Monday, December 14, 2015

Temple fun! :)

I can't even believe that it's the middle of December! The weather has been up in the high 60's.. At least we bought a real Christmas tree! (of course a mini one) That helps us feel like it's winter time!

Last Monday we got to have another choir practice with the mission! We are getting excited to sing on Christmas Eve! That day we also got to say hello to a recent convert from one of Sis. Otteman's areas. So fun!!
For FHE our investigator named Theo did the spiritual thought! It was awesome!! The activity was a fun goodbye party for some people who are leaving off to college, etc. We should be having a lot of turnover within the next couple months. Sad and exciting!

We had a Zone Training on Tuesday where we got to present again! I'm slowly starting to get used to that.. ha! It is amazing how much the Spirit works through you. After the meeting we had a fun lunch with our District at a Peruvian place. That night I said my first prayer in ASL! Woo! Haha progress is slow but sure!

On Wednesday we got to be Temple Visitors Center Sisters!! It was SO different -- but so fun!!! We got to walk people through the crèche exhibit and show the video A Savior is Born to them. It was cool to try and pick out all the non-members there. My favorite part was meeting a guy named Vandell! He told us that he was a limo driver and just dropped off some people there. He said, "I usually go and park somewhere while I wait but I felt really strongly that I should come and check it out too! And I don't know what it is but everyone here is so welcoming and right when I walked through the doors there was such a peaceful feeling!" We ended up teaching him a little bit and got his information so we can send missionaries to him. So awesome!!! Prepared people literally come to you at the Visitors Center! It was also fun to see missionaries from our mission bring investigators. :)  

Thursday was transfers! Sister O and I are staying together! :D We are going to have a blast!! I'm so glad we're still together! I don't know how I'll be able to do this YSA thing when she leaves... I get to be her last companion! We're going to kill it this transfer!

For weekly planning on Friday we sat outside on our balcony! The weather is awesome!

We had an awesome service opportunity on Saturday afternoon with our Bishop's wife! We went and helped people "shop" at a Holiday coalition! We walked people who qualified around a warehouse where they got to choose a certain amount of toys, etc for their Christmas! It was a lot of fun to see their eyes light up! A lot of the toys were donated from Toys For Tots. :) I love this time of year!

On Saturday night we got to go to our Ward Temple night! We went with Oscar (a newer member) to go to baptisms for his first time. It was so cool! He had an awesome experience. There truly is nothing that compares to the peace you feel in the temple.

We also got to teach in Relief Society yesterday! So many opportunities to learn and be led by the Spirit. :) I'm so grateful for all of these experiences!!

I hope you are all having a fun December so far! Stay warm!! I love you all so much!

♥Sister Winterton


Pictures:
1- Our Zone!
2- We are VC Sisters! :D
3- Us and some Sisters from our District
4- Oscar's first temple trip!




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