Anyway, this week has been GREAT! We've had so many good things happen and the spirit of Christmas is truly taking over our lives and I feel like I haven't stopped smiling. Everyone here is so happy and willing to give and serve and I've received more packages than I know what to do with and we got TWO NEW (possibly 4) INVESTIGATORS YESTERDAY and sister Lilly surprised us with homemade blueberry muffins for breakfast this morning and I'm just overall happy :)
Hahaha so on Friday night we had the ward Christmas party which was obviously SO MUCH FUN. The missionaries in the ward (us and the elders) sang a song that sister cox and I put together about missionary work in New England. We sang it to the tune of "rocking around the Christmas tree" (idea credit to Julie)❤️ Here are our lyrics!!
Walking around
your neighborhood,
Oh look! It's another dooryard.
Making sure
we choose the right door,
And dodge all your barking dogs
Will they let us in to teach a lesson?
Or rejection?
Footsteps sounding closer, and oh, look, he must be 104!
Hello sir, were the missionaries,
Oh, wait, he cannot hear,
Can you hear us now!?! (yells)
We teach about Christ, would that interest you at all?
He lets in, it smells like 40 cats! We're used to that!
Now he tells the story of his life
it's an hour later
"Sorry sir, but we have to go
We've gotta hit that member meal
It's been lots of fun
Do you know a time
We can come back to teach you more?"
That for you's a story of our life...every day
Walking through your neighborhoods
Declaring the gospel to all of New Englaaaand...
The ward absolutely loved it and they thought we were just hilarious:) they're all so proud of the way they live that they weren't even close to offended. It's nearly impossible to offend a Mainer by the way they live!! I love them. Ahh.
Oh, here's a story about how we almost died...no big deal. The other night we were driving around trying to find a member's house which is nearly impossible here in new england. The road system here is IMPOSSIBLE and so confusing and the GPS is absolutely zero help. It knows probably less than we do most of the time! It takes us to roads that are actually driveways or ATV trails or roads that don't even exist. I don't even know how to explain it...you just have to be here to witness it yourself haha driving is just ridiculous!
Anyway, so the other night our awesome GPS decided to take us to an ATV trail in the dark...in the rain...and in the thick fog. Thanks :') we eventually found out that we weren't on an actual road and tried to turn around but since it was SO muddy, we started sliding everywhere and we thought we were going to get stuck. Even if we did get stuck, we wouldn't have been able to call anyone because there is never any reception anywhere here in New England. Because Heavenly Father loves us and protects us, he took control of sister Cox's hands. She didn't even know what was going on, but all of a sudden her arms where turning the wheel in the exact way it needed too in order to remain from getting stuck. She also said that the whole time, her dads words rang through her head to "turn into the slide" which also kept us from getting stuck. We made it out alive so ALL IS WELL :) it was just very cool to see the blessings of protection.
We received the teaching record of two people this week from Manchester New Hampshire...they just moved into our area so we went over to their house last night to introduce ourselves and HOLY COW they are golden! The lady and her two kids are from the UK so they have the cuuuutest British accent. The fiancée is super nice but he doesn't have an accent, dang. I could listen to her and her kids talk all day! They absolutely love the church and everything we teach, they've been to the JSM, and they're just such great people. We set up an appointment to share a lesson on Tuesday so I'll have to let you know how it goes! They are actually quite a miracle to sister cox and I because recently we've decided to start praying specifically for a family to teach. We've been doing that for the past two weeks and TA-DA! We receive the teaching records of a family. #blessings
CHRISTMAS IS NEXT WEEK WHATWHATWHAT! I get to skype my stinking family and I couldn't be more excited :) I've been receiving some awesome packages in the mail and I couldn't be more thankful. I only get to spend Christmas on my mission once so we are trying to make the most of it!
I gave my 20 minute talk yesterday and it went great! 3 different people asked for a copy of it. Thank you nena for helping me out with that!!!! Couldn't have done it without you :)
I received the 12 days of Christmas from nena and papa and that made my whole week too. I was actually able to open the first day this morning and AHH it was so fun :) I LOVED all the homemade
ornaments!!!!! Thank you so much to those of you that made one for me. They are so cute and they're already hanging on the tree. Thank you nena and papa! I can't wait to see what else I have in store. We also got our own little elf named Ella! She's the little sister of my family's elf named Eddie. She's the cutest thing and she's so excited to join us in our lessons and in our studying and our planning and our Christmas celebrations. I never want this season to end!
I don't have a lot of time today since we are going to cut our P-Day short so that we can volunteer at the local food pantry...but I LOVE YOU ALL!!! If you feel the desperate need to send a letter or something....
750 North Road
Bethel, Maine 04217
Merry Christmas!
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Making needhams (needums) with a lady in the ward. They're SO GOOD. It's a Maine Christmas treat!
We are #spoiled
I want a picture like this with all my companions...this one symbolizes the weather and the scenery we've been having every day together. Bare trees, cloudy skies, and how dark it gets so early in the day. 5 minutes after this was taken, it was dark out. It gets dark here at 4:00!!!! Crazy.
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