i know its still a couple weeks away but it feels like everyday is Christmas Day so ima just go with it! i mean im not complaining!!
this week was a great week! we got to see other missionaries! #blessed
ya know living in isolation aka 45 min away from your district (the closest missionaries to ya) can get a little hard sometimes. but thats what makes days like this past week so much better!! we had zone training and a temple trip!! i mean can you say blessed or what!! zone conference was awesome! sis gilbert and sis beck had us play minute it to win it games! one of them was who could look like a snowman the fastest! so it was my team against sistah terrys, with us being the snowman. we obviously won!! that was a lot of fun and ahh the temple is just so amazing! for those of you who don't know, a temple is the Lord's house here on the earth. it is able to be one because of the proper priesthood authority that has been restored to the earth. so being able to go inside one is a very special experience!! ahh just so good!!
this week we also made peanut butter balls and were giving them out to our gators (investigators or people wanting to know about Jesus Christ) all while caroling to them as well! just spreading the Christmas cheer and what not! Well while doing that, Sister Terry and I had an awesome experience! I think I told you about that one Monday where we were being bashed by these two people. Well after that experience, we were not too fond of those people. We didn't even want to go in that area. Just wanted to stay as far away as possible from those people! Well one night we were going around to our gators, singing to them Christmas songs and handing out treats along with the Light the World card, when the rest of the gators fell through (weren't home). We had 2 treats left and didn't know who to go to. We just started driving and was actually going to head back by our place, when lo and behold we drove right past those mean people's apartment complex. I instantly, in kind of a joking way shouted, "let's go sing to the mean lady!!" so after a little convincing sister terry, and quite frankly myself, we pulled up to her apartment, got the courage and sang and gave her treats. Her kids piled around the door, and all were smiling. Service softens stony hearts people! remember when i told yall that? But who knew the stony heart would be mine!! I was so glad that we did that! Honestly all that anger towards her disappeared and I felt like I got to experience just a little bit of Charity (the pure love of Christ) towards this woman and her family. It was a great lesson to be learned!!
we also had this super cute town party at the park right next to our house!! it was the cutest thing ever! there were lights everywhere and santa was there, so was the grinch, and frosty the snowman. there was fake snow blowing in the air, and horse drawn carriage rides, with free hot chocolate and ice skating! ahh it was just the cutest thing ever!! like so small town, i loved every minute of it! It was a little freezing but all is well cause it was the perfect time to talk to people about the reason for the season. and people love Jesus down here which makes it 10x better!! we also got free signs! super southern with the cross and everything!!! we were gonna pay for it but people here are just something else! just the kindest people you ever did meet!!
favorite thing of the week!
instead of people saying turn on the light or turn off the light, they all say 'cut the light on or cut the light off.' you know your in the south when... but honestly i love it!! so don't forget peeps! lets cut the light on and light up the world!! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJmAV0gTp_Q) Please watch this video and join in. Each day is a new way to serve.
oh by the way if anyone wanted to know, people love to bake here, i mean obviously we're in the south, buuuuut they also do Christmas baking, specifically peanut butter balls, which i did not know. so imagine my surprise when we go to drop some kind of good kind of bad lookin peanut butter balls to this ladies house and she lets us in and her dining room table is FILLED with gourmet looking fudge and peanut butter balls with like super fancy designs and packaging and here we just handed her some over powdered sugar, half dipped, peanut butter balls. we gotta step up our game. we're not in california anymore toto!!
but love all yall so much! (dreamed my very first yall! im officially southern! jk but im on my way... sort of!) anywaysssss, i love yall and hope that yall have a blessed week!!
love,
sister kennedy
Snowman building at zone training!
sistah terry....did not win
me and my team...winners!
We also played 'water pong' and I won....seriously never played it a day in my life and I win!
our sweet sign from the community holiday party.
gifts from home arrive....one to open each day (12 days of christmas style)
(We sent Kaia a few ornaments to remind her of home....
hot sauce bottle, a whale, a piece of sushi and a fancy feathered bird!
We hope they made her laugh out loud!....April)
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