Feliz Navidad :)

Hola Familia,

FELIZ NAVIDAD!!!

This week we had our huge Christmas Celebration "venid a belen"!! It was so great we had more than 500 people come through. So what we did was like a live nativity. All the members participated and when I say they went full out they went FULL OUT. English and Spanish members and non-members came from all over our stake boundaries. We were the guides. (I dressed up like Mary) It was so fun seeing all the youth and everyone singing and acting out the story of the birth of Jesus Christ. When the tour was finished we went to the chapel and watched a testimony from an apostle and the spirit was very strong. So many people got to know who we are as missionaries and who we are as the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints!

I love this Christmas season. We were able to get 17 new investigators this week. That is insane! We found so many prepared families. 2 of which came to Venid a Belen :) Yesterday we were knocking in an apartment building and we found a family with 3 little girls and a brand new baby boy. They said they were just barley talking before we knocked on the door about how they were going to celebrate Christmas this year to make it different from all the rest. They used to be catholic and worship Mary and they took all of their old stuff down and refocused themselves in Christ, they wanted to worship in a different way. They just need a little bit of help and direction. So they were very excited to hear our message. We were able to sing some Christmas songs with them and read Christ's birth story form Luke 2. I am so happy I am here because if I wasn't maybe that family would never had found out the real meaning of Christmas..or the true church..haha but its just amazing to be his instrument and I wouldn't rather be anywhere else than here and now. It has helped me so much to come closer to my Savior.

Hermana Hougaard is doing awesome! She is taking the lead and making things happen! I love watching her grow and wow I am learning probably more than she is right now. I am being tested and tried but I am learning and growing and I am grateful for that so I can become who Heavenly Father wants me to be. I also got to go to the temple for the first time on my whole mission! It was a wonderful experience. I am so grateful for the opportunity to be in the Lord's house. I encourage you to go often!!

I hope you all have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a happy New Year!!! Make sure to remember Christ always-in the words of dad-the gift that keeps on giving. The reason for all. 

xoxox

Hermana Pentelute