Christmas Eve Dinner
Fernanda being Hermana Hunt
After the wedding of Mirta and Miguel
Our Christmas Tree Leaf
Miguel's Baptism (See any resemblance?)
Feliz Navidad y Año Nuevo!
It was an awesome week! We had another baptism... I sent a few pictures. That is my 4th baptism now here in the mission and in this area--Lavalle in Posadas, Misiones. We also have 1 or 2 more coming up in a few weeks. We are having a lot of success and things are going great! How was Christmas for everyone? I hope it was great! Mine was so awesome... we just had dinner with a couple of members and then went home early, lit candles and incense, and wrote in our journals and reflected on Christ. :) We also might have stolen a giant palm tree leaf from the church and turned it into a Christmas tree....... see pictures. :) Sorry I don´t have a whole lot to write this week! It was another busy but awesome week! I am loving my mission so much, and it´s starting to scare me how fast time is flying. Who knows... maybe I will be home by Christmas next year! We will see if I end up going home a transfer early for school or not. It´s so weird to think about though... I will be hitting my 6 month mark in a few weeks and then the transfer will come, and I might be leaving here. I love change but I kind of hope I stay because I really love this area and all the people here and my companion! I can´t imagine leaving right now.. I am too attached to the people here! I guess we will see what the Lord wants for me. :) I hope you were all able to take time and put Christ first this Christmas... I was able to focus on him so much more. I was thinking this week about how we can strengthen our relationship with Christ and really feel him in our lives more. Something that hit me a lot was that really we just need to recognize Him. He is there... he is helping us, giving us comfort, strength, guidance, whether we notice it or not. So how do we feel that relationship with Him? We recognize it. We recognize his hand in our lives and all he is doing to help us change and learn and grow and improve. I have a testimony of Him, that I know that He lives. That He knows us very personally and has given every minute of his life for us, for me, for you. And it is through Him that we are able to overcome our weaknesses, improve, and become better people. And with that comes happiness. A lot of times we have to make sacrifices to follow the commandments or follow what God wants for us, but a sacrifice is giving up something for something better. Many times we complain when we have to sacrifice because we don´t realize that we are not just giving up something we want, but we are GAINING something so much better. Just like Christ did when he sacrificed every minute of his life for us, so that we could live in happiness and return to Him. When we sacrifice to live God´s way, we will gain eternal life and a joy and happiness in this life that is so deep and so much more than what the world can give us, that it is worth every minute of pain and sacrifice we have to make to receive it. I know this is the right way to live and this is what God wants for us, and I am able to see this everyday when I watch the families we are teaching and how the gospel completely changes their lives around. I love you all so much and am so grateful for your support and love!! Have a fabulous new year! :)
--Love Hermanita Hunt
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