Tidings of Comfort and Joy!

Merry Christmas!! :D

I'm so grateful for this season!! Everyone is so excited to serve and to reach out to others. It's awesome!

On Monday for FHE we all went caroling in the neighborhood! It was so fun to brighten someone's night. ..the only weird thing was leaving the doorstep without teaching them about the Book of Mormon! (Yes, we could have, but it didn't seem like the right thing for that moment) ;)

We had an exchange with some Sisters again on Tuesday. We went to work at the Temple Visitors Center again! So much fun! I got to help usher people into the concerts that night... And got to say the opening prayer for one of them! (I was soo nervous ha!!) Such a fun experience! It was such a tender mercy to have people thank me afterwards.

On Thursday we got to have interviews with President Huntsman! He is so great! He sure does love us missionaries!

We had our Whole Mission Christmas Conference on Friday!! It was a blast!! I love how Sister Huntsman invited us to find joy in the simplest, smallest things this season. I invite you all to do the same! We don't have to go all crazy and worry about the knickknacks and the sparkles -- this is a season of peace. I am slowly gaining my own personal testimony of that too.. ;)

During our conference we also had a talent show!! And guess what?!.... I PERFORMED! Yep, you heard that right! The Sisters in our zone convinced us. Ha! We sang a cute Disney Sister missionary remix song. :) I was nervous out of my mind! But it turned out great! Everyone else did an amazing job too. We had a blast!

Last night we had an amazing Stake Concert! People around here go all out... :) They even mailed out about 4,000 invites to people in the community! There were a pretty good amount of people that showed up. The Spirit was so strong! Music is such a beautiful way of bearing testimony.

Well, our weeks consist of hunting for lost sheep (less-actives), family history searching with recent converts and planning... lots and lots of planning. It is going so well! We are working our hardest and can't wait to see some miracles happen!

I wish you all a very merry Christmas!!! I know that Christ was born for YOU. (Luke 2:11) He was born so that we can experience true happiness - in this life and the next.

I love you all so much!

Love,

Sister Winterton

Pictures:

1. My MTC group! (we all came out at the same time!)

2. My sweet MTC companion and I

3. The Sisters in our zone!

4. Us :)

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