Alright so to explain
these pictures I need to tell a story.... Once upon a p-day Elder King and Elder
Howe thought it would be a GRAND idea to buy some Christmas things for members
in the ward so they planned and saved and went skipping to the supermarket full
of the Christmas spirit. Upon arriving they found some Chocolate Cakes!! Boxes
of chocolates and their favorite APPLE CIDER!!! Oh what joy to bring to the
members!!! They returned home a wrapped their presents and began with plans to
deliver them. They delivered the first one with joy and cheer the brother was
so happy grinning from ear to ear, they next stop was their ward mission
leader. As they arrived and gave the present to him, he declared "why this
contains alcohol... 5 whole Percent!!!"
they quickly ran back
hoping not to find the first member "drunk" with delight, luckily he
was not, they got their sparking cider and returned it to the store... bought
more chocolate cakes with bom sabor.
Haha they don’t sell cider
here without alcohol...
Any who so we took some
pictures and took them back.
They didn’t even ask
for our ID... haha
We have not really had
a lot of time in our area to work. this week we did 2 divisions I was in the
other areas and this whole planning and organizing for the xmas par-tay is been
another time load that we are excited to have happen tonight! Then we can relax
and maybe get a full night’s sleep.... maybe that would be an awesome
present... sleep
We have been teaching a
boy named Bryan... his parents were inactive for a while (they just moved into
our ward) and are coming back their 10 year old son has not been baptized yet
so we will have his baptism on Saturday... I have been wondering a lot of this
month we did not get the goal of 10 baptisms because of our lack of faith or if
we were/ are going through a trail... and this baptism I feel was a response to
my many prayers for direction and insight on the matter, I feel that it was a
tender mercy from the lord telling us that his will is always made to come forth,
and that as long as we are truly magnifying our callings and keeping our
covenants all will be from our improvement and development. I found an awesome
talk from President Eyring (he is a BOSS) that gave me strength in this time
here is the link for anyone who is feeling their calling or responsibilities or
life load is too great for their abilities
I hope during this time
of Christmas we can all take a min to stop and reflect. Take a moment alone to
just meditate on your life. Think of your life as a gift. Christ was born so
that our lives could be fuller. More full of love, of peace, and of strength. Are
you currently feeling those gifts of his life in yours? If not, why not?
Is your life being
lived in a way that if at this time you were to stand before him you would be
able to say "Lord I lived in such a way that YOUR SACRIFICE was not wasted
on my life.”?
How would you feel to
give him a report of your life as a gift?
I love this Christmas
season, I love it. There is no other time like it. ENJOY IT.
Sending you my Christmas
love and cheer. Merry Christmas!
Love Elder Howe
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| "APPLE CIDER" |
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| Not our dog |
Not our dog. That is awesome! Love, the Gallachers
ReplyDeleteGreat name for a Dog! Love the story, I just wonder how it was your "favorite cider" if you never drank it! Ha!
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