GOOOOOD MORNINGGGGGG!!
I hope you all felt the joy of this Christmas season!! CAN YOU BELIEVE ITS BEEN A YEAR ALREADY. I blinked at its already almost 2017. Yes, I'm confused too.....This week we went to visit a member in our ward! sister Murphy. Just close your eyes and imagine the most fragile porcelain old lady with BRIGHT pink lipstick and a strong New Jersey accent to top it off. Unfortunately, Her husband passed away two weeks ago and she is still struggling to get use to living alone. Her story just broke me in two. It shot piercing vivid memories of when my brother passed away. All in all ... ITS HARD to loose someone you love. I couldn't even imagine loosing my husband, someone who sat beside me for 63+ years. Tears filled our eyes as we shared sacred special moments together in her small room. I grow ever more thankful for the knowledge we have of the plan of happiness. Death is but a small step. "The lord has promised us angels on our left and right to bear us up, and HE ALWAYS keeps his word..His love is unfailing" - President Eyering
Fun fact, one of our companionship goals this week was to pray with specific questions or blessings. And let me tell you, if it's the Gods will..IT WORKS. One night I got on my knees and prayed that we would find really prepared woman and a man at 3:00.. Did we find a really prepared man and woman?....YUP! Was it at 3:00, YUP! Booooyah for praying with specifics!! D&C 9:8 We also received an Amazing gift this Christmas!! A Referral! We opened up our iPads to see that we had received a referral from someone serving in a different part of NY. We called her and she was freaking out that they had an LDS church near by because she really wanted to go! Betty mentioned that one of her family members- is a member of the church and continues to talk about the blessings he has seen from being a member of the church.TALK ABOUT CHRISTMAS MIRACLE.On Sunday we had the baptisms of Michelle and Tino!! It was a bug ruckus to put together ..I felt like a mom! Everything seemed to be thrown at us all at once with little problems here and there but once they stepped into the waters a sense of peace rushed over me. Everyone went silent and ..YUP YOU GUESSED IT!!..I started crying. The spirit was so strong!! I literally thought my heart was going to pound out of my chest. Pure happiness. We took pictures without them and unfortunately I didn't have the thought to look at them until we got home. When I looked at the pictures my heart about broke...they were blurry. So sadly, I don't have a picture to share of Tino and Michelle and their bright smiles.
