Playing in the Snow

I forgot my camera at someones house yesterday and we have not been able to send any again.  This has been a super fun day that we started off by having brother Durrant take us on a good little drive so we could play in the snow!!  We got cold pretty quickly and went back to a warmer place but we still had a lot of fun up there.  Christmas and the week was so much fun.  I love the Spirit of Christmas and a great reason for all of us to more fully turn to Christ and what he has done for us.  I hope we are all able to keep him in our hearts as we go throughout the year.  It was hard to find or meet many new people this week and a lot of people were not home.  We had our Christmas devotional on Thursday with some other zones and then played some fun games before it ended and we headed back out to get to work.  We were able to meet a very nice less active brother, Rusty Jones this week and we hope that we will be able to help him feel the Spirit and it will bring back the many wonderful experiences he has had in the past.  On Friday evening we were able to get together with some investigators and others and watch, It's a wonderful life, it was so much fun to watch.  In thinking about Christ this Christmas season and have been so amazed at the love that I have felt from him.  Amazed at how he is always there, reaching out to me, and if I will just try and reach out in love, by keeping his commandments and serving those around me, things keep getting better.  I hope everyone has a great week before the new year.

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