This is going to be my Christmas e-mail. Well kinda themed around that... with what's been going on at the same time :) Cambridge 2nd Ward... Is suffering when it comes to missionary work. Between us and the Elder's we have found that we are at a loss of what to do for the next week and a half before transfers and we find out what will happen. Tracting has been the main source of filling up our days and because of that we are learning to be grateful for many different things in life.
For instance, I am so blessed to have: A new bag - On Thursday we had our weekly planning session with the Elders. Since sometimes it is a brutal task we decided to start it out with a fabulous breakfast. CREPES!! We were in charge of bringing the crepe mix and I brilliantly thought I will make the mix before and then cook it at the church. Turned out to be a HORRIBLE idea :) By the time we got to the church for our meeting, My planner, Scriptures, White Handbook, Study journal, Preach my Gospel, Wallet and the whole inside of my bag were caked with this delightful egg mixture. To say the least I kept everything but the bag.... I was surprised that I simply just found this hilarious and was laughing, when The wonderful Elders I get to work with asked if they could go get me a new bag. They went to the mall found me a bag and bought it. It was AWESOME!
THE MISSION CHRISTMAS PARTY! - It was totally wicked. We got to attend dos of them because Sister Hyoung was playing for them. The first one was amazing and we were getting ready to leave right after she played. This is where I realized how blessed I was to work with Elder's and to have a car full of missionaries whose faith and reliance on the Lord was very strong. We were hit with a huge snow storm that literally was keeping people in. Stuck places and we were ready to leave. Elder Jones (The driver of the car) was shoveling us out and 6 of us piled into the minivan in hopes that the free way was going to be better than the roads. Turns out, it totally wasn't. We spent the next 5 minutes sliding all over the place when finally an Elder in the Backseat suggested that we say a prayer on whether to continue forward or turn around and go back. We did and all came to the conclusion we should go back and wait it out. It was amazing to see how when we all turned to the Lord with faith, that we received the same answer in unison.
A place on P-day to do Laundry - The LP Sisters allow us to come over every p-day morning and do our laundry there so that we don't have to pay. It's wonderful. This morning as I woke up I really was just dreading having to haul laundry over there, in the rain, and when Sister Hyoung and I were awake at 3:30 because of being sick. I started out in this awful mood but by the end I realized that there are worse things in life. These wonderful Sisters were serving us by allowing us to come over. Then as we were leaving, I hit what Sister Hyoung likes to call "Sister Boldt Bad Luck".... I was walking on the side walk next to the road, my coat was wet because it didn't get to dry all the way in the dryer and I am just wearing a sweatshirt, when a lovely car drove by, hit the puddle that happened to be right next to me and I then muttered a silent prayer of please don't let this put me in a bad mood, and opened my eyes after I was soaked. I once again just laughed and said who cares? It's p-day!
Because of all these different blessings in my life, that are kinda the unusual things to be grateful for, I realized that the Lord has created one amazing place for us. At the Mission Christmas party, President Packard asked us to think about one thing we could give up to the Lord, some suggestions were: Being more Obedient, really praying with intent, planning in a way that the Lord allows us too, really being consecrated to the Lord while on our missions, or maybe just changing an attitude, Allowing our companion to be the number 1 sometimes.
I thought a lot about what I wanted to to give up to the Lord this Christmas, and I took many things into consideration. I finally was studying this morning and read this quote by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland - "We must be willing to place all that we have - Not just our possessions (They may be the easiest things of all to give up) but also our ambition and pride and Stubbornness and Vanity - We must place it all on the altar of God, kneel there in Silent submission, and willingly walk away." As many of you know I am pretty stubborn and like to do things my way, and many times my way is the only way. I read this and realized the one thing the Lord doesn't have of mine, is my will, and I want to, especially willingly give it to him. I chose this Christmas to allow him to take the front seat and guide my life in the way he knows it should be. I am excited to do this, this upcoming year. I would encourage all of you to think about what you could give up to the Lord this year, he has done all for us, and this is just one way we can show our love and gratefulness for him! :)
I love you all and hope you have a very merry Christmas!!!
Love, Sister Boldt
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