This Christmas will go down in the books as one of the most memorable of my life. :)
So in Latin Countries they celebrate Christmas on the 24th and "receive" the Christmas at 12:00 at night with like a billion fireworks. You feel like you're in a war. (honestly one of the coolest things ever) and so for this year, I did the same. But during the week my companion and I wanted to do something for Christmas that we'd never forget, something we could tell our children about. So we decided for the 2 hours we had to work on that day (because my comp talked to his family and people invited us over) we would testify to 100 people on the street. And it was AWESOME! We talked to 104 people, testified to them, and got 23 good solid contacts. We also got on 3 buses and shared a message of Christmas on a full bus. And then in the night we exchanged gifts and I got the SWEETEST gifts ever! And then at 12:00 the whole city of Tegucigalpa basically blew up and then on Christmas I talked with my amazing family and had nothing to say for that hour and then a million things right after I wish I would have said. haha. Then there was nobody and I mean nobody on the street and everyone dead asleep, so as a district we put a table with pamphlets and stuff in front of a grocery store and contacted, got on the table and preached like Dan Jones, and sang! Then we visited all our investigators and sang to them as a district...and there was a ton other stuff we did those 2 days but we were soooo tired after all that. It was a wonderful Christmas where I felt pure joy from the spirit of Christmas. It was nothing like my traditional Christmas's with all the sweat, sun and work, but it literally was one of my favorite Christmas's ever. Because we gave everything for Him.
Got some great people progressing and life is hard, but life is so good.
This week I'm thankful for Christmas magic, the Spirit, that we saw a guy stick 2 nails up his nose, caroling, strength from the Lord, getting those little nerves every time you're about to talk to someone new, Honduras, gifts, my Savior, mission tips, technology, my family, the ability to see and hear, laughter, New Era's, the Priesthood, and the wind.
~Elder Alec Johnson
Scrip of da week D&C 24:12
So in Latin Countries they celebrate Christmas on the 24th and "receive" the Christmas at 12:00 at night with like a billion fireworks. You feel like you're in a war. (honestly one of the coolest things ever) and so for this year, I did the same. But during the week my companion and I wanted to do something for Christmas that we'd never forget, something we could tell our children about. So we decided for the 2 hours we had to work on that day (because my comp talked to his family and people invited us over) we would testify to 100 people on the street. And it was AWESOME! We talked to 104 people, testified to them, and got 23 good solid contacts. We also got on 3 buses and shared a message of Christmas on a full bus. And then in the night we exchanged gifts and I got the SWEETEST gifts ever! And then at 12:00 the whole city of Tegucigalpa basically blew up and then on Christmas I talked with my amazing family and had nothing to say for that hour and then a million things right after I wish I would have said. haha. Then there was nobody and I mean nobody on the street and everyone dead asleep, so as a district we put a table with pamphlets and stuff in front of a grocery store and contacted, got on the table and preached like Dan Jones, and sang! Then we visited all our investigators and sang to them as a district...and there was a ton other stuff we did those 2 days but we were soooo tired after all that. It was a wonderful Christmas where I felt pure joy from the spirit of Christmas. It was nothing like my traditional Christmas's with all the sweat, sun and work, but it literally was one of my favorite Christmas's ever. Because we gave everything for Him.
Got some great people progressing and life is hard, but life is so good.
This week I'm thankful for Christmas magic, the Spirit, that we saw a guy stick 2 nails up his nose, caroling, strength from the Lord, getting those little nerves every time you're about to talk to someone new, Honduras, gifts, my Savior, mission tips, technology, my family, the ability to see and hear, laughter, New Era's, the Priesthood, and the wind.
~Elder Alec Johnson
Scrip of da week D&C 24:12
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| MY COMP GAVE ME HIS NEW LEBRON JERSEY BABAYYYYYYYY |
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| These are the most awesome kids. We took them to the temple and they're just great...you'll hear more about em later! |
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