Hey guys!!:)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALLY! Holy cow, can't believe you are 16. You are a beautiful young lady and I hope your day is great:)
This week was the cooliest:) So Mary is still on date! She is getting baptized this Saturday!!!!!! We are so stinkin' excited:)) Also transfers are this Wednesday but Sister Olsen and I got the call that we are staying together! I finally have a companion more than 1 transfer, haha! We are seeing so many miracles here in Woodstock so we are excited.
Joyce finally came to church!! Oh my goodness we were so happy to see her. She came with her sister. I love Joyce so much. She got us a Christmas present this week because she thought one of us was leaving haha. She is a special lady. I love her with my whole heart.
Another sweet miracle... this area usually doesn't get too many media referrals but we got 3 in one week! One of them was a lady who wanted a Book of Mormon. Usually people request bibles. She came to church Sunday with one of her friends! She said she was searching for the truth and we will hopefully get to start teaching her soon:)
We also are teaching a girl named Jenna! She goes to the Massanutten Military Academy. This academy has been here since 1899. It is so big and beautiful and Sister Olsen and I were so stoked that we got to go on campus. Jenna's cousins are LDS and she had been visiting them with the missionaries in Virginia. We committed her to baptism and she is excited! Tonight President Wright got special permission to have her over to their home for Family Home Evening before she leaves home for the holidays. We are stoked!:))
We had the ward Christmas party Saturday which was a blast. Sister Curtis, Sister Olsen and I sang a funny trio with 3 Christmas songs going on at the same time haha:)
Our mission as a whole does really well in the Northeastern United States. With everything we've been implementing in our mission, it's clear to see that President wants us to keep hastening the Lord's work:) So our new standard of excellence was to get 2 new investigators per week so that our mission could have 1 baptism every other month per companionship. That would increase our numbers by a whole lot. Yesterday we were setting goals in ward council and the ward set their goal for 12 baptisms by the end of the year. I know that with faith of the members and missionaries our mission can help these wards fulfill these goals:) I am so excited to see what 2016 brings and am grateful that I get to be a missionary for most of the year:)
I am so excited to see your sweet faces on Christmas! I love you All so much, have a great week:)
PS - thank you to Taylor Coburn for the sweet Christmas gift:)
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