(Sorry these took so long to get up...Been a busy few weeks....Pictures will be posted soon)
There is only one way to describe this week. Unforgettable, really absolutely unforgettable. Christmas week was filled with small tender mercies and miracles that I probably wouldn't of noticed in past years, but I noticed them this year and I was beyond grateful for the chance to have my eyes opened to them. I always wondered why people said that they receive their favorite gifts for Christmas out on their missions and I didn't know why, I know why now. Looking back, I would of traded almost any gift I had ever received just for the chance to stay on that Skype call; that is a miracle. Even now thinking about seeing you all it warms my heart and makes me think of how much I took for granted before my mission. The fact that just seeing their faces, hearing their voices, and just simply talking to them had such an impact on me really opened my eyes to how much I miss them and love them all. Haha I'll tell ya one of the hardest things I've done is hit the end button on that call. At that point I was just crying with joy and the only 2 things I could muster up after that call was to hug Elder Todd and to offer a prayer of gratitude. I have never been so thankful for anything in my life and I can't wait for the day that a gift tries to compete with that. The one thing that I realized was that I want a lot more pictures from you all, just last week I bought a Flash drive so I could have Mormon Messages but also so I could get all the pictures sent to me and have them so I can get them printed out! I am really grateful for everything that I have gotten but nothing will compare to that Skype video call and I am looking forward Mother's day that's for sure :-)
There is only one way to describe this week. Unforgettable, really absolutely unforgettable. Christmas week was filled with small tender mercies and miracles that I probably wouldn't of noticed in past years, but I noticed them this year and I was beyond grateful for the chance to have my eyes opened to them. I always wondered why people said that they receive their favorite gifts for Christmas out on their missions and I didn't know why, I know why now. Looking back, I would of traded almost any gift I had ever received just for the chance to stay on that Skype call; that is a miracle. Even now thinking about seeing you all it warms my heart and makes me think of how much I took for granted before my mission. The fact that just seeing their faces, hearing their voices, and just simply talking to them had such an impact on me really opened my eyes to how much I miss them and love them all. Haha I'll tell ya one of the hardest things I've done is hit the end button on that call. At that point I was just crying with joy and the only 2 things I could muster up after that call was to hug Elder Todd and to offer a prayer of gratitude. I have never been so thankful for anything in my life and I can't wait for the day that a gift tries to compete with that. The one thing that I realized was that I want a lot more pictures from you all, just last week I bought a Flash drive so I could have Mormon Messages but also so I could get all the pictures sent to me and have them so I can get them printed out! I am really grateful for everything that I have gotten but nothing will compare to that Skype video call and I am looking forward Mother's day that's for sure :-)
So this week before that amazing moment was pretty much
filled to the brim! So I'm just going to tell you some of the smaller stuff
then talk about the bigger stuff! Last week this member who is really nice gave
us these free certificates to go eat at this super super fancy buffet that was
at the top of this wedding expo center and looked out over the ocean. The food
was fantastic and I actually got to eat some steak! mmm it was so good haha
:-)
One of the gifts that unfortunately got scheduled right
around Christmas was transfer calls! every 6 weeks we find out if we are moving
locations or staying. I am lucky enough to be staying and training with the
same trainer, but the crazy thing is now my area doesn't have sister
missionaries! So now we are in charge of somehow teaching some of their
investigators which is really tough because we have to have a member of our
gender there with us just because of missionary rules so we aren't sure how it
will go.
We have been working extremely hard lately. We took a couple
hours of planning to organize ourselves and we are starting to realize that
we're doing really good! We have about 7 investigators now and probably 2 more
by the end of the week! A couple of them came to church too! We have 2 weeks
until the baptism so we better get moving on preparing him. This week we are
shooting for 20 lessons which is double what we did this week but with the
spirit boost of seeing our families I'm about positive we can do it ;-) We got
another baptismal date this week as well, it's 송준영's (Songjoonyoung) friend! He seems like a
family man now and I think he is really determined to change :-) In fact the
lesson we taught him was on Christmas and it was a Christmas miracle. We sat
there amazed as Songjoonyoung started to teach his friend about the Restoration
and the Word of Wisdom with very little fault. Very rarely was I as impressed
as I was right then, it was amazing.
We had a Christmas party this week with our ward and it was
great, we had a couple investigators come and being able to have some fun was a
real nice relief. Our missionaries actually put on a play and it was pretty
good! my main line was, as translated "My Boss is Evil". Haha all the
kids got a kick out of it and it was nice seeing the warmth the spirit brought
to the party.
I love you all so much and I wish I could just Skype you all
all the time but I know that it will all be worth it, I am so proud of all of
you for the great support you've given me. Please don't forget the Savior this
Christmas time, I know that I would be nothing without him. I love you all so
much, please write! And please tell me about your wonderful Christmas season!
(I already know about the snow) Love you guys :-)
Elder Fox
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