A Week to Remember‏

Hello, all yous jawns!

It's snowing here yet!

This week was the ward Christmas party and it was a blast! Both us and the Elders had a part in the primary skit. We sang 'I believe in Christ' and I totally had a solo for the first verse. It was crazy! They did the Christmas story from the Book of Mormon point of view. Pretty cool. 

 

I am officially finished with my first transfer! That went by so fast. Nobody in my district is leaving, so we are all set for Christmas. Rachael has been out for 9 months?! What? I swear she just left.

 

Sister Bennett and I were driving in the car one day when the phone rang. I picked it up since I wasn't driving and flipped out when I saw that it was the one, the only, President Anderson. So I answered in a super cheery voice and he said he wanted to hear the miracle story about Jeff (Digger--the guy from my last email). So we told him about what happened and he said that he was planning on sharing it in a meeting with some general authorities. Pretty intense, right? Look out for the story next General Conference! haha jk. But maybe!

 

On Saturday we set up a game of volleyball for investigators and recent converts. The AP's happened to be doubling in our area that day as well. When that happens we plan a day for us and then give them a list of people to see. When we met up for volleyball they told us they found one new investigator, one with a baptismal date, and committed a less active member to come to church the next day for us. They fasted and prayed that they could find people for us to teach and they did! Faith can truly move mountains.

 

There are so many gated communities up here it's ridiculous! There was one that had a broken gate so we could always get in (we had the code but we never needed it). The one day we didn't have a code the gate was fixed. We were with a member named Zoila (Lenny Kravitz's daughter look alike), in her car. We got to the gate and called our investigator Ron for the code number. He has a super thick New York accent so we could barely understand the number. Finally we got it right and as we were driving under the gate bar it closed on the roof of the car all of the sudden! Haha it was crazy! So we had to back up and type in the number. This time we were determined to get through it as fast as we could before it closed on us. Right when it went up Sister Bennett and I screamed to "Go, go, go!" and instead of moving forward we rushed backwards. She had left it in reverse. Haha. We could not stop laughing. We eventually got through and the lesson with Ron went really well! The power of the Atonement is so real! It's definitely something else to see it change someone's life. 

 

Nothing can replace serving a mission. There are experiences I have had and lessons I have learned that I could learn no where else. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to serve. If anyone is not sure whether they should serve or not, read D&C 4. Then you will know. 

 

The snow here really isn't that crazy. Everything was covered in ice, including our car, this morning. I think everyone is paranoid about the weather when really it isn't that bad. The main thing I'm concerned about is hitting a deer or something. They are everywhere!

 

The Christmas Devotional was so good! There is no better way to celebrate Christ's birth than sharing His gospel. This will be the best Christmas ever!

Have a great week everyone! The Lord is on your side

 

2 weeks until Christmas :D

 

Love,

 

Sister Martha Zeller