This week has been crazy. A ton of people were dropped before i came and so we have been working our bums off to find a new teaching pool. The cold weather is freezing here and there isnt even any snow yet. But Y'all should see the Pecos river here in C-bad. They put christmas lights all along the bank and its gorgeous at night!!! They call it Christmas on the Pecos.
So we found this family and they are Baptists. We taught the Restoration and gave a book of Mormon and they said it made a lot of sense. Pray for them that when they pray about the BoM, they will receive that spiritual witness that it is true and act on it. Usually people do the first part and then get scared.
The cold weather is a great proselyting tool because everyone feels bad for us so they let us in. Its perfect:) Everyone loves the missionaries and there are a lot of people here who are at least willing to listen. That is all we need and then The Holy Ghost and Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ do the rest:)
We have had so much happening. We ate at a members house last night who lives on a ranch in the Middle of no where. It so so much fun! And we are also working with getting the Spanish branch to grow! Miracles are going to happen here in C-bad! I just love y'all so much and Hope everything is going great. I have been readying a talk by Thomas S Monson and its called, "The Gift of Gratitude." Here is one thing he said that i love especially for the Holiday Season.
"Do material Possessions make us happy and grateful? Perhaps momentarily. However, those things which provide deep and lasting happiness and gratitude are the things which money cant buy: our families, the gospel, good friends, our health, our abilities, the love we recieve from those around us. Unfortunately, those are some of the things we allow ourselves to take for granted." -Thomas S. Monson
I just love that quote because its so true. It opened my eyes to really see the true meaning of the Holidays:) Ill let y'all know how everything goes with finding those who are prepared for the Gospel! El Evangelio es un don que Dios nos dio entonces podemos ser felize:)!
Chao and Love you ALL,
Hermana Russell
P.s. We went to chilis to eat lunch and this super nice couple bought our meal:) Blessings!:)
Tenga Exito esta semana - Succeed this week
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Thanksgiving with the Rosales's!
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