bye bye Amherst!:'(
I am being transferred to dartmouth to be an stlt ahhhh! that means a lot of different conferences and training to prepare and a lot of time with president pratt(which I am very excited about:))I am so nervous though haha I need to be such a good example for all of the sisters in the mission. I feel like I am going to learn so much and that is what I am most excited about! Since the beginning of my mission I have prayed for help to have both feet in the mission and I definitely see this as a big opportunity to do that. I want to serve with all I've got, with all of my mind, and talents and that is what this calling will require!
It's hard to leave amherst and everyone here right before christmas. It's crazy how on your mission you just become apart of so many peoples lives. I've learned how to hold in the tears better haha I mostly just cry when I read letters:) We went and said goodbye to nicole this morning, that was hard, i really really hope that she keeps reading the book of mormon and receives an answer that it's true! she hasn't come to church yet because she has been singing in the choir at the united church but they just had their big christmas performance and so she should be able to come now! We went to watch her and it was really cool, the united church is huge and has these giant glass stained windows and a giant organ. It's a beautiful building and our building in amherst is so small but I hope that at church she looks past that and pays more attention to how she feels inside. Our other investigator randi is on date for the 6th of january. she is still battling to quit smoking so we don't know if she will make that date but hopefully sometime in January she will be baptized! I am going to miss our lessons with Chloe (the 12 year old) a lot haha she cracks me up. She comes up with the most funny analogies for things and we just sit there an patiently listen until she finds the right analogy that she likes. The other day she was trying to compare enos begging for forgiveness to a kid begging for a phone haha but she didn't end up really liking that one. I am going to miss the lee wens crazy family a lot haha helena is one of a kind! Laurie murphay is a less active that we have been working with and I think this next year she will make it to the temple!! I gave a talk the other sunday about the importance of daily scripture study and she said that is really touched her, there was this one quote that went something like "filling ourselves daily with the word of God is more important than work, school, sleep (there were some other things listed too but I can't remember what they were). It just really puts it into perspective though. God is number one in our lives, but do our daily actions show that? If someone were to look at the layout of our day yesterday, would they know that we have a faith in Christ and that we are members of His church. Would they know that living the gospel is our number one priority? Maybe we are not making a sufficient enough effort to apply the gospel of Christ into our everyday lives:) and the easiest way to learn how to apply the gospel is to study the gospel; faith in Christ and his atonement, repentance, baptism (keeping/making covenants, recieving the gift or receiving more of the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. Recently I read this really awesome talk by Robert d Hales called "behold, we count them happy which endure" and it's really good. I love learning about endurance. Endurance running is something that I've always (weirdly) liked haha I can't wait to just go on the longest run by myself when I get home! So many times when we learn about enduring to the end it is compared to running race. Something elder hales says is that we are not just sent to earth to start the race, we were sent to finish the race! in other words; we were not just sent to the earth to be born, we were went to endure and return to our Heavenly Father with honor.
it has been amazing to be so focused on Christ this Christmas. Take away all the lights, and the trees and the music and the presents and what is left? A little baby in a manger:)
I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!!! I can't believe that I get to talk to my family in 5 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
love sister wood
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