The
end of the transfer was on Saturday and Hermana Gonzalez and I will be
STAYING in Chicago 4th for 7 more weeks! This is Hermana Gonzalez's last
transfer of her mission so I will be her last companion! She told me
for this transfer she is going to try to talk to me only in Spanish. I'm
really looking forward to that! She said she's noticed that my spanish
accent is sounding more Mexican haha. I'm most certainly looking forward
to this upcoming transfer. I know we're going to be working so hard to
share the gospel with everyone!
There's
a lady we usually visit on Tuesdays in the nursing home and she's
pretty sweet. This last Tuesday after we shared a quick message with her
we sang a Christmas hymn to her and she absolutely LOVED it! I've never
seen her smile so big before. I definitely looking forward to singing
to her again soon!
When
we knocked doors on Tuesday night we tried a new approach where we just
showed people the Christmas video, He is the Gift, at their doorstep
(unless they let us in of course). It went super well! It brought up a
lot of good conversation about the true meaning of Christmas and a few
people even told us we could come back and share another message with
their families. If anyone reading this hasn't already seen this video
then go watch it right now! It's so powerful and beautiful! christmas.mormon.org or navidad.mormon.org
After
district meeting on Wednesday we finally took a group picture with our
Christmas attire and I though we looked rather festive! Hermana Shipp
and Mansfield are being transferred to different areas tomorrow and the
Ward is receiving two more elders. It'll be weird with 6 elders and 2
Hermanas in the ward for sure! Hermana Shipp and I have been together
since day 1 at the CCM! That's crazy!
This
weekend we went caroling with our district and it was pretty fun! It
actually wasn't too cold out which made it really nice. We're planning
on going on Friday as well with more of the ward members and so I'm
excited about that.
So
YARELI GOT BAPTIZED on Saturday! It was such a beautiful baptismal
service. We're going to see Yareli again on Friday so we got her a
little journal to record her spiritual experiences. She got baptized
with her aunt and cousin it was so amazing! The Spirit was so strong and
I'm just so glad I got to be there.
I'm
sorry this email is so short but know that I love you all! I'm doing
really well and I'm looking forward to this upcoming transfer. I know
this church is true and I'm so thankful for this time of year where we
can take more time to remember our Savior Jesus Christ. I know He lives
and loves us. He was the greatest gift we could ever receive from our
Father in Heaven and I invite you all to #sharethegift!
Keep smiling,
Hermana Knowles
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| Yareli's baptism |
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| The "Home Alone" house. |
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| district Christmas spirit |
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