Hey Everyone!
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| Christmas S'mores |
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hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year! This
Christmas was listerally the best! It was like a week long of
festivities. Well, it kind of started las week with the even in
Guayaquil that I told you about but then THERE WAS MORE. So on Tuesday,
we had a little family home evening/multi-zone conference with Zona
Manta, Portoviejo, and Bahia. So fun. They had little messages they
shared with us and then each zone did a skit and they were so funny. ah
man, someday I will show you the video because I don't think it will
send. Anyway, we had a dinner too and yeah, all good on Tuesday. Then on
Friday we had a dinner as a Zone with an Hermana from Manta who made
it...it was sooo good. Turkey and rice (because...Ecuador) and fruit
salad and cookies (yes, Christmas cookies...Ecaudor version, but
nonetheless they were sugar cookies and actually pretty good) and cake
and cupcakes (she spoiled us) and so that was great as well. Then on
Sunday, on Christmas, we went to church and we had 5 investigators there
which was like the best Christmas gift ever....3 of which were Rocio
and her 2 kids, Johan and Dayana. They are probably my favorite family.
They are going to get baptized on the 31st and that makes me super
happy. But like in the morning we are going to meet her to go to church
and we just see her coming down the road and we're like WHERE ARE YOUR
KIDS?! (because if her kids didn't go to church that Sunday, then they
all couldn't get baptized together on the 31st so we talked for a minute
and then persuaded her to go back and we got her kids and we all went
to church...also my companion forgot her nametag that morning and we
were running late...BUT we got there and all was well. My companion and I
sang a special number in Sacrament meeting. I sang the first verse of
Hark the Harold Angels Sing in English and then we both sang the second
verse in Spanish..it went pretty well. And then we both gave talks about
Christmas and about Christ. They were great. All I prayed for was that
my message could touch the heart of someone. Well, I know the Lord is
mindful of us and is in the details because after sacrament meeting, one
hermana came up to me and said "Thank you so much Hermanas for your
messages, they really touched my heart." Ok can you say direct answer
from God. He answers prays, I am telling you. Anyway, then that
afternoon we went out to work. This year was different because last year
there were rules where we couldn't leave the house the whole day on
Christmas but this year we got a letter from the area saying we could so
we working and let me tell you it was awesome. We had to avoid the
drunk people...but it all went well. We went and visited Rocio and, oh
my she is so cute, she gave us little bracelts that they had bought for
us! I will never forget the look on her face when she gave them to us.
It filled me with so much joy I cannot describe it. Not the fact that it
was a present but just the fact that someone valued us so much to buy
us something and think of us touched my heart. That is a memory I will
never forget. In the night we made smores (a new adventure for my
companion) and that pretty much summed up the night. Overall, it was a
very memorable Christmas. We went out and worked and did just what
Christ would have done and that is the true meaning of Christmas. Thank
you for all your love and support. Feliz Navidad y Prospero Año!
Love,
Hermana Roylance
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| FHE w/ President and Sister Santos |
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| Zone Christmas Dinner |
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