First off it snowed and well....every thing and every one shut down....it was worse than when the Hurricane was coming straight for us! We got like maybe 4 inches of snow.....
We have been pretty busy here and trying to keep up with everything....
So my email caption comes from one of my favorite people I have ever met! We have a member here named Sister Smith who helps us out with basically any thing we need to do as missionaries. She is like the best teacher ever! She carries around all the pamphlets with her and is not afraid to open up her mouth when we are teaching lessons. We love her. She is quite the character and says the funnies things. Last week she got bit by a dog and it was pretty bad....when we asked her how the bite was she told us about how she is going to have to go to wound care every week for a while because of it and as she walked away she said, "Surprise! Surprise! Merry Frickin Christmas!" We just started laughing...that is now our go to line when things aren't going well for us....and this week there has been quite a bit of that.
It is all good though because no matter how bad a day is, I have many things to be grateful for, and especially the opportunity to testify of Jesus Christ during the Christmas season.
Plus it is pretty hard to stay down when your companion has the best attitude ever and laughs at anything....it is pretty contagious and we find our self laughing a lot.
We have lots to look forward about this week and we are trying to work hard and find those that are ready for our message.
One cool experience I had this week was being able to go with another sister in the mission to a lesson with this lady named Norma. She is amazing and really trying to learn if this is true....we were able to have a huge break through with her and we were all crying and we promised her if she would act in faith the Lord would provide a way for her situation to work out to where she will be able to get baptized. That woman is such a great example of having faith and I am excited to see her continue to grow in her testimony.
We also got to go around offering to rake leaves for people....it turned into one yard...because it takes A LOT of time with just two people...but it was still fun...and then we drove around with the rakes in our car for about a week because we kept forgetting to give them back hahaha.
Also we stopped to do some studying at a Mexican restaurant and just ordered a drink...the lady recognized our name tags and said she use to go to our church so we got her info to give to the missionaries in that area to hopefully get in contact with her....then she gave us chips and salsa for free! It was great!
Well I hope yall are enjoying this Christmas season! I know I am!
We have so much to be thankful for and so many things that we can do to help bring people closer to the Savior this season. Please be looking for ways to serve those around you and spread the joy!
Love,
Sister Micaela Rice
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