Sister Lerin Bridges - Maryland Baltimore Mission

August 2009 - February 2011

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Where do I begin?! This week has been good and bad at the same time. Number wise we had a horrible week due to the fact that all of our appointments fell through. We were still in good moods cause we know that the Lord can see us working. It is still so much fun to serve with Sis. Muhlestein. She is a blast! This week on Wednesday we were trying to look for a potential investigator who lived in a town call Monrovia. While we were walking the wind was blowing so hard and our bodies were completely numb, the good thing about this entire situation is that we were laughing our heads off. Eventhough it is cold we were still working so that the spirit was with us. President sent all of the missionaries the funniest text this week it said "dress warm, work hard, and don't look at the thermometer" quoting from President Monson's biography. We laughed our heads off at his text. The high for that day was in the high 20's but with the wind chill said it was only 8 degrees.
The members of the ward are incredible! As I talked about in the e-mail last week the ward is doing a DVD delivery program in which the full time missionaries deliver Mr. Kreugar Chirstmas DVD to neighbors and friends of the member. It has been so much fun to do this. We emptied out a box of 50 and we have about 35-45 more names to deliver the to this week. The members have trusted us with so many of their neighbors and friends. It is such a humbling experience to do this. Whenever we give a DVD the member's friends are so appreciative of this gift. On Saturday night we went out with the Eakins family to deliver over 21 DVDs to friends in their nieghborhood. Some of the people were not home but most of them were. The two youngest boys were telling everyone that the DVD contained a message of the true meaning of christmas which is not about the presents we get or give to others but it is about the Savior. It was cute to hear their testimonies.
On sunday morning during missionary coordination meeting with all of the ward missionaries we were talking about the DVD and the success we have been having with it and Sis. Suhaka asked if we could go out with her after the meeting to deliver some DVDs to her friends. We were able to meet most of her friends. Sis. Suhaka debated on going to her friend Angela'a house but we did it anyway. Angela happened to be home for a few minutes before returing back to work and let us right in. Angela and Sis. Suhaka have been freinds for 23 years. Angela asked us about Jospeh Smith. We were able to share the First Vision with her. It was such a powerful lesson. The spirit was so strong. sis. Suhaka and Angela were both tearing up. The Lord has been preparing Angela to recieve the gospel. The DVD program has already had an inpact. I'm so humbled to be able to have been present in that lesson.
Hope you all have a wonderful week. LOVE YOU!!! 
Can't wait to talk on SATURDAY!!!!!

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