Hi everyone!
I hope you had an amazing
Christmas! I always have loved Christmas time, because it seems like everyone
is more open, more loving and happier. It was so awesome to be able to Skype my
family yesterday! They are so amazing, and I love them.
This week was an amazing one!
Sister Irizarry and I were able to be tools repeatedly in the Hands of the Lord
this week. There was a woman whose car died in the middle of the highway the
other day. Sister Irizarry looked at me and said, "Let's go help
her!" I was shocked because we were on a busy highway! She pulled the car
over, and we jumped out. We ran into the street and asked her if we could push
her car. She almost cried and told us we could try. Together, Sister Irizarry
and I pushed a car down the highway... 2 girls in skirts, and one recovering from a broken elbow haha! I don't know how, but we were able to push the car by ourselves...
but really, we know that angels were helping us the whole way. I am so thankful
Sister Irizarry felt impressed to help her! I hope we were able to help her
feel of God's love that day!
We have a family we are
teaching. They are the sweetest people on earth, and have been through so much.
The mom expressed to us that Christmas was going to be really hard this year
money wise. Sister Irizarry and I felt very strongly that the Lord needed us to
help her. We talked to our Bishop, and he felt so as well! We went to the
Bishop's Storehouse on Christmas Eve morning, and got everything she would
need. We delivered the groceries to her that night as a Christmas gift. She was
so thankful, and her heart was full of the Light of Christ. After we left,
Sister Irizarry and I agreed that this has been the best Christmas ever, simply
because we have never been able to give so much - give groceries, give our
time, but most importantly give of ourselves.
This time I am spending out here
in Arizona is truly for the Lord. I want to be able to help as many people as I
can for the rest of the 14 months I am here. I love the Lord, and I love
sharing this beautiful Gospel. The Gospel is simple. The Gospel is love and
service.
I am so thankful for Christmas,
and for the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. Let us not forget why He was
born. He was born to redeem us all, and to help us back to Father. Remember Him
always. He is the reason for the season.
As you give of yourself, the
Lord will bless you.
Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year, everyone! Stay warm!
-Hermana Abigail Valenta
Mi familia
We
live with a member here in Mesa, and she has a dog named Sugar!
This was
Sugar's Christmas present!!
It's
a Christmas miracle!! Sugar doesn't let anyone hold her expect for
her owner...
but, she let me hold her yesterday!
Sister
Irizarry and I got some cool Christmas socks!
We went to the Christmas Lights with some investigators and friends!
Bishop snapped this picture during our lesson with them outside!
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