Yeah. Mr. Kerugers Christmas. HAVE YOU SEEN THAT!??????????????
Investigator Carol. How much do I love her!?!
Showed up and gave her a bunch of Christmas DVD's (ps the office Elder in charge of supplies, $$$$MONEY$$$$$ he ordered like 3 million different Christmas video selections to give out when we go caroling!?!?!?! champ)
ANYWAY after passing out probably like 300 million copies to random strangers telling them how AWESOME this vid is--come back to Carols later she had already watched Mr. Kreugers Christmas and was like "want to watch it with me? I'm dying to see it again" we had never seen it so we're like sure?
OMG.
OMG
FIRST of all. THIS WAS MADE IN THE LIKE 1900s????? And you watch it and you sit back and think, "wait....................WHAT JUST HAPPENED!?!?" Like literally. what.even.happened.
One moment guy from Its a Wonderful Life is conducting the MoTab choir.....next thing you know Farrah Fawcett and her cronies are dancing around a Christmas Tree on temple square....then this ADORABLE little blondie steals the baby Jesus from the nativity set....................and its over!?!?!?!?!!?!?
Anyway...even after ALL of that.
I STILL CRIED.
It's so tender because mainly I thought about all of the people that REALLY WILL have a Christmas experience like that. No one at home. All alone. Happiness at the mercy of random carolers. ALL OF YOU GO FIND THOSE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!! breaks.my.heart.
IN OTHER NEWS.
Crazy week full of crazy amounts of snow BUT ended it off with Presidents Devotional last night.
Judy.
Comes.
The beginning is set for recent converts to bear their testimonies but since the weather, cancelled church and time change of the devotional they just kind of "time is yours" thing for the recent converts who were invited there to speak, but no set order.
After two incredibly powerful testimonies.
JUDY STANDS.
my heart DROPS.
Eyes go directly the Assistants like MAKE IT STOP but Elder De Leon just gives this look like ....wait....should I stop this???
But too late...........
My heart is in KNOTS because we have like 5 SOLID investigators who are on the verge of baptism already have dates but Satan working incredibly strong on our mission because we are trying to hit our Noche Blanca goal and we are THREE SHORT!!! so everyone is like ON EDGE this is the MOMENT that is supposed to seal the deal.
"My name is Judy Mills, and I am NOT a member of this Church. I grew up in Germany where I didn't know anyone who wasn't Catholic. Came to America and........"
all the same stories how she went to this Bible College that changed her life converted her to Christianity. Great story....but doesn't convert people to the restored truth.
She is bringin the house down because she is just funny by nature talking about how she is one of God's spoiled rotten little brats being able to go to the Bible College AND THEN
"........and it was the greatest thing I could have ever done in my life, second to meeting the missionaries and deciding to be baptized in to the Latter Day Saint Church this Saturday at 11:00 am if you want to come."
TEARS. The Assistants are just like grinning at me, Zone Leaders texting me off the hook, District Leader trying to get my attention wondering why we haven't had an interview yet, BUT I DIDNT EVEN CARE.
Because in that moment, my heart was so full of love for HER. It's like the flood gates had opened and she FINALLY felt the power of the Spirit, and she recognized it, and WANTED it!
SURE she did it a little backwards, aka we are SCRAMBLING to try and make it actually happen on her self-proclaimed baptismal date, and yeah we went over to go over the baptismal questions the night before with her and instead she fed us SHRIMP stir-fry!?!?!?!?!?! but I knew in that INSTANT as she bore her testimony with her fanny pack that no matter HOW crazy, the Lord wanted HER in His Church. He NEEDED her to receive that ordinance, he was aware of HER and HER needs, and most importantly He loved ME and HER and the whole ROOM enough to let us experience a MIRACLE.
BLESSINGS!
so much more I want to say but LITERAL CHAOS as a Sister is leaving to go home today and we are all over the map.
BUT WHO CARES!?!?! I'll talk to you soon! AH!
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!
SO MANY CHRISTMAS SHOUTOUTS I AM WAITING UNTIL NEXT WEEK BUT I FEEL SO SO SO SO INCREDIBLY LOVED BY ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU 1 MILLION TIMES THANK YOU FOR BEING THE BEST FRIENDS AND FAMILY LITERALLY IN THE WHOLE WORLD. Or the Whole KANSAS WICHITA MISSION WORLD! LOVE YOU!
Love,
Sister Murray
MERRY CHRISTMAS=pictures of Judy. My sweater she made me. Her in overalls. her and her cat that she calls a different name every day and her bike.
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