December 9, 2019
Happy Holidays!!
While being a missionary during Christmas can be a little sad, it's
also the BEST time to be a missionary. Everyone is just so happy and there are
lights and everyone that has light or decorations will talk to us about
Christmas and Jesus Christ! So that's been pretty cool to see this week.
Christopher got baptized on Sunday!! We love niño baptisms ❤
He is 10 years old and started coming to church with his great-grandma a while
back and called us on Tuesday saying he wanted to be baptized on SUNDAY.
Needless to say, it was pretty crazy with planning everything for the baptism
and teaching him and getting his interview set up, but everything went very
smoothly. Honestly, the coolest thing is that we have to make goals every
month, and for December, we made a goal of 1 baptism because that's the
“standard of excellence”. We didn’t have anyone lined up at all, but we just
had faith that somehow heavenly father would make it work. And he did! He works
in very mysterious ways haha.
Then I just wanna share this part of a talk from President Utchdorf
that I really like.
“God … will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God
himself shall be with them, and be their God.
“‘And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be
no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more
pain: for the former things are passed away.’” (Rev 21:3-4)
Great-Aunt Rose looked at Eva. Her smile was wide as she whispered,
with a slight quiver in her voice, “Isn’t that the most beautiful thing you’ve
ever heard?”
It really did sound beautiful, Eva thought.
Aunt Rose turned a few pages and pointed to a verse for Eva to read:
“Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man,
the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”
“With such a glorious future,” Aunt Rose said, “why get swallowed up in
past or present things that don’t go quite the way we planned?”
Eva furrowed her brow. “But wait a minute,” she said. “Are you saying
that being happy means just looking forward to happiness in the future? Is all
our happiness in eternity? Can’t some of it happen now?”
“Oh, of course it can!” Aunt Rose exclaimed. “Dear child, now is part
of eternity. It doesn’t only begin after we die! Faith and hope will open your
eyes to the happiness that is placed before you.
“I know a poem that says, ‘Forever—is composed of Nows.’
The gospel of Jesus Christ gives us hope for a better future and helps
us see the happiness that we can have now :) Jesus Christ is the gift that never
stops giving and we can find peace, joy, comfort, love, and relief in him.
Love y'all, have a fantastic week! 😄
Hermana Coleman
