Dec 22
Merry Merry Christmas Y’all!
Another Christmas is upon us! It will be such a treat to see and
hear from you real soon! Looking forward to it! It seems all is well back at
the ranch! Everyone survived their finals which is a blessing in and of itself!
Next semester is coming right up so get the rest you need! Enjoy the goodies as
well! Personally, I think Georgia is the place to be for Christmas, but you can
try to disagree with me on that! Thanks for the emails! My week was swell! A
lot of things great things are happening here!
Up: We had a special Christmas Conference at the Temple this
week with half of the Mission. It was a magical time! There was a catered BBQ
dinner. Much singing. Many testimonies were offered. The Spirit of Christmas
was certainly felt! It was memorable! I will never have anything like it in the
rest of my life! I was soaking it up. Jesus Christ is Christmas!
Down: I decided that I am not very talented. At least musically!
We have some very gifted people here in this mission! I try to console myself
saying that my gifts can’t be shared at events like that. Maybe a gift of mine
is rationalizing………
Up: Princess Davis and her two kids! They came to the Ward
Christmas Party! It is just a matter of time and getting her to quit smoking.
She already has the desire to do such, so we do not anticipate any difficulty
as we move forward. They are progressing well, but probably won’t be baptized
this month! They will make it though!! It is so incredible to see people’s
faith growing and their hearts changing!
Up: I get to see y’all in a few days! I think we are doing
dinner around 6:00PM, so the skyping could be before hand, but more than likely
it will be after. Does that work? Thanks for the Christmas Packages too! We are
so spoiled here! Elder Richardson is amazed!
Up: The miracle this week was in finding and locating another
family that is in distress. I studied Alma 28 and it is mentioned in verses 13
and 14 the great reason we are called to diligently labor in the Lord’s
vineyard. Which is to remove the snares and prevent the snaring of the heart’s
of God’s children from the adversary. People really are taken by his schemes.
Alicia and her family of three we found the other day. They are in a difficult
spot and are in need of a miracle. Alicia is raising all three of her kids away
from her family in Ohio. She moved to give her kids a better life than she had.
She recognized that her faith was going to be the key here in moving forward.
She had plans to come to church but they were changed due to some interesting
circumstances. We will be seeing her this week and helping her along to church.
She wants her kids to be baptized with her and created a foundation where they
will strengthen one another, because each other is all that they have. It was a
humbling experience to say the least! I do know that they can make it though!
Thanks for the emails and the Love! We will look forward to
conversing here right quick! Please let me know what I can do for y’all! In
order to capitalize on the Skype Time, let’s have some ideas before we chat!
Y’all have done so good with that so far! Enjoy the Quiche the White Elephant
Party! Love you all so much! Have a blessed up week! I will see you soon! Fight
the good fight!
Love,
Elder Dallan Barnes
Elder Dallan Barnes
He is the Gift!
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