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| Two of Santa's reindeer were very busy delivering cookies early this morning to the Sisters in the Roswell Zone! |
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| Sometimes when you are finding, your companion just might find some scrumptious-looking insects. |
Merry Christmas! Although today is a holiday (which usually merits preparation day being moved to Tuesday), President Marsh decided that we might as well enjoy the holiday, so I am emailing you all today! It is worth noting that it feels like a pretty normal preparation day, and it hasn't quite sunk in yet that I will be talking to my family later today. Nevertheless, it has been a pretty good week!
Sister Parsons and I worked hard this week to contact 70 people by Wednesday (normally that is the goal for the whole week, but our District is kicking things up a notch!), and succeeded by the skin of our teeth! We managed to have a lot of fun while trying new ways to find people to talk with about the gospel of Jesus Christ. As usual, some people were more receptive than others, but we kept pressing forward.
I also got to go on an exchange this week, which was great fun! One of them was with a mission legend, Sister Rasmussen. She is basically a Sister Assistant to the President, but her official title is "Special Assignment Sister." Really, all you need to know is that she is hilarious while getting work done (much like Sister Parsons) and I have several new ideas of things I want to try based on what she showed me while we were working together.
Yesterday was the highlight of the week, though. Christmas Eve, of course. We started the day off with a beautiful music-based Sacrament Meeting for church- the ward I am in has a multitude of talents, and my ears appreciated every one of them! After church, we went through the usual missionary struggle of scheduling and rescheduling our day for a significant portion of the afternoon until we got into the rush of the evening! We had 3 appointments (all of which we ran late to and for) with families and each one of them was wonderful. Our focus for the night was on gifts that we can give to our Savior. After all, it was Christmas Eve, and He is the reason for the season. It was really wonderful to see how each family tries to focus on Jesus Christ at Christmas in different ways. Plus, it has been helping me to ponder on what things I can do/set as goals for this coming year (2018!) to draw nearer to my Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ.
Today has been wonderful so far, but most of it is yet to come! Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Stay safe and keep Lighting the World!
Love,
Sister Houghton
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| Our creative Christmas Tree |
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When you find a reindeer sitting on a bench,
you have to take a picture with it!
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| President Ernst (Roswell Stake President), me, President Marsh |
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| Bacon+asparagus+water+me (interesting structure at a park) |
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| Family Joy. . .Skyping in 5 different locations: Eliza and Phillip--Provo, UT Levi, Grandma H, Dad, Mom--Saint George, UT Marta and Jeff--West Richland, WA Sister Tess Houghton--Alpharetta, GA Luke and Lara--Cottonwood Heights, UT |
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