MERRY CHRISTMAS
EVERYONE!!! Well this week was good, as usual. This week was busy too,
but with a lot of stuff other than teaching. People are either off island
visiting family, have a lot of family on island, or are just way too busy with
work. It has been hard to get lessons but it will pick up next
month.
So earlier this week was pretty
cool. Our branch president’s wife told us about this Christmas Wish that a radio station was doing
here. She told us that we needed to email them about a family in our
branch named the B’s. We did that and told them the whole story surrounding
the B. family. Well R. and E. have 2 grown, unemployed daughters living
with them. Each daughter has 4 children that are also living with them
ages 2 months to 21 years old. All of them are unemployed, R. and E. cuz
they are retired and also the 2 daughters. Anyways they have their
electricity cut off frequently, they run completely out of food quite often.
The church helps them out a lot, but they were not going to have a good Christmas. R. and E. are just awesome tho, they
try so hard to make their grandkids have the best life possible. They are solid
in the gospel and converts of just a couple years. Both have health conditions
that limit them. I feel bad. Well we emailed them, the next day we
called Sister J. in the morning and had her put her phone on speaker phone up
to the radio to see if they won, and they did! They called them on the radio,
and while they were on the radio Santa showed up to their house with a Christmas tree, and lights, and many presents,
and $500 to help with bills, and a new cell phone with a 1 month contract. But it was so cool! We went over and they were
all crying. They literally have nothing, they are living in really bad
conditions. They have a lot of animals, like chickens and he saves the
eggs that he gets and gives them to his neighbors who he says is less fortunate
then he is. So generous. He always is looking for ways to serve, he says
if you do good, you get good. I believe that is why they won. They
got nominated so many times that the radio station said they just had to choose
them. IDK who else nominated them but they do have a very good impact on a lot
of people even in the situation they are in.
The Christmas
devotional that was broadcast from Jamaica on Saturday
was good. I know you guys watched it and it was probably freezing up like ours
was but it was still good. That was from my chapel in Spanish Town by the way,
almost 800 people were there live, plus it was broadcast to like 20 other areas
in the mission so it was a good turn-out, and was a great missionary tool just
like we hoped it would be :) A couple hundred nonmembers and less actives
attended so that was perfect :)
We had our missionary Christmas fireside on Friday,
that was good as well.
Saturday we had a Christmas choir concert here. I was in the chior
so I'm kind of a big deal :) It was good as well.
Anyways have a Merry Christmas! Do those things to invite Christ into
our lives. I think about Mary and Joseph who went from inn to inn and
they wouldn't open their doors to Him. Sometimes we do that in our
personal lives as well. Make room for Him in our inn, he stands knocking
on our hearts, don't pass Him up, let the Savior into our lives. Open our
doors, open our hearts, not just a crack, but all the way, especially during
this Christmas season.
Love you all! See you on Wednesday!
Love Elder Colton Harris
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