December 9, 2013
Hey Family!
I am so sorry but I don't have a ton of time today!! Ahh... they put
a limit on the computers now. One would think an hour and half would be enough,
but sadly its not.
Okay and first off…THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL TREE! I felt
so loved so please tell everyone thank you for me. It was so sweet and so kind
and I really appreciated it. And I thought your Beehives did a wonderful job
cutting out the tree. It looked great to me.
Thanks for the pictures from Maddie's b-day. Maddie... you're a
babe! Love you and I cannot believe your 17!!! That's so old. haha ;)
Quick updates:
I am now residing in Beverly Hills! I have no idea how I got so
lucky, but here I am and I love it. It’s so nice to be in an actual home for the
holiday season. We are going to have an actual Christmas tree!
We live in this huge house and it has a super nice backyard. We live
with an older sister, who isn’t married and doesn’t have any children. She
loves to play the piano so she made us sing with her the other day. Ha-ha.
She's like got serious connections; she's a friend of President
Monson. We were telling her about our YSA ward and the struggles we were having
with all the members going home for the holidays. She was like "well ya’ll
just got the pits. I'm going to call President Monson about this."
Ha-ha-ha I love her so much! She is the sweetest thing. She's even been
helping us in the finding process. She's inviting over her cleaning ladies in
hopes that we can meet with them and talk to them a little about the
gospel.
Oh and get this... we totally set off the house alarm the other day.
Cops came and everything. Luckily Sister … came home while we were
explaining to the cops who we were. And we even invited one of the cops to the
visitor center for one of the Christmas programs and I really think she might go!
Sister … said it is a $200 charge every time the cops come. We talked to the
mission office and offered to pay for it, but I guess the church will cover
it.
Oh and Sister .... doesn't have a computer or internet so I'm not sure about Skyping on Christmas. I'm still trying to work that out and hopefully will have an answer by next week.
We have a couple of potential investigators right now. So fingers
crossed. One of our investigators is D…who is great and still stoked to be
getting baptized on January 4th.
This week for “finding” we went caroling. We went with a few people
from the ward, and it was super fun. We didn't reap any investigators, but some
seeds were definitely planted.
On Thursday I had my six-month training. It was so great and so
inspirational. I love trainings. Its crazy to think I'm already 1/3 of the way
done. The training was a good reminder that we've come pretty far, but to still
keep going and improving and progressing. I made some new goals and am excited
to go to work.
This Christmas season has been beautiful and it’s been a real
reminder of the actual meaning of Christmas. It’s been so great to see so much
service and love. We were asked what we will give Christ for His gift this
holiday season. It really got me thinking. What am I going to give him?
I'm still working on my list, but I challenge you to do the same. We only have
a few short weeks left, but what will you give Christ this holiday season? If
we go about it with an eye of faith and a heart full of service, miracles are
going to happen. I promise.
Love you lots,
Hermana Mik Pillar
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