Christmas was
really good! For lunch we had tamales and a lot of really spicy beans and
chicken. We spent the rest of the day visiting families in our ward. This
week is Hermana Dominguez last week so we are going to work really hard. Then
hopefully Friday, I am going to know if I'm staying here or if they are
shutting down our area.
I'm kind of
happy to be done with all the holiday stuff from last week. It was getting a little crazy and busy. We
had a lot of lessons though, so that was fun! I also got to help Hermana
Dominguez dye and highlight a lady in our wards hair for service. She also cut her hair, but I just did dishes
while she did that. All the members here are super sweet, and I kept getting
random presents from people I barely even know.
I think my
favorite part of last week was the time I got to spend thinking about our
Savior and his birth. Something that really hit me is that He truly did suffer
for everything we have and will go through, and the amazing thing is He went
through a lot of things just so that we would be able to learn and grow. I just
think it's amazing that He came to the world knowing that He would have to
suffer for all of the trials that we have to go through in order to help us
become more like Him. I'm just so grateful for that.
This past week
we had a really cool experience. The night before Christmas Eve Hermana
Dominguez and I decided we needed to visit a less active girl in our ward. Usually we don't leave the house until 12
because of studies and lunch, but for some reason Hermana Dominguez really felt
like we needed to be there at 11. We
planned to visit her and then do the rest of our studies after, then that
morning we got up and started studies, and I just had a really strong
impression that sometime throughout the day we would find a young man that we
needed to teach. We left to go visit the less active member at 11 and when we
got there her older brother answered the door and turns out the girls was just
about to go to work at 12, but she had enough time for a lesson. We were able to share a lesson on the Sabbath
day with her and her brother who turns out isn't a member, but wants to learn
more about the gospel! It was really amazing because God guided us to exactly
where we needed to be right when we needed to!
On Sunday we
had a fireside that all the missionaries put on for our ward, so of course it
was on missionary work. It was a little awkward because we were trying to teach
them how it's our responsibility to teach the gospel and theirs to help with
the social conversion, because it's really easy to smudge that line, but it
ended up being really spiritual, then we ended it with Hna. Dominguez, me and
another Hermana in the ward singing the efy version of I Know that My
Redeemer Lives. We had barely practiced, and I was just kinda making up an alto
part to it, and it actually turned out ok! So that's a miracle!
I hope you
all have a really great week! Thanks for all you do and for all the gifts! I
really loved all of them. I love you!
Love,
Hermana Burgoyne
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