Thanksgiving was excellent! I hope you all enjoyed yours!! We had district meeting, then went to dinner (really lunch) at the Conner's. Had super delicious food, deviled eggs and smoked turkey included!! Smoked turkey is seriously the best turkey I have ever had!! sooooooo goooooood!! I made brownie bottom pie for pie night too. It turned out pretty good, considering the boxed milk and whipping cream I had to use haha. After we went and saw Anbby. She's so sweet... I love her so much. She loves little Miaomiao with her whole heart.
We also tried to see a new family we are teaching, but they weren't home. We talked to one of the kids, Romeo. He's pretty cool. He's 14 but looks like he's more like 18. Crazy. We went to pie night, and did studies. A lot of people drink here one Thanksgiving, so the proselyting aspect of Thanksgiving was a little hard.
Friday was super fun!! Our Zone is doing this thing we call the Ammon Project. We are trying to get the church out of obscurity, and this is one of the things we started doing. Basically, just like Ammon, we are just looking for as many ways to serve the people as possible. Friday we did a free car wash. It was a hit!! Sooooo many people came, and it was hard to keep up. But lots of people really appreciated it. Next time we'll get the youth more involved and it'll be even bigger!!
Saturday morning we helped Ana, the Elder's Chinese landlord, clean her house. She was in China visiting family and came back to a house full of rat poop =/ ick! We helped her sweep and mop her floor and clean her counters. Then we helped set up for the Elders and Sisters baptism!!! This one was in the ocean. So beautiful, both the ocean and especially the ordinance. Both were from part member families. It's beautiful to see families get closer and closer to going to the temple.
Church was really good. Tiana, a youth, talked about temptation. She said: avoid it, don't get bored; resist it, don't give in; and pray for help, turn back to God. Sister Ami's(a Philipino) talk was very good too. She leaves to move to Texas next week. Going to miss her, but she's excited to be with her family. She talked about not judging. Basically, "Stop it! Stop. Just stop it! Stop it!.... Don't judge, sing a hymn, love. Just love. And Pray. Pray hard, pray pray pray!!"
Last thing before I go. Just a little more about Charity, coming from Relief Society where we talked about Elder Uchtdorf's talk about the three sisters sad, mad, and glad, in the Women's session of conference. Sometimes when the people we love the most, and who are supposed to love us, hurt us, it's the hardest to forgive. Pray. Pray for you, for them. Pray until you love them again, and don't stop. If Jesus Christ loved the weakest and worst of us to suffer for our sins, I promise you He can help you love them too.
I love you all lots! Don't forget to read the Book of Mormon!
Sister Springer
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