There and Back Again: Week 52: MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

The Greatest Gift you can give to Jesus Christ is the one thing He refuses to take from you...your will. I have been trying to focus on this more on my mission.

I hope it will carry forth into the rest of my life, decreasing contention, increasing sacrifice, choosing to be healthier so I can serve Him better, managing my time better so I have more time to reach out to His children and love them and serve them.

Elder Cullen and I were asked to create fun games for everyone to play after Christmas Dinner. It started with a Christmas Kahoot that everyone played on their phones. THEN....We had different stations all over the recreation hall. puzzle tables, team building tables, dice games tables, card and board game tables,

WE had so many people thank us for our efforts to make it fun for everyone.

people stayed from 2pm to 6:30pm! It was really a fun. To make it the best, Ephraim came to spend the week with us. He helped us sweep, scrape, rake, and scrub Carthage. We made candy, delicious food, and wrote music together. WAIT until you hear the song he wrote!!! I'll take a video of him performing it and then put it in the next newsletter.

I hope you all found people to love and serve during the holidays and that you are looking forward to the NEW Year!! We love you.