Hi Everyone!
I am doing spectacularly this week. I am so grateful for the opportunity that I have to be a missionary. It's crazy awesome.
This
week I got a new companion! Her name is Hermana Garcia! She is so
wonderful. She is from Australia, and just got transferred from the
Spanish speaking part of the mission, (where she has been for her entire
mission up to this point) into an English speaking part of the mission.
So that has been a little bit crazy, and we've had an interesting time
together trying to adjust, but we are doing well together. She has this
crazy long red hair, and is probably the sweetest person on the planet. I
feel very blessed to be able to know her.
After
transfers on Wednesday, we had to drop Sister Blair off at the Mission
office so she could be driven to the airport. It was so hard to say
goodbye to her. There were 8 other sisters going home with her, and so
many people were crying. We were all a mess, but she is happy to be home
with her family for Christmas.
We also got to
help set up and be a part of the Ward Christmas Party. It was a blast,
and an awesome experience. We met so many people that we hadn't ever met
before, and were able to talk to the Anaheim Spanish missionaries,
which was fun. (The Anaheim Spanish Ward meets in our building, so we
had our Christmas party together.) I tried tamales for the first time.
They are so good, but maybe a little bit spicy for me. We had an awesome
time, and loved spending time with our ward.
We are still working with Gamal, and hoping that he will keep progressing and working towards his baptismal date.
I
want to talk about Julie. Julie is the 16 year old girl who we met last
week. She told us last week on Sunday that she wanted to come to
church, and we've had other people tell us that in the past, and then
they didn't show up. It's super disappointing when people don't keep
commitments. Anyways, we called her on Thursday, and asked if she was
planning on coming, and if she needed a ride, etc. She said that she was
coming!!! Then she came!!!! Oh man, so much stuff happened yesterday
that could have prevented everything from happening like it did, but it
was amazing! She stayed at all three hours of church, and she wants to
come back next week! She is also letting us come and talk with her
tomorrow and on Thursday. I cannot express how blessed I feel that we
found her. She was telling us yesterday about how she had been searching
for a church, and wanted to come closer to God. What the amazing!!!
That's
about it! I'm so excited for Christmas, and I'm excited to see what the
next week brings, because life is never boring as a missionary. I love
this gospel, and I love this Christmas season where people are so much
more open to talking about Christ and remembering him.
I love you all so much, and want to wish you a very Merry Christmas.
Love, Sister Wood :)
Picture
1) This is Sister Garcia and I along with two of the Bishops daughters.
I put a wreath on my head, and soon everyone else had a wreath on their
head, so we took a picture. Also, the little girls wanted to wear our
coats. This happened while we were setting up for the ward Christmas
party.
Picture 2) Us and Santa!! :)
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