Use the Spirit of Christmas to share the gospel with EVERYONE!!!!!

So I don't really have time this week to write a good email. So many people emailed with so much good news. It makes me happy. And I think that's just the main message of the week this week.

This past week was just.....well it was just full of difficult moments. My companion has some health problems that require us to stay home sometimes or go on interchanges. Unfortunately that frustrates the work in both areas, and it usually bores Sister Vasquez quite a bit. :) But it was just....a difficult week. However, personal study this week was just completely wonderful! And our lessons that we did have really brought the Spirit. I am just completely happy and satisfied with the sacrifice we gave our Father in Heaven.

We, the missionaries here in Belize, have not yet received the "He is the Gift" materials from SLC. So we have just settled to downloading the video in English and Spanish on our USBs to be able to play on our portable DVD players. Sister Vasquez and I are showing it to EVERYONE and we are having the most wonderful experiences! I wish I had all the time in the world to tell you all about them. For now, I will settle with just one.

We walked into a pharmacy on Tuesday for Sister Vasquez' medicine. Before leaving, I asked the two female workers if they would like to watch the short video about Christmas and Jesus Christ we had to share. The first was clearly not interested and left it up to the other woman. She was kind of hesitant, but we were persistent enough that she agreed to watch it, turned off the music, and called her two children to come and see. The Spirit entered that little corner shop across from the busy bus terminal and she....changed. At the end, I could feel something was different. We asked if she would like to know more, and she simply told us we couldn't come to her house because of her husband. So we have an appointment set up this week to visit her again at the pharmacy. Use the Spirit of Christmas to share the gospel with EVERYONE!!!! It was just.....a magical week!

Keep smiling. Keep praying. And keep trusting our Father in Heaven. His Gift, Jesus Christ, can help us overcome any trial we might face in this life. It was a gift of love, life, peace, hope, and HAPPINESS. God wants us to be happy and we can be so if we embrace the gift of His Son.

I love and pray for you all! Until next week.....


Love Always,

Sista M.