Hey there everyone! Hope you have all been having a wonderful holiday season! Things have been crazy (but good) the past week. This past week our Mission held a Scripture Read-a-thon. On Christmas Eve we read all four of the Gospels and started on reading the Doctrine and Covenants. We continued again with the Doctrine and Covenants on Christmas morning and will continue the Read-a-thon tomorrow and on New Years Day, finishing the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price as well. Christmas Day we started off with a call home to Sister Mak's family in Hong Kong and breakfast at our Bishop's house. Then, we went to the Read-a-thon, a members house for lunch, call home for Sister Willoughby and I at one of our Chinese members' homes, dinner at another members home, and an activity for some of the recent converts who were unable to go home for Christmas. It was a busy, but wonderful day. The rest of the week has been pretty ordinary. Lots of contacting. Or at least, a lot of attempts at contacting. Waterloo has been practically abandoned the past few weeks as all the students have either gone home or traveling for the holidays. But we're having fun finding ways to keep warm and have actually seen some amazing blessings in our investigators who are in town. Our investigator Isabella is prepping for her baptism later this month and I am SO EXCITED. On Saturday, she told us for the first time (after a long teaching process) that she really believes what we have taught her is true and that Jesus Christ is her Saviour. I was so happy when I heard that. We also have another investigator, Yushi, who is prepping for baptism this month. Watching the Spirit work with him has been so amazing and I was so happy when he came to church this week for the first time. The Spirit was so strong! And in the spirit of the New Year, I've made a resolution to start a Gratitude Jar! Everyday, I'll fill out a tiny strip of paper with something that I was grateful for that day. Then, at the end of the year, I'll read them all. Each week, I'll choose one to highlight in my posts. I challenge each of you to find a way to make gratitude a part of your New Year. We each have so much to be thankful for!
Love you all!
Sister Makena Bauss
包爱蕾姐妹
Love you all!
Sister Makena Bauss
包爱蕾姐妹