Called to Serve Him : Feliz Navidad!

FELIZ NAVIDAD!

What a happy time of year it is, and being a missionary has only made it better!

I don't remember too much of what happened this week, only because it has gone by SO QUICK. I can't believe that it is Monday again. Here are just a few quick highlights of what happened of the things that I do remember.

- We found many opportunities to serve! We did everything from hard core cleaning and painting trees, to teaching people English.

- I hit my six month mark in the field!

- We had our Christmas conference as an entire mission. We basically celebrated Christmas early and it was so fun.

- We also had our ward Christmas party. After spending the week delivering flyers and telling EVERYONE about it, our favorite family (the Belasco's) showed up! What made it even better is that our ward is full of fellowshipper's who took them and befriended them right when they walked in!

- Last week, we met an inactive guy who a member found. He is 23 years old, and has been in Texas for just 5 months.We visited him last Saturday and he was solid! He wanted to come to church the next day, but didn't end up showing up. We continued to invite him to do things and he'd tell us that he would come, but then he never did.

We decided to visit him yesterday before church, and we felt like we needed to talk to him about temples. He is an RM, so we talked about the covenants he made. The more we talked, the more it hit home with him. The spirit touched him and 2 hours later, he was sitting in the chapel for the first time in months! It was so happy.

So much more happened.. This is just the tip of the iceberg of our eventful week!

I am so grateful that we get to celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ this week! I am so grateful for the incredible gift of His birth, and for His perfect example! I know that He lives!

Have the happiest Christmas!

Love,

Hermana Rupp