So my wonderful companion was gracious enough to run around with me last p-day as well as this p-day so I could get my Christmas shopping done. I wasn't planning on doing any but when I got the package from home I felt like I needed to.
We had a full week of talking to everyone, handing out as many Light the World cards as we could (they are a great lead-in to talk to everyone), and doing our best to spread the wonderful news of this gospel.
At the end of our p-day we saw this car wash place and decided to check it out and believe it or not it was their open house! We got a $27ish wash for free! It was fun and colorful, we turned up our music and were loving it! Oh, the life and joys of a missionary!
We definitely saw miracles this week...they never cease. We go to visit someone and find someone else that we were meant to talk to. We were able to visit one of our investigators who is preparing to be baptized January 13th. Her name is Gricia. She is the cutest and so is her 1 year old daughter! She doesn't speak very much English so we are grateful when we can get a translator. When we can't we are grateful for the Chuukese materials we have to help explain. She is really progressing, we are excited for her! We also were able to set 2 others with dates this week which was exciting because they seem really solid. Most Chuukese people will say yes to a date but it's not very solid. So we were excited when we asked one of our new investigators to be baptized in the first lesson and she was like I need to repent first. We were like yes! She understands!
We had a fun dinner social at our apartment complex. They provided Panda Express and there was some great calming live Hawaiian music. We weren't able to stay too long but it was a great opportunity to talk to some people. The Senior Missionaries that work in the office also live there so they were able to talk to some people and actually talked to our new neighbor who is really nice!
Saturday was Sister Sicotte's birthday so I sneakily set up some decorations while she was getting ready. We also went to lunch at the Hawaiian Sweet Potato Factory which was delicious. I tried to make her feel special. We were able to go to China town and we handed out several copies of the Book of Mormon and flyers for the Christmas Concert.
We had dinner at this cute Sushi place and it was really good. I had a really good Chicken Katsu Bento. Then we headed to the Christmas Concert to greet people. It was fun handing out the programs and seeing many people from Kahala Ward and other places. One of ou investigators came but we didn't save seats and all the reserved seats for investigators were taken (which is actually really great that they came) So we ended up sitting to the side of the stage where you can't really see. But we were still able to enjoy the show. They had a few different choirs: youth, children's, and adult. They also had a wonderful Orchestra. They had a full program of a variety of songs. They even did songs from The Polar Express along with dancers and a little boy singing. So cute! We saw another investigator and her family come which was great. What a special treat to be able to experience that!
I am excited for Christmas and love this time of year to think of Christ and be more like Him. I am grateful for His sacrifice that we can receive strength from. I know that when we try to be like Christ by loving and serving others as he would we can be happiest.
Love,
Sister Heath
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