Hello everyone!
This week was the semana de milagros for the month of December and it was pretty great! Our goal was to "light the world" and I think we definitely accomplished it.
In the church, there´s been a worldwide project going on called "light the world", and our mission actually somewhat focused on it this year, which was nice. It´s specifically for the Christmas season where you try to serve in 25 different ways, on 25 different days! In our zone, we tried to do a different activity on each day and try to have it relate to the Christmas season. On Tuesday we contacted people and offered them pancakes and Books of Mormon that we wrapped as gifts. On Wednesday and Thursday we worked as districts, and on Friday we had a HUGE zone activity. Friday was my favorite day by far. We had an open house the entire day in one of the chapels in our zone and it went really well! We didn't get too many people to come inside, but of the ones that did enter, they were pretty awesome! I got to teach someone that we call "escogidos" here. It was a lesson that lasted 10 minutes maybe, but she accepted everything that we said and told us that she was looking for a church to attend not too long ago but couldn't find one that she felt comfortable in. Pretty sure she´ll be getting baptized here pretty soon in this area of the zone!
That same night, we had a culture night where we had foods from each one of the countries that we´re from as missionaries. It was pretty diverse actually! Of the 14 missionaries in the zone, we represent, the states, Canada, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and New Zealand! We decorated the church with Christmas decorations and it turned out pretty beautiful if I do say so myself :)
Well... Widelban didn't get baptized this Saturday, in case you were wondering. Everything was going great but he didn't pass his baptismal interview this time around. It was a little sad and frustrating but we´re not giving up hope yet! Continue to pray for him please!
I know my Savior lives and that He died for each and everyone one of us. He loves us and has a purpose for us here in this life. Share the gift, that is His Atonement and help others find the purpose that our Heavenly Father has for us here!
I love and miss you all and hope everyone has a very merry Christmas!
Elder Smith
pics: one of our zone activities, other zone activity, another pic, the zone!
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