Feliz Navidad a todos (um... maybe that is correct Spanish?). Haha, anyways this past week was a good week. So Elder Bell and I are doing a lot of tracting whenever we don't have appointments, especially in the evenings. We started doing this thing, because a lot of people we talk to say they're kind of interested but then they are really not. So we have these "letters" that we give out to people who are kind of interested. In it is a letter from Elder Bell and I about who we are and what we do as missionaries with a link to our mormon.org page (by the way everyone should have a mormon.org page). We also have a Restoration pamphlet in there and a card with our phone number and when Sacrament meeting is. Then we'll get their numbers and tell them that we'll call back in a couple of days to see if they're interested, and if so then we make a return appointment. We just barely started doing this at the later half of last week, but we got a lot of potentials. Hopefully as we call them this week we can get some good investigators. We ate dinner twice this week with the Obara family. They are awesome. They have four kids, two boys and two girls, and they are from Connecticut. I walked in and they had Red Sox and Patriots cups for every plate on the table. It was pretty awesome. Also Sister Obara is half Irish so we had a good little talking. They are an awesome family, just like all the families in the branch here. Thursday I went up to Lincoln on an exchange with Elder Hadley who is a Zone Leader. Man, we worked our butts off. The cars were grounded because of the snow so we were walking everywhere, and I forgot to bring my boots up. Opps, haha. But he is an awesome Elder. He is very humble, and he has a speech impediment that makes it hard for him to say what he wants to say sometimes. But he doesn't let it slow him down and it was a great exchange. Jackie is still doing awesome. She's getting baptized this Saturday. We're so excited! The branch has been great at fellowshipping her and she even came over to the Obara's one day when we were having dinner. Yesterday I gave a talk on covenant's in Sacrament meeting. I thought it was pretty good, haha. But like always I learned a lot just by writing it. All in all it was a pretty good week.
So Christmas Spiritual thought of the week. So probably the most famous scripture ever, John 3:16, says, "For God so loved the world that He gave His Only Begotten Son." That is the message of Christmas! God loved us so much that He gave us His Son. If we ever want to question God's love, we can't, because He gave His perfect Son to us so that we could return to live with Him. So Christmas isn't about gifts. Sure it shows that we care about a person. But Heavenly Father gave us His most prized possession, His Son Jesus Christ. So what are we willing to give to those we love? Well... one of the most prized possessions we have is our time. People want to spend time with other people. Sometimes they just want to talk. Sometimes they just want to sit, and say nothing. Sometimes they want to get out and have an adventure. Other times they just need someone there to comfort them. We can use our time in so many ways to help others. So this Christmas let us strive to put away some of our time to be with those we care about, and especially those who need someone there by their side because they may be feeling a little lonely. Angels do exist, but sometimes Heavenly Father wants us to be the angels that people are praying for. So let us remember how much our Heavenly Father loves us and how we can show that love to others this Christmas season. I love you all so much and hope you have a wonderful week.
Godspeed,
Elder Chandler Kendall
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