Merry Christmas to my wonderful family and dear friends!

 

I hope you have all had a great week! It has warmed my heart to receive cards and gifts from so many of you. Thank you so much.

 

This week has been really great. Brandon is all ready for his baptism--he had his interview Friday, he and I performed at the branch Christmas party on Saturday (me on piano, him on violin), and on Sunday at church he told us that his dad had a good talk with him and has given his full support of his decision to be baptized.

 

We also continued to work with Juan Carlos and his family and also started teaching one of his friends. They were both at church this Sunday, as well as a young man who Sister Law and Sister Thompson talked to while we were on exchanges on Tuesday. Emilio. He is really awesome. He called Saturday to say he couldn't come to the party they'd invited him to, but he was able to come to sacrament meeting the next day. Sunday night, he called us when he started reading the Book of Mormon to confirm our plans for meeting with him this coming Thursday.

 

It is exciting to be a little part of helping people receive the gospel and the blessing made possible only through our Savior Jesus Christ. I know He lives and loves us. I am so grateful to represent Him to those around me and to invite them to come to Him and know his love.

 

May you all find a way to make this Christmas day memorable and look for something special that you can give to Jesus on the day we remember that He has given us everything.

 

Much love,

Hermana Brighton