The p-day before Christmas and all through the city...
December 23, 2013
Some
missionaries in Corona say that they found a letter addressed to me on the
ground. It was in a pink envelope from June or July. Then they lost it. So, if
anyone sent me a letter in a pink envelope 6 months ago, please let me know.
This is the second time this has happened...
This last week wasn't super eventful.
I got to go
on Exchanges with Elder Coleman though (my old companion who is now an Assistant
to the President). It was fun to spend the day with him again to talk and laugh
about old times, and miss a lot of turns. I miss his guitar.
We had
something of a funny experience yesterday. My companion while I was on exchange
talked to a guy in our apartment complex who agreed to come to church. We swung
by the morning of and confirmed that he was coming. But we didn't see him in
sacrament. We stepped out to see if he was in the hall and a member of the stake
presidency asked if we had a copy of the Book of Mormon. We asked why and he
said "This guy and his girlfriend just showed up to church! They are in class
right now."
We asked,
"Is he black?"
"yes"
"yeah, we
invited him. He's our investigator."
So it turns
out, he showed up a half our early, caught the very end of the previous ward's
sacrament meeting (they went way over due to their Christmas program) and then
the Corona ward enveloped them, and took them to all the classes. Before we
found them, they had been invited to two dinners, and two job offers! That's
what I'm talking about! except it's the wrong ward...
Then our
bishop thought that they were new move ins and gave them a form to get their
records transferred over... <facepalm> but they had a good experience and
we should start teaching them soon.
It doesn't
really feel like Christmas is in two days. Perhaps that's because it was 90
degrees out the other day, but hey whatever, it's a little colder now.
Luke 2:
10-11 says:
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you agood tidings of great bjoy, which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is aborn this day in the city of David a bSaviour, which is Christ the cLord.
Jesus
Christ's atonement, preceded by his birth. Was the most important thing that has
ever happened on the history of the earth. Let us all take a moment to ponder
what Christmas really means, and what it means to us that Jesus Christ is our
personal Saviour, and how we can in turn bring the "good tidings of great joy"
to all people. Especially those that we come in contact with.
Merry
Christmas, and a happy new year!
Love,
Elder Bryce Johns
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