Hola mi familia y
amigos!
We can now all safely say
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!" without getting yelled at by the
Scrooges out there who like Thanksgiving more haha
Guess what!! It finally snowed
here. Last night we got a whole......inch! Yes. An entire INCH of snow! I was
soooooooooooo excited and yet so mad it wasn't more haha! But apparently it's
supposed to snow more this week, so I'm looking forward to it. I need a better
Christmas than last year. Ain't no way I'm gonna let it be 65 degrees again! It
didn't even feel like Christmas (probably because we went to the beach and there
was a bunch of people surfing too haha).
In December there are LOTS of
activities for me to look forward to! We have the missionary Christmas Fireside,
an all-mission Conference, Traditions with the Taggart's tomorrow where we get
to hang out with President and Sister Taggart, and we're going to Ellis Island
on the 17th, AND our ward has a bunch of lunches/dinners/fun events they're
doing! And of course, Christmas itself. Can't forget about that. Woohoo! Best
month ever!
This week was super weird for
me. There were transfers on Tuesday, and for once in my life I didn't go!
What?!? I ALWAYS go since I keep getting new companions every transfer. But we
had a nice loooooong Tues to go and work instead, so that was awesome! We got to
see lots of less actives, and even a few that have never let us in before!
Christmas really does soften hearts people! When we mentioned we wanted to share
a Christmas video they let us right in. Then we talked about #LIGHTtheWORLD and
about the example of Jesus Christ. I wouldn't say we were exactly sneaky, but we
definitely were able to get inside so we could talk about how Christ can help
them and how they can come closer to Him- so I call it a win/win haha
:)
District meeting was also
weird on Wednesday- half of our zone got transferred out on Tuesday, so we have
a bunch of people I've never served around or even seen before haha! It was sad
because all of my friends left, but now I get to chill with new people before I
leave. Hopefully I'll make some new friends, Wednesday wasn't too promising lol.
I'm like an odd duck in this zone now, so I gotta get my social on! But you all
know how hard that is for me...
Anyway! We got to practice for
the musical Fireside on Wednesday as well, and let's just say not one of us
knows how to sing! The poor missionaries who actually know how were having such
a rough time teaching us how to sing in parts and get the notes right. I'm just
glad it's not only our zone singing- we have another 60ish missionaries to drown
out our voices lol!
This week we were able to pick
up a new investigator. Her name is Mary and she's 84 years old, and just the
sweetest lady you could ever meet! She's actually a member's referral, they've
been chopping her wood and helping her for 3 years now, and they asked us to
teach her! She's really open to our message too. She's had some hard trials over
the past few years, and she's lost loved one along the way, so she was thrilled
to hear that families can be together forever. We're going to be seeing her
every other day now! We know that through that member family, and through others
in the ward, she is going to feel SO much love it will (gently) blow her off her
feet!! We're excited to keep working with her and loving her.
This week I've also learned a
lot about service and the power of it. Since #LIGHTtheWORLD started and has been
going, we have found many ways to serve our neighbors and friends. Even the
small and simple acts of service have changed and touched hearts! I've got a
firm testimony that service not only softens hearts, but melts them! It changes
a person's perspective of you and it will open doors and change lives. The times
on my mission, and especially in this area that I've felt the Spirit lift
others, has been when we stop and serve them. Guys, service works miracles!!! I
love it.
We weren't allowed to watch
the Christmas Devotional last night, so I'm looking forward to watching that
today. I'm sure it had lots of good stuff in it! :)
And to end, here's a
scripture that really stood out to me this week in my studies: "But Alma went
forth and stood among them, and exhorted them that they should not be
frightened, but that they should remember the Lord their God and he would
deliver them. Therefore they hushed their fears..." Mosiah
23:27-28
Love you all!!!
Stay
Jersey Strong.
Love, Sister McAllister
beginning of the end??
tree from mom
DQ closes for the winter so they had to make one final run
SNOW!!
The Store they helped organize and clean
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