Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!! Hope you all have an amazing Christmas with good food, family, and of course Jesus! 

I will keep this short because I know the last thing you want to do is read my email for christmas! 

This week I got my comp and have not spoke very much english since haha. I miss english but its good for me! Ill be honest I had a really bad attitude about Christmas. I was like I might as well be home and I didnt really have any members from this ward that I wanted to be with so I was not having it! 

I realized that I needed to change my attitude or it was gonna be AWFUL! So I stopped hating on Christmas and decided to serve! We went to nursing homes ( ya crazy don't worry they still TERRIFY me. Shout out to bub for making me go so many times even when I cried and she had to carry and pull me in... yes i was like 17) anyway we went and visitied and sang christmas songs. We also bought some flowers and gave them to random people! 

The light that came into the peoples eyes as we served them really stood out to me! I realized that light was exactly why we celebrate Christmas! He is the Light! So many of the nursing home workers came up to us and asked us how they can join our church and have the "glow" that we have! 

Actions speak louder than words! Jesus is the Light! 

One last thought/challenge: 

Believe like Mary 
Trust like Joseph 
Hope like Shepherds 
Seek like Wisemen
Worship like Angels 
Love like Jesus 

Love, hermana peterson






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