This
has been such a great week!! I have felt just super happy the whole week,
Christmas is close and we had a great week! I hope you all had a great week as
well and are excited for christmas! I am! I am way excited to talk to you guys
in just a few days!! Even though it is not a typical christmas eve right now,
especially because I am super sun burned, my first time being sun burned on
christmas eve! haha!
There
were so many great things that happened this week, I will just give you guys
the highlights! We had a pretty normal days of work on tuesday and wednesday.
Then on thursday somethings really awesome happened. We found out that we were
going to present our christmas presentation from christmas conference at the
nueva valencia christmas party! So I got to go back to my first area! I was so
happy to see people that I haven't seen in almost a year. It was just an
amazing feeling to see all of the people that we were blessed to teach in
baptize last year, that they are so happy and strong in the church. They all
still remembered me and it was like seeing family when I saw all of the people
in that branch, they are like family to me! So that was really cool and
unexpected blessing this week!
Another
Highlight of this week was on saturday, when we had sister Iris' Baptism and
the Buenavista Branch Christmas party! So it was held on what is called vilches
beach, which is super beautiful! There were a lot of members and we also had
some investigators come as well. So first was the baptism of sister Iris. She
was so excited and nervous at the same time. She was baptized by her really
close friend in the branch bro Winmar. It was a pretty windy day and there were
some waves, it took a couple of tries, but she was baptized! After she was baptized
she got super emotional, because she has had some very tramatic experiences in
her life, and her testimony she was just so grateful that the Fernandez family
took her in and helped her find the gospel of jesus christ. I testify that the
Atonement of Jesus Christ truly does cover everything, he felt all the pain and
sorrow that we have or ever will feel, so he knows how to heal us and comfort
us. I saw that with Iris. She also said that she wants to be a missionary as
well. It was a really cool experience to teach her and watch her accept the
gospel. I am just grateful that I was given this opportunity to share the
gospel with her.
After
the baptism we proceeded to the branch christmas party. We had a huge lunch,
played some really funny games and some of the members did some presentations.
It was just a really fun time and a great time to grow closer as a
branch.
Right
now it is kind of weird for me that it is Christmas eve...but I am happy that I
am where I am. It is a blessing to be a missionary and serve and teach others
about Jesus Christ and his gospel. Especially around christmas, I love teaching
people about the saviors birth, and about why we celebrate christmas. My
testimony of Jesus Christ has grown so much on my mission, I think maybe for
the first time I truly understand the meaning of Christmas. And what an amazing
blessing and gift it is that Heavenly Father sent his son to earth, to show us
and provide us the way how to be happy in this life and return to him after
this life. No matter where in the world Christmas is special, I hope that and I
know that you guys will remember why we celebrate christmas and take time to
reflect. I hope you all have a merry Christmas tomorrow! Love you all so much
and I will talk to you all on Christmas!!
Palangga
ko kamo!
Elder Degen
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