Happy New Year!!! December 28, 2015

Oh my goodness, 

so we have to push back Larry's baptism because of word of wisdom issues but he is doing great! Continue to pray for him:) He has prayed about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon and he says he knows it is true:)

We have a lot of potential baptisms coming up and we are very excited! Christmas was so much fun! We got to spend time with the Members and it was Sister Espinosa's Birthday on the 24th! It was awesome:) We had a lot of fun. And I got to talk to my amazing family!

Holidays are great, but it's difficult time to teach so I'm so glad they are over so we can get to work!! So excited:)

Craziness here in C-bad, NM, it snowed and people are acting like it is the end of the world. It's pretty hilarious. We had to go to the store and buy a bunch of stuff to "prepare" for the storm. We couldn't go out and teach all of Sunday and church was cancelled. We went out at one point and taught a less-active. It was good and then the ZL told us to stay inside. Man it was crazy. What am I gonna do when I get home? We were so bored! Can't wait to go out and do missionary work today!

Thank you so so much for all the Christmas wishes and I hope Y'all have a Happy New Year!! Tenga seguridad en el nieve:) haha

Chao and Love you ALL,

Hermana Russell

 Our car

Walmart Packed preparing for zombie apocalypse.... or the snow.

My companion pushed me in the snow:) haha Angels making snow angels!

Merry Christmas!! December 22, 2015

 The greatest gift is the Birth of the Savior this Christmas! 

Hola! Christmas is this week! Whoo hoo i am so excited!! We have already had the best time here in Carlsbad and its gonna get 10x better when Christmas comes along. 

Larry wants to get baptized the day after Christmas so pray that he will be prepared by then! He is hard to meet with because of his schedule but God will make everything work out:) We want to make sure that he is totally prepared though so he will probably be baptized the next week. But pray for him:) He is so awesome!

And we had an amazing lesson with a women with 3 kids and her husband isn't a big fan of religion. But she cried so much when we shared the First Vision because she had a dream like it!! So cool!!! We were all crying. She agreed to be baptized but after the craziness of the season. Ugh so many miracles! 

We taught a Spanish lesson to an awesome guy and he said yes to baptism but he still has some questions about the priesthood and what not. But he is awesome:)

They are all reading and praying about the Book of Mormon! Ugh i just love the Gospel so much. Being on a mission is probably the Best Christmas present you could have. 

Also the little young girl I talked about last email, She and her mother came to church for the Christmas program! It was beautiful and many less-active/potentials came to church! The members are awesome! They bring all their friends and family to church who aren't members! It was a beautiful program too. Sister Espinosa and I got to sing in the Choir and it was just awesome. We were crying. 

Y'all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Love all of you so much. And i hope not only the Spirit of Christmas will be going around your home but the Spirit of Christ:)!

Con amor- Hermana Russell

#ASaviorisBorn

Sister Tyckson! MTC compa

Got to see my Trainer at the Jingle Jam!

All the Missionaries who came out with me!!

Lubbock Temple after the Jingle Jam

December 14, 2015 Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas!!!!

How are Y'all doing?! How is the Holiday Season treating you??

So craziness this week. we got 7 new investigators which is bomb because Mi companera has been sick this week:/ We also taught lots of Spanish Lessons! I love speaking spanish but ugh it is so hard. I ain't perfect at it.

We saw so many miracles this week. Yesterday we went to the Frestons to eat dinner, when they had a little neighbor girl who plays with their kids come over, and she wants to get baptized so bad!! We shared a message with her and the Frestons and then she said, "Will ya'll share a message with my family?!" And we said, "uh ya sure why not" (on the inside, "Yes!"). hahaha And we went and met her family. Come to find out the mom is a member but in-active but she wants to come back to church. It's just the Husband that has a hard time with it. He has to give permission for the Daughter to get baptized. Please say yes!! 

Also L who has a Baptismal Date on the 26th is preparing for his baptism! So we met L on the street and we shared with him about the message we have and then invited him to the christmas party that was the next day and he said he would love to go. And we also taught him an hour before that the Restoration and then last night taught the Plan of Salvation and he has come to church twice now. He is super awesome. He is kinda shy but he is really excited to get baptized!  He has been coming to church and taking the lessons so he can be ready by then! He is setting a huge example to his family. We are so excited for him!:) He is truly asking Heavenly Father if this is the right path for him and he says he has felt the spirit and knows that this is the right path. So pumped!

https://youtu.be/q_TEOyhy7Bg

Check out the New Christmas Video the church has put out! So awesome and tear jerking:)

BTW its like 80 degrees here. Its so warm

Love Y'all

Happy Holidays!!

The Savior is Born Video

Went to the Temple on Saturday!! It was awesome!! Members to us to eat at Hibachi after, YUM!

The Rosales's! They are the Bomb. They are the ones who took us.

#ASaviorisBorn December 7, 2015

Feliz Navidad!

I love the christmas season! It's just so awesome. There is just something about it that brings everyone together and I know for a fact that it is the Light of Christ:) 

We have had a very successful week.We found a few new investigators and one has a baptismal date on the 26th of December! Day after Christmas:) And we found this family and they want to get baptized but they first need to understand why their past baptism wasn't "valid". But hey they will learn by the spirit and have the desire to be baptized with the Priesthood authority:) -The authority of God. Who wouldn't want to be baptized by that?

We had the Carlsbad Caverns Ward Christmas party last Saturday and it was so much fun! We have the best ward ever! Santa came and everything. Oh and our investigator with a baptismal date came. We literally met him 3 days ago. He is so ready. Oh and he came to church Yesturday:) Just pray that he will be able to understand everything that we teach him and he will have the desire to be a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter- saints.

We also had Exchanges with the Roswell Sister Training Leaders! Ugh they are so awesome! So I got to go spend 24 hours serving in Roswell, New Mexico. It is a goofy town. But so cute hahah I was with Sister Wood and she was in my Zone before in the past and i just love her! I learn a lot from her:)

Everyone check out the new video the church put out for christmas and share it with each other!!

Christmas.mormon.org #ASaviorisBorn 

Happy Holidays!

Con amor- Hermana Russell

Thank you for the awesome christmas tree MV5th Ward!

Cute lady in our spanish branch

Sister Wood!!

Roswell, NM