Also, yes people are still striking. We don't talk politics here on the mission but basically we can't go to many parts of our sector until somebody breaks. It's kind of sad that it's at Christmastime because some people can't get to their families, but our initiative is to visit all the people that don't have family for Christmas.
Every day, my apartment has been reading these Story a day til Christmas letters that my mom sent to me. My mom used to always read them and she would always always cry so we would have to read the rest of the story for her <3. Now, I read them and I'm trying to hold back the tears every time too. So good. Anyway, we read this one about a family that was trying to give a family with nothing a Christmas, so the little kids all chose a toy to give away. When the mom came to see what her daughter was bringing, she saw her singing to her favorite doll as she was wrapping it in a box. The mom almost told her, she didn't have to give her favorite doll, but then realized her child was learning a valuable lesson. True giving is not just giving when it requires little sacrifice on our part. It is most meaningful when we give our very best. Heavenly Father loved us so much He sent His only perfect son, who gave all that he had until the end of his mortal life. True charity means sacrificing what means most to us. I invite you all to give a meaningful gift to somebody this Christmas - even if it is not a physical object 
Til next time !
bisous bisous
Sœur McOmber
One of the Christmas events at the Center is crafts and stories for children. We invited the Gutierrez family and spent a full hour playing with pipe cleaners. Then we listened to some Christmas fairytales and ate chocolate covered Oreos. It was great.
Nadine!!! She's so awesome I love her. I had a quiche and then a second lunch that day and this rdv was legit at 3 and she made us a feast!! I started eating all these beignets and she's like "il faut faire attention Sœur il y a encore des plats" (there's more food coming Sister you better calm down). Then she came out with a huge bucket of rice and chicken, I had to unbuckle my pants under the table to not literally explode HA also we kept ~accidentally~ turning off this romance movie she turned on because there was a bunch of kissing (we don't want S. Tulieva to be trunky) and Nadine kept walking in like "...what happened to my TV???" And me and S Tulieva just like idk man it just did that.
Me and S. Frogley making thousands of appetizers for one of the veillées. Love our couples. I had to give a talk on missionary work on Sunday (I was too loud at ward council and so they wanted me to talk about The Come and See event on the 22). Anyway, I was pretty nervous and I just looked out at the congregation and all these happy little temple couples were smiling at me (and my chère compagnon <3) and I knew it was all gonna be okay.
Imara got baptized !!! So cool that we can find people who are prepared all the way in Burundi, thanks to technology. He's so cute, all of our Skype rendez-vous he shares what he learned in the scriptures and laughs at all our jokes. Such a humble disciple of Christ.
Merci beaucoup pour les enseignement de l'Evangile. soyez grandement bénies mes Soeurs.
ReplyDeleteLe Seigneur nous a promis des bénédictions si nous participons à l’œuvre missionnaire, il est écrit dans
D&A 118:3 « Que le reste continu à prêcher dès cette heure, et s’ils le font en toute humilité de cœur,
avec douceur, modestie et longanimité, moi, le Seigneur, je leur fais la promesse que je pourvoirai aux
besoins de leur familles et que dorénavant une porte efficace leur sera ouverte ».