Woohooo!!!!! Christmas is
this week!!!! I'm seriously so excited.
We had our Christmas
Devotional last Friday night with another missionary zone. (I am in Zona Parana,
and we did it with Zona Encarnacion). President LaPierre, his wife, and the
Assistants came. We did a nativity scene and sang a bunch of Christmas hymns
(like what we normally do with the grandparents and cousins, except it was with
a bunch of Elders and Sisters haha). Then we watched the video of "El es
la Dadiva" ("He is the Gift"). It was wonderful and lovely! I
could really feel that the people who put the video together put in a lot of
thought and spirit. After the video, we had the opportunity to take the
sacrament. I didn't know that we could take the sacrament on other days of the
week, but apparently mission presidents have the authority to okay that. It was
so good to be able to think of the birth of Christ in the short video, and then
right afterward reflect that through His life and death we can live again.
We also ate a Christmas
dinner of rice and chicken, then had a few activities to play (they had plastic
bowling sets, a giant coloring book that they wanted everyone to sign, and
sugar cookies to decorate). We each even got a stocking with a new journal and
candies inside! It was definitely a lot of fun and a great experience.
We have our Pday on
Christmas this week (we have permission to write our families today, but that's
about it). So on Christmas, Hna Palacio and I are thinking about making
something to give our neighbors, and we are trying to find out if we can go
caroling at the hospital. But other than that, everything shuts down on
Christmas- we’ll probably be at home most of the day. But I'm so excited to go
caroling to everyone Christmas Eve!
"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the
government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace."
Isaiah 9:6 and 2 Nephi 19:6
I know that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. He really was
born of Mary, a virgin, in Bethlehem. He is the descendent of David the King,
He fulfilled the Law of Moses, and through His Atonement we can be changed, we
can be saved.
Wish I had more time! I love you all!!!!! Have a very Merry
Christmas!
Peace on earth, Goodwill towards men,
Hermana Simmons
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