Frohe Weinachten!

Date: Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009

Hallo Familie!

This week has been great! So many awesome things have happened. First off, well, so my new companion is Sister Cutler from NEw Mexico. She is a very good missionary, an exceptional teacher and I think we will get along great. I am learning a lot from her already. 2nd we did have our Christmas Zone Conference. It was wonderful. Our Mission President and His wife spoke to us and it was really inspiring. They talked about the life of Christ and took us through scriptures and stories, and at the end there was time left over for testimonies and the spirit was really strong. Since then we have just been working and some really neat things have happened. Our first day together we were doing street contacting and we started talking with this girl Heike about Gods plan and we asked her if she ahd interest to meet with us and learn more. She said "Well I have about 45 minutes until my train comes, and I would like to learn more about this plan." So we took her to our Outreach Center and taught her about the plan. It was so neat to have that happen. That doesn´´t happen very often and so we were a little shocked and Sister Cutler and I had never taught before, but it turned out well. Another awesome thing is that our former investigator Shiresh called us!!! We started talking and he said he would like to meet with us again! So we met on Saturday and gave a Christmas message about Christ and he said it felt good to be with us. And he wants to meet again after he gets back from his Christmas trip. So I pray that all goes well on his trip. That was so neat though. Definitely a miracle. Then another day we were doing some doors and singing Christmas songs, but we had forgotten the words to a particular song. So we contacted a lady on the street then asked her if she knew the words to Hört die Engelschöre singen. She said no, but that she had the words at home, so we could come with her to her house. When we got there we met her husband and we talked for a little bit. They couldn´´t find the words, so we just sang it for them in English. They were so nice. After that her husband asked us if we could help him translate a Christmas card he wanted to send to a friend in America. So we did and then they ended us feeding us. At the very end we said we needed to go and the wife said "WEll you´´re missionaries right?" We said "Yes." then she said, "Well you probably want to tell us more about your church. Do you have any brochures that you could give us?" We said, "Yes. " Then we got them all out and explained them all a little and asked them which one they wanted to learn more about. She said, "Well could we read through all of them?" We said, "Yes." Then we really needed to go and so they offered to give us a ride and she even gave us each an angel caroler figurine she had carved. It was just such a neat experience. I will also just say part of what made this a tender mercy was that on this night it was -14 degrees Celcius. It was freezing cold. I remember last week when it was -2 I was trying to figure out what I could do to stay warm. Then I realized how funny that was when it became -14 degrees. I have realized how useful hats, gloves, scarves, and boots are. They help a lot. But come snow, come shine, come rain, come sleet, the work must go on! :)

Ritchie that is so funny that you are warm. :) That would be a very interesting experience. And you have a native speaker as a companion. That is awesome! My companion and I have decided to only speak German with each other. It´´s not quite the same as a native speaker, but I hope we both will grow in our language skills.

Chris: Sweet job on your Eagle Project! You did that fast. Way to be. And you got voted King again for Senior Prom. Keep being an awesome example!

Jason: I am looking forward to talking with you on Christmas to hear what has been happening in your life. How are you?

Crozier: How are you doing? Have you been doing any more plays?

Mom and Dad; Thanks for all your insights. Mom, you can share as many insights and scriptures as you would like. I have found that they really help me. It was fun to hear about Dads talk. I am glad that it went well. I would love to have a copy of that story he shared. you and dad should just start your life histories right now, you both have so many stories to share. that is so fun you went caroling. I love caroling and we have been doing it hear too. It´´s been fun.

Candace and Evan: I sent mom an email about maybe you calling me if your circumstances allow. I would love to hear how everything is going. Thanks for your emails you send. It sounds like you are just loving it there.

Tara: I am really looking forward to hearing how everything is going for you, and all about your accompanying and maybe masters.

Sean and Kim: It sounds like you are also doing well. I can´´t wait to talk to you on Christmas.

I can´´t believe it´´s already hear. I am looking so forward to it! I love you family, and I will talk to you on Friday!

Love,
Sister Fitzgerald