This
week's shout out goes out to the New Year. I will own you.
What a week. It's been insane and we've got another great one
coming up! Woohoo!
So first off, forgot my camera cord again. Not that I'm really
taking pictures. But I bought this Taylor Swift perfume set, right? And I open
the box, and the perfume bottle is empty. You got me good. I think this is some
sort of weird karma for back when I was really intent on selling bottled air on
eBay. What goes around comes around...
This week was a lot of nail polish. Which is weird, but I can't
say no. These little girls just really wanted to use their Christmas nail
polish on me. So I had my right hand and my left foot painted for awhile.
Unfortunately, they weren't really up to mission standards so I had to take it
off... It was pretty well done though, only half my finger and half my nail
were painted :)
We went caroling on Christmas Eve! It was super fun. We aren't
that fantastic, but we caroled in front of a big crowd of people that were just
standing there. They sure got the show of their life haha we stood in front of
Mr. Christmas's house, and he changed his name to say that. The house was
decked out though, it was really sweet. Then we went to this apartment complex,
knocked four doors at once, and started singing. They really really liked it.
It was super awesome though, I guess people don't really go caroling anymore,
because everyone was telling us about how great it was that we were keeping up
tradition.
Our fridge is full of food. Members are so nice. We have pizza,
KFC, a freaking ham, Hawaiian food, basically everything. It's insane. And I
took a picture of our fridge and it's chock full of food. But we seriously got
a ham. Our investigator gave us a ham. I have no idea.
Bob is doing really well. Like he's basically ready for baptism
only he hasn't come to church at all. He's committed to his friend, but we took
him on a tour of the church, which he really liked. He has a hard time walking
though, so we are working to over come that with him. He believes all the
doctrine and knows it's true! He's golden! But he's also called us a bit
depressed a couple times, which is sad because he's struggling. We pray for him
every day, and I know he will be supported by the Lord. Our members can see the
change that's happened in him, and it's really exciting to be a part of.
Dann called us up and asked to take us out to lunch. He gave us
the ham. It was a really good lunch and he tells us that he is a womanizer. No
lie. And I almost started laughing, and he saw it, so I felt so bad but it was
just really funny. We had a nice talk about how no matter what we've done, we
can be forgiven because God loves us. He likes that. He doesn't really have a
background in religion, so everything is basically new, but he loves it. It's
really great, he's so willing to learn, but he told us straight up that he
doesn't want to be baptized.
The Risden's, the less active family, are so sweet. They got us
gifts for Christmas, and she uses the old school film rolls and used the last
one to take a picture of us. So sweet. We've had a lot of success meeting less
actives this week. We've been talking to members and asking them for advice,
and it's really paid off. I'm so grateful. They have really been taking care of
us, and as a result, we have return appointments with families that might
potentially come back to church. We are so excited and humbled to have this
opportunity!
Alright, so Christmas day. Skyped the fam, and Ashley and Jenna
were there. Punk kids :) It was really good though, my sister is the cutest,
and my family is just really funny. We went and spent time with the Lee's, who
painted my toenails and we played some board games. Then we went to the
Ireland's, who we just kind of sat there and talked a bit. Then we went to the
Doman's for dinner, and they are so nice. We went around and shared thoughts
about Christ, and it was a really spiritual meeting. Then we went to the
Guillen's, and they showed us Just Dance 2014. It's a good thing I can't dance,
otherwise... Haha but it was a great Christmas. Probably the first one where I
was actually able to reflect on Christ's birth vs other things, so it was
really really great.
This week is New Year's Eve, so we get to watch 2 movies! I
haven't watched one in 7 months. 7 MONTHS. It's crazy, but surprisingly I
haven't really missed it too much. We are watching Despicable Me 2 and Monsters
University. I'm pretty excited haha
As we start making resolutions, I'd like to encourage you all to
follow through. Which is probably the hardest thing, but making goals and
accomplishing them is the hardest thing in life, but it is the most worthwhile.
I know it is. This year has so much in store for each of us, and if we take
advantage of it, we will have success.
Happy New Years. I sure do love you all.
Love,
Sister Kwan
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