Good morning Everyone!
This week has gone by so so quick! It's been wonderful, and I'll try to cover some of the best things that happened (I'll probably forget like 50% of it, but I'll try!)
I guess I'll start with Thanksgiving. We didn't exactly have a dinner appointment to begin with (the Meridian temple dedication was last Sunday, so the meal calendar wasn't passed around), but Bishop Bezas had us over for unconventional dinner! Their daughter served in Albania, so we had stuffed peppers (which they have a lot over there!). It was really fun, they are such a cute family!
On Friday, #LightTheWorld came out! So exciting!! In the past 3 days, Sister Snow and I have handed out 73 cards (I guess that makes up for not having anyone to teach at the moment :) )! It has been so fun to participate and get people pumped up about the Christmas initiative. It's the best - the whole thing is centered on Jesus Christ, and lighting the world through service and love this Christmas season. even if people don't want to be a part of this church, the initiative is a great way to feel "the spirit of the season" and help someone else have an even better Christmas! I would like to challenge every single person that reads this sentence to participate and share this challenge with at least one other person! You can do it! The missionaries have those cute little cards that you can give to someone else, just ask them for one! As we all band together and #LightTheWorld, everyone will be able to feel the spirit, and they will know if Christ our Savior.
The whole week, I received so many answers to prayers and concerns in little ways. like on Sunday, someone's talk was exactly what I needed to hear. I would like to bear my testimony to all of you that I know that Heavenly Father is mindful of us. He love us. As our father, He wants to help us. And I know that He will do so, in His own time and in His own way. I am so thankful for this knowledge and assurance that I will always ALWAYS be taken care of.
We also had exchanges this Saturday! It was a little crazy, but SO much fun! Our Sister Training Leader is Hermana Elkington (yes, I said Hermana), so I went over to her area and Hermana Corona came to be in our area with Sister Snow. Sister Elkington is a complete riot. She's from Hawaii, and she is so laid back and hilarious. I love her so much! Because it's a Spanish area, it was hard for me to participate in the lessons, so I ended up making faces at the little kids from across the room in an attempt to keep them entertained as Hermana Elkington and members from the branch taught. There was one little boy named Brayden, and he's 3 years old. He had a little bag of mini cookies and he was eating them, then he looked at me and gave me one. I was chosen! Lol. I set the cookie on my knee instead of holding it in my hand, and eventually he gave all four of us (there were 2 members with us) cookies. When any of us would take them off our knee and set them on the couch, he would walk over and restore the cookies to their rightful places - our knees. Hermana Elkington leaned over to me while Hermana Matrinez was talking and said "knee cookies" and I almost burst out laughing. It was so silly and so cute.
Those are pretty much the highlights of the week (that I can remember)! I hope you all have the best week ever, and don't forget that the #LightTheWorld challenge officially starts on Friday, December 1st!
Love you all! Thank you so much for the constant support and love!
Sister Carlson
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