Hey Family!!
Sorry that I worried you and I didn't write
yesterday. Our p-days have been switched to Tuesdays for the rest of the
month because we will be doing Facebook training on Mondays. That
is the only day that the Family History Center is open to us and closed
to the public. Yipee...We are back on Facebook. I can't really decide if
I like it or not, but it is something inspired by the Lord. As soon as
we get our ipads we will be spending an hour a day on Facebook. I have
deactivated my previous account until after my mission so for now I will
just be using my mission Facebook account.
We
get our mail on pdays and Thursdays so it only takes a little while for
us to get our mail.GREAT NEWS!!! Ya remember that time that Sister J and I got a red light ticket... Our attorney won that case because the sun made it so that in the video you couldn't tell when the light turned red...SCORE!!! Tender mercy!! :) So now all we have to do is pay the attorney which is a LOT cheaper than paying the ticket :)
I had my first interview with President Bowen. It went really well
and GUESS WHAT :) He said that Sister J and I get to stay together
another transfer....I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!! Sister J is so awesome
and we have so much fun together!! I am so grateful we get to spend
more time together!!
We did service this week putting up Christmas lights for a
member... We got sunburned!! Who would have guessed that it was going to
be 75 degrees in the middle of December while we put up Christmas lights
haha :) We had fun while doing it though!
We were able to get our most progressing investigator to a baptism
some elders in our zone had this weekend. She really enjoyed it and it
increased her curiosity more so she had a lot of questions for us which
is so awesome. The Spirit was so strong and powerful and she definitely
felt it!
We had our ward Christmas party on Saturday...They
sure know how to throw parties here in Cali!! They had lots of
different soups and stews and the best part... They had a hot chocolate
bar!! It was awesome!!! They also had little crafts for the kids and a
movie. The Bolsa Grande High School Chior came and sang some Christmas
songs for us. They did a very beautiful job. Afterwards, Bishop and his
family gave all 30 choir members a Book of Mormon...Go big or go home I
guess haha :) We had a lot of less active and a few non members there so
that was a great finding activity for us!
Our Bishop has given us an assignment to focus on one less active
sister and one less active family. For the past few weeks we have been
trying to visit the less active family with no luck...They are always
home, but they never answer the door. So we just decided to leave little
notes for them that have a little quote on them and a scripture. Guess
what... On Sunday
they came to church. Even the little things can encourage people to come
back. Last week after the Christmas devotional we stopped by to see the
less active sister. Just as we were walking up the stairs we could hear
the Christmas devotional playing in her house. We got really excited to
hear that she was watching it. We knocked..and knocked...and knocked
with no luck. So we left her a note and asked her to call us. Later in
the week she did and we were able to set up an appointment with her. She
said that she didn't hear us knock because she had the tv up loud so
that she could hear it downstairs in the craft room. She is such a sweet
lady and we will be going back to visit her again soon.
On Sunday
at church I heard the parable of the starfish. idk if you guys have
ever heard it before so I will tell it to you.... Every morning after
the tide goes back out there are starfish left of the beach. If they
don't get back into the water they will die. There was a little boy
walking a long the beach and gently picking up the starfish and throwing
them back into the sea. A man walked up to the boy and said "What are
you doing... There are thousands of starfish on this beach. You will
never be able to save all of them. You will never make a difference."
The little boy walked up to the next starfish picked it up threw it back
into the sea and replied to the man "I made a difference for that one."
As I related that to missionary work I am reminded that I can't help
everyone, but I can make a difference for some. The Gospel is so amazing
and it can change everyone's life. I know it is true and I love it so
much!!
I love you all and I hope that you have a wonderful week! See you soon!! :)
Love, Sister Gillett
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