Okay
seriously. Where has this year gone?! I legit feel like it was just last
Christmas. My oh my is time flying or what?! I hope you all were able to check
out the #LightTheWorld video - if not, lucky for you There's still time! Mormon.org
has got some great ideas for service every day. So keep looking at it and share
it up! :) I've loved hearing what yinz are doing so far- keep up the great
work!! I'll fill you in on what Sister Roper and I have done too but hang tight
while I fill you in on our awesome Zone Conference!!
Okay, so Christmas Zone Conferences are my
favorite! Here's a few of my favorite things from the meeting:
- I loved listening to all the Christmas
music. Music just has a great way of bringing in the Spirit. The whole time I
just felt so happy and so much peace. What a great way to kick off December
with such a strong spirit!
- President Johnson gave a great training
about setting goals and always pushing ourselves to improve and keep working
toward success. It was great! Sister Roper and I made our life lists and we are
super pumped to accomplish life goals :P
- Most of all I was super happy to be
able to hear my "mom", Sister Hansen's departing testimony. Before
missionaries go home they get to share their testimonies with the zone. It is
always so powerful and it was especially cool being able to hear my amazing
trainer's testimony. I love her powerful testimony and love for the Savior and
the Restored Gospel. She related the story of her leaving me on the bus when
she was training me and how if she hadn't come out here she would feel that
same feeling of 'lost' that we felt then. I'm so grateful she came out because
I know for a fact my mission experience and life wouldn't be the same. The
other testimonies were so good too it was awesome to hear from some of my
greatest mission homies - they were all so powerful and it's something I will
never forget.
Okay now to our Light the World daily
events
Day 1: Service- we had some epic plans but
Sis Roper had some food poisoning from the night before so we had to rearrange
plans BUT we did get to serve some members by washing their dishes and serving
them with cupcakes :)
Day
2: Honor your parents- we wrote little letters to our parents *surprise!*
ha, ha, ha, I am so grateful for wonderful parents! I also got to call Sister Hansen
and tell her how much I appreciate her 'cuz she's my mission "momma".
Sis Roper also wrote me a little letter that cutie!
Day
3: Help the blind to see- we visited this older member who has cataracts pretty
bad and we showed her the Christmas video and read her scriptures to her. It
was an amazing experience! We also visited some members and told them how
grateful we were for them and all they do and they were in tears when we
pointed out Attributes they don't normally see in themselves. We visited with a
family we've been working with and the husband has been pretty hard hearted and
I guess "blind" to the gospel you might say so we did some service
and helped put up their Christmas tree and by the end the whole family was
laughing and smiling. It was awesome!
Day
4: Worship the Father- we were able to get 10 of our less-active members, recent
converts and investigators (all together) to come out to church with us. It was
awesome! The Spirit was strong and I was reminded once again how grateful I am
to be on a mission and help my fellow brothers and sisters to come
home. To top it off-Sis Roper even happened to match clothes with one of our awesome
members!
Day
5: Help the sick- I spent a good portion of studies this morning looking at the
churches mental health website and praying to know how I could help some of the
friends and people I've met with these struggles and wrote some letter and
emails to them. It was one of the most powerful studies I've had. I love the
Spirit!!
So
I think that's about it for this week- stay tuned for more :)
💕Sister
McDonald
Ponderize: "Jesus Wept." John
11:35
Comittment: "fearless declare my
witness of Christ"~ Christensen
Charity Attribute: rejoice in truth!
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