Hey y'all!
I'm going to have to say that the weather here in Houston is even weirder
than the weather in Utah. We have days where it is 70 degrees (yes, in
December...) and then it will dive down to the 40s the next day, and then it
will be right back up in the 70s in a couple more days. We never know
what to expect! And because of all the sudden changes in temperature,
everyone has been getting sick. Sister Morris got sick again, and Elder
Pauga (one of the Elders serving in our ward) got really sick too. It
seems like most everyone has a bad cold at least. I've stayed healthy so
far, and I'm really praying that it stays that way!
So... I'm not going to lie, this week has been pretty rough.
Because Sister Morris was sick again, we spent parts of Thursday and
Friday, Saturday, and most of Sunday in our apartment. I hate being a missionary
but not really being able to do missionary stuff... :/ But she's feeling
better today, so we're hoping that she'll stay that way and I won't get sick!
We did get to go to the Temple this week!! I love the temple.
:) And I think the Houston temple will forever hold a soft spot in my
heart. :) I've missed not being able to go as often as I was able to at home,
but I'm so grateful that we do get to go as often as we do. We went on
Friday - Sister Morris was kind of sick, but we went anyway because there was
no way we were going to miss the temple again – we didn't get to go last
transfer because that's when she was sick before... talk about bad timing!
(I'm not sure there is any such thing as "good timing" for
getting sick, though...) But anyway, I love the temple. :) I hope that
all y'all who have a temple close go as often as you are able - make time for
the temple!!
We haven't been able to meet with any of our investigators
recently... and no investigators or less actives came to church yesterday. Although,
we almost didn't go to church yesterday because Sister Morris wasn't feeling
well... We did get to go to Sacrament meeting though, which was good.
I've been reading the Book of Mormon a lot recently, (it might have something
to do with all of my unplanned free time...) and I have a goal to read the
whole thing in the month of December. I love the scriptures so much,
especially the Book of Mormon. It really is another testament of Jesus
Christ - there is so much that testifies of Him in there! It's hard to
convey the importance of the Book of Mormon to our investigators - especially
those people who say they're Christian but have never read the Bible... But I
know that the Book of Mormon testifies of the truthfulness of the Gospel.
It's cool how as you read the Book of Mormon in different stages of your
life you get different things out of it - I've noticed a lot of things about missionary
work. :) And it's awesome how the missionaries in the Book of Mormon
teach the missionary lessons how we teach them now - plan of salvation, gospel
of Jesus Christ, with the exception of the Restoration lesson, of course, but even Nephi prophesied of that!
I love the Book of Mormon, and I know it to be the word of God - it is TRUE!!!
:)
Sorry this email is kind of short... I don't have much more to
say... I love y'all so much though, and I hope you're having a great Christmas
Season, even for those of us who don't have snow. :) Love you!
Sister Ririe
2 Nephi 19:6
Merry Christmas! Sister Morris and I love our tiny little
tree! :)
No comments:
Post a Comment