talk to us. But we were able to find two potential families that we're even more excited about now! There's always a reason.
The Lord knows and loves each one of us and He will never leave us alone. The Lord has commended us to have peace and to be of good cheer. Why? Because He wants us to be happy and He's given us every reason to be because of His Son, Jesus Christ, whose birth we celebrate! I love missionary work and I love life and I'm excited for Christmas!
And I love all of you and hope you have a wonderful Christmas season.
Love,
Sister Stevens
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