Merry Christmas everyone,
I don't know
where everyone is that I am sending this too, but here in Connecticut it is in the 60's
and raining so it will probably not be a white Christmas for us. The
weather around here changes so fast, last week we got snowed in after we went
on a large Christmas temple trip. It was a fun experience because just
like when we got snowed in by the huge snow storm last year, we got to once
again have a giant slumber party at some of the Elder's apartment in Massachusetts.
Since I last
emailed, we have seen a lot of little miracles that have been very fitting for
this time of year. Most of them being finding people that have decided
that it is time for them to come back to God. An example of this being
our friend J’. We had not met with J’ for quite a while and would call
him on a regular basis to try to set up an appointment. This had gone on
for about a month until just last week when he called us and told us about how
he had a little trouble and that he had fallen away from God a little
bit.
He then said that it was time for him to come back now and that he was
ready for us to help bring him closer to God again. This time of year has
also been a great time of finding for us as we have wandered the streets looking
to do the Lord’s will. We have found many members that have lost their
way in search of it again and also we have found new people willing to hear the
message we have to share.
Like always we
are cutting wood for people so that they can keep their houses warm during the
winter. Well I guess word got around because one of our members offered
our services to her non-member friend. We gladly accepted the opportunity
to get in some good service and help out her friend. We spent most of the
day working with him. In that time, I think we built a pretty good
relationship and we asked him if his member friend had told him anything about
the church. He said that he has had questions in the past and that they
had talked about it a little. It felt so natural when we asked him if he
would like to learn more. He said that he would like that some time and
he would also like to see us again to help him with his wood. Hopefully
we will have more to say about our new friend S’ in the future.
From here I
would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and ask you to ponder about the
gifts that the wise men chose to give to the new born king. I would also
like to thank everyone that sent me a package this Christmas I have never
received so many packages at once, and it made me very happy to see how well
all of you knew me by the things that were inside.
Elder Erb
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