Wixom shimai no dendou

  Dec 28, 2020 Hello everybody! I hope y'all had a very merry Christmas!! Things here in Florida are amazing! I am currently serving in the Narcoossee area, which I have been told is one of the best areas to serve in. The ward here is incredible, and they help out the missionaries so much, I don't think we can thank them enough.  This last week, with it being Christmas and all, was full of service! We serve at the Bishop's Storehouse each week. Normally we go 1 or 2 times, but last week we ended up going 3 times! We also helped Kael, a lady we are teaching, at a local food pantry. We go there just about every week for a couple of hours, but because it was Christmas, we ended up staying longer than normal. Christmas Eve, we ended up helping a family in our ward and one of our neighbors as well. Wow. Lots and lots of service, but it is so good!! Christmas was definitely different this year, but still so fun! My companions and I all tried to do as many of our family traditions

December 21, 2020  Hello everybody! So much has happened!! To start off, I finished the MTC middle of December. It was so hard saying goodbye to all of my wonderful teachers and the other missionaries. The last week we spent so much time thinking about all the fun memories that we had had, talking about the things we had learned from each other, and getting ready to head off to our reassignments. I am so grateful that I was able to do the online MTC. It definitely was not what I thought my MTC experience would be, but it was better than I could have imagined. I am so grateful for the 9 extra weeks I was able to have with my family. They give me more support and love than I could ever ask for. Not many people get to say they spent 2 months of their missions at home, but I do. I am grateful for my teachers. They helped me come to love the gospel so much and love teaching even more. And I am grateful for the other missionaries, and especially my companion. Each of them taught me something

 December 5, 2020 Hello everybody! So many good things have happened recently! There are miracles all around us, God is so good!! Last weekend I had the chance to go to the temple with my companion, Tu'ineau shimai! She had invited me to go with her when she went through the temple, and of course I said yes. It was such a special experience to 1-be in the temple again and 2-meet my MTC companion in person.  I love the temple, it has always been a special place for me. Over the last year, my testimony and love for the temple has grown so much through the experiences I have had. One of the hardest things recently, is not being able to feel the peace that the temple brings me. Our teachers have encouraged us to make a place in our home our very own temple while all the temples are closed. A place that we can go to feel peace and close to God. I have loved trying to make that happen, but I also loved being able to go inside a temple again. I would encourage all of you to prepare to be