The week of caroling! We won't be able to do it every night, but for the majority of this week we'll get to go caroling around as a zone or district which I'm excited for! We also have a lot of Christmas plans coming up; tomorrow's our mission-wide Christmas party where we'll be together from 9am-4pm. Seems really long, but with a lot of people to visit with and activities planned, it'll be good. AND that's where I'll get all my mail, so that will be Christmas for me right there! :)
We've been teaching the most adorable family I've ever seen. Both parents are members but less-active, and they have a daughter and son who are both just old enough to take the discussions, so we get to go over at least once a week and teach these kids who are so smart and remember everything they've learned from church! I don't have a picture of them yet, so I'll have to get a picture with them next time we're together so you can understand how loveable these kids are!
My camera batteries ran out so I didn't get to send any pictures from my camera (thank goodness for companions who also take pictures) but I went on an exchange with Sister Jones from Missouri! Her parents just moved into my ward not too long ago, and she went to BYU-I the same year I was there and know the same people! So we spent a lot of our time reminiscing about ballroom dance and the people we knew in between missionary work.
We had another baptism this weekend!: Ian Furey. He's that guy I told you about earlier who has an energetic puppy and who is very philosophical. He'd make a very good psychologist except he said he likes being able to give advice for free, so it's probably a good thing it's not something he's planning on getting a degree in.
It was a joint baptism with one of the elders' investigators, a 9 yr old boy named Riley who's afraid of water. When he stepped into the font he told his dad he couldn't do it. They stood there for five minutes while the father talked to him (and every person there saying prayer in their hearts!), but he just kept saying he couldn't do it. A missionary who baptized Ian just before the Riley's turn, stood watching from the side and someone suggested he go into the water to stand next to Riley as reassurance, since he'd taught him before . It worked! And made for a very touching baptism.
We're making way on the work here as it's exploding, and I'm excited for the coming year!
Merry Christmas!
Sister Dunster
2. The Lacey 6th District Christmas photo (Me and Sis. Smith, L to R: Elders Olmstead, Carder, Piel, and Allred, Front: Elders Pierce and Brinkerhoff)
4. Our other Christmas tree (a paper one Sis Smith's parents sent up and we strung with lights.)
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