Dear Family,
I'm really missing you all right now. I'm so grateful for the plan of Salvation. I'm so grateful to be out on missions sharing this gospel with the world. I know it's true. It feels so good to know that this really is God's plan. I remember talking to Aunt Kathy right after Uncle Jordan passed away I think we were talking about all the flowers in her house or something and I had never thought about how just flowers could bring so much comfort and she told me to not say "just". She appreciated and enjoyed all the simple things. There's no just about it. She was such a good example of gratitude. I've learned so much from Aunt Kathy. She was such a strong example of faith and trust. I love her so much.
Thank you for sharing that poem that Katelyn wrote. I loved it so much. I know that Jesus died for us and that gives us great reason to rejoice!
Here are some goings on of the week. It rained so much this morning and I'm sitting here in my cardigan and my poor lil purple toes are cold. I shouldn't even complain. You have real snow. How bout this: Alma 37;41 -- and they were slothful and forgot to exercise... not me! :) Recently the morning power walk has been a fav. Have I told you of my cereal obsession? I've been eating this Museli stuff with chocolate in it for pretty much every day for 8 months. Is that enough randomness for you?
Hymn selections in Thailand are quite entertaining. You know the song In Our lovely Deseret the one that talks about tea and coffee we despise? It's our branch mission leader's favorite and we sing it all the time. It was most recently sung at a baptism. Not really baptism related but I guess all hymns invite the spirit. There is this way cool recent convert that always plays Lincoln park and Evanescence on the piano and it makes me think of Dad and Nick and Tyler. I love it so much.
I'm really excited to see your faces! It'll be December 24 in America. I hope you'll all do the nativity still. Traditions must be carried on. Pizza too. I told the other Sisters about our Christmas Eve pizza and it's going to happen. I'm so happy. Right now we have a Charlie Brown branch tree thing in our house. It was cute for about a day and then the leaves started getting gross. We'll have to find a new branch before Christmas.
On Tuesday we had our English showcase. We gave each group a Christmas item and they had to do an advertisement for it. Then for the spiritual thought we were going to tie it all in by explaining the symbolism and talk about the real meaning of Christmas- Christ. I don't really know what happened but the Elders just didn't quite seem to catch on to our vision and they planned something else. It's probably better that way though because Sister Hart tried to look up some symbolism for us. I don't even know what to say about them. The gingerbread one was definitely my favorite. "Like us, gingerbread people are not immortal. They are destined to be eaten and thus to unite with their creators. God does not eat us, but our mortal bodies, like that of the gingerbread man's will not live forever." We ended up watching the bible video of the Nativity. It was perfect.
I love this Christmas season. I know that Jesus Christ was born for us. And yes like the gingerbread man we are not immortal, but because God is our loving Heavenly Father, he has made a way for us to return to live with him again. Jesus Christ is our Savior. I know that families can be together forever. I love you so much. Have a wonderful week!
Love,
Sister Sahagun
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