Hello everyone!!
Hope you all have enjoyed the first week of December! I'm over here in compete shock this it is actually December. Feels like September still to me.
We had a good week. Keeping busy even though we have no one to teach.
This weekend we had a fabulous Community Christmas Celebration put on by our stake. They had hundreds of nativities from around the world and different local musical groups performing. We were ushers for it. We werent allowed to go up to people and talk about the gospel but they could come to us to ask questions. We basically just stood around and smiled. They also had a live nativity on the front lawn facing the road. We had gotten there when it first started one night and they didnt have anyone to be people for the nativity. So they grabbed us missionaries. We each took a character and put on the costume and went and stood as the nativity. Sister Fullmer and I were angels. The costumes were pretty great. We all got a good laugh out of it and had a good time.. Oh the things that are fun to a missionary.. One of the elders took pictures on his camera so if we get them from him I will send you all a pic of us next week.
To prepare for this celebration we handed out lots of invitations to it this week. One fabulous lady in the ward make a treat and wrote a note with an invitation for lots of people she knew. She asked us to go pass these out and carol for them. Once again I am not a good singer but Sister Fullmer and I did just that. We sang a song and then handed them the treat and invitation.
We had a special sisters meeting this week. Last year at this time there were 12 sister missionaries in the mission. As of
Thursday there are over 70. It was great to have all of us sisters together to learn and be instructed by President Bernhisel and his wife. He talked about woman and priesthood. What a fabulous power that we all are able to be blessed from. Then Sister Bernhisel talked about motherhood. It is not about the number of children but the qualities and attributes it takes to be a mother. And how to be a great woman and mother with faith.
As sister leaders we had the chance to teach our zone this week. We were pretty nervous but it went smoothly. This calling is definitely a hard one with a lot of responsibility but it is teaching me and helping me to become a better missionary.
This week we had a beautiful 78 degree day. And then yesterday it was 38 degrees. The weather is always dramatically changing but I am loving all the warmer days we can get!
In Mosiah 3:7-8 we read..
7 And lo, he shall
suffer temptations, and pain of body,
hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can
suffer, except it be unto death; for behold,
blood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his
anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people.
8 And he shall be called
Jesus Christ, the
Son of God, the
Father of heaven and earth, the
Creator of all things from the beginning; and his
mother shall be called Mary.
Jesus Christ did more for us then we can comprehend. This Christmas season let us not forget the real reason we are celebrate. Let us think of what we can do to give back to Christ.
I'd love to hear your experiences with this!
I had a little tender mercy this week. On our way out of ward council yesterday in the bishops office I decided to grab a dove chocolate. I opened it later that day and it read "You are exactly where you are supposed to be". If I ever had wondered what in the world I was doing here that all went away in that moment. Heavenly Father is always watching out for us and loves us! Even if he shows it with a simple dove chocolate. I hope you can all feel of His love in your life.
The title of a song I heard this week describes a mission perfectly..
The hardest thing I've ever loved to do!
I love you all and hope you have a fabulous week!
Love, Sister Judd
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