So this week was another great week!!! We had our church Christmas party and we has SO many of our investigators attend!! And they were lots of families which is good because we are really focusing on families right now. Elsa and Harlyn are some of our new investigators that we've found and they are so awesome! They just drink up every word we say and get so excited to read the Book of Mormon! They are coming to church next week and they are super excited! I seriously love being a missionary guys.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to watch the Christmas Devotional from Salt Lake City and wow how great was that! Anyone who hasn't seen it I strongly encourage you to. Go to www.lds.org and click on the link. It really made me think about the true meaning of Christmas and how god gave us the greatest gift- "for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son"-Jesus Christ This holiday season is a time to show our love and gratitude to our savior Jesus Christ. This will be my first Christmas away from home but I have never felt the Christmas spirit more fully in my life as I serve the people here in the Philippines day in and day out. In the Christmas Devotional Elder Nelson said, "Jesus has given us the greatest gift, the gift of his atonement that enables us to repent, return to our Heavenly Father someday, and receive eternal life.
So, during this holiday season- a time of love and giving, what is your gift to him?" My gift to the Savior this year is my whole heart, and my full efforts as I serve him here in the Philippines another year. My gift to him is giving the gift of the gospel to the people here and helping them receive a fullness of happiness. Even though I’m far from home this Christmas and will be teaching like any other day on Christmas, I’m not sad and I’m not homesick because I know that sharing the gospel brings joy to others which makes me happy in turn.
I love you all so much and even though I said I’m not homesick, I still think of you often and pray for you every day. I love you and wish you a merry Christmas!!!
God bless,
Sister Lowe
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