Merry more Christ.......get it Christ..mas.

WHAT A WEEK. WHAT A WEEK. WHAT A WEEK. 

-I promise that it is not that I've gotten 1000x more dramatic since I've left, it's just that my life is 1000x cooler and so I have more to be excited about. 

SOME THINGS. 

-In Fresno 5 we did service for our fun investigator Bill Gates from egypt. He is starting a shoe store and needed help moving a million shoe boxes around. Half way through the process he told us he could make us rich if we became business partners...it was a hard pass. 

-surprise. I got transferred. I spent the last half of the week with Sisters Sheffield and Baldwin in the Clovis/Cedar wood area. Sister Baldwin will be returning home tomorrow and Sister Sheffield and I will keep being companions and it's going to be the best. I about died when I saw how short the ward list was..I'm back in Clovis...where everyone is active. 

-the first member I met in this area was....................SISTER CHARLENE STEBLES. SO CUTE. She was the first baptism I had in the mission.....and I sat next to her in sacrament meeting....and she is so cute...and converted which is obviously the most important thing. 

-then Sister Baldwin and I visited Lora Kinnison. (Jack's mom) she was the 2nd baptism I had in the mission. She is literally so cute and told us this incredible story about how visiting teaching is going for her....and Jack is growing and it's so sweet. 

-CHRISTMAS ZONE CONFERENCE. Zone conference is always good...and then you add Christmas and things get soooo good. 

Ultimately what touched my heart most is the message President shared....he talked about the things that are commonly seen as the 'sacrifices' that missionaries make and then he said...."Ultimately, you will find in the end that it is never truly a sacrifice to come to know Christ." That is how I feel about my mission. I know that I am not perfect at it but I have tried with my whole heart to give my whole self to the Lord. I have tried my best to lay every piece of myself on a sacrificial alter and as I've done that I've found myself. I can honestly say that as I am today I am more me than I have ever before been and it is because I know my Savior more than ever before. 

I love being a missionary. I'm excited to continue to be a missionary, especially during this Christmas week. I love the Lord and I hope you take the time to remember HIM this Christmas.