Merry Christmas!!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I hope that everyone is having an amazing day and spending time with your families. Remembering our Savior and being with our family is all that matters on this day. For some families this is the only day that everyone can be together, and I hope that you all take advantage of it!

Covid has made it an interesting year, but it doesn't matter what covid does we can still have the love and the support of all of our loved ones around us and make sure that we make the best of every moment. Thank you to everyone who wished me a Merry Christmas. I appreciate it a lot! 

Today has been an amazing day and one that I am going to remember. We got up and studied. We then got to open all of our gifts from our family and friends. It was so much fun! I was able to talk to my family, I loved it so much. This was a time that all of my family was together and what a soft spot in my heart it makes me so happy to see all of them and what amazing people God has blessed me with. 

We had a district what elephant gift exchange. We all found something out of a missionary apartment and took it. It was a lot of fun to be with my district and so see them on such a happy day of the year. There were a lot of crazy things, we took a whoopie cushion and Christmas toilet paper and all of the old candy out of our cupboards, Haha. I got a rubber ducky, these weird chickens that you fling around the room, and one of my favorites reeses pieces. Tonight we have a devotional from one of the 12 apostles Elder Anderson, a meal with a member and an investigator, and we are going to deliver notes to everyone in our area. Over all an amazing Christmas and hope you all had the same.

Really fast this week has been a good one, we had an amazing Christmas program that I got to be a part of. Getting Gunner ready to be baptized next week! yayay!!! We had a Christmas zone conference, we were able to make ornaments for people we are teaching, we had an amazing church tour with Juan y Jennifer. I hope that they are going to be put on date soon. They are making good progress! We helped the ward with their relief society Christmas program. You guys are a miracle. I have not got a coat yet because I was called to Vegas, and it has not rained here in almost a year. Well last Tuesday I talked with my mom and we thought it would be a good Idea to get one and the next day was this activity. I bought my new coat and all of the sudden it started raining. It was AMAZING! What a blessing from God, I had something so I would not get wet and it felt a little more like Christmas with the rain. It smelled so good and the strip looked amazing (from our apartment)! This week I have had some ups and downs but over all God has blessed me with amazing people and amazing work! 

This week because it is Christmas I invite you all to watch The Christ Child if you haven't. This is something that is a good reminder to us, a video that we should all cherish and love! Because of Jesus Christ we all receive the opportunity to live with our families forever. But He has given us the world! He suffered in the Garden of Gethsemane for each and every one of us. He knows the hurt and the pain that we are all going through each and every day! Because of him we get the opportunity to be resurrected and live in the kingdom with God again. Please do not take Jesus Christ for granted he is here for you and is just waiting for you to call out for him. Isn't he your best friend because he is mine! So remember that precious little baby boy today and forever and all that he has given to you. 

I love you all so much and hope you have the most amazing week ever. Love you all!