Saying Goodbye and Tis the Season week 20

Hey Guys!! I'm sad to say it, but the day has finally come, I have to say goodbye to Elder Rowe. He's done, tomorrow he'll be boarding his flight back home to Utah. I'm really going to miss the guy, he was such a great trainer. He did an excellent job of teaching me how to ask inspired questions and getting people to open up. On Tuesday we picked up my new companion, Elder Davis, from the Leipzig train station. Who would've guessed, he's from Utah as well haha. He's been on his mission for eighteen months and just served in Berlin. He's a great guy and I can already tell that this transfer is going to be epic. Speaking of this transfer it will last for only two more weeks since another group of over 50 missionaries is coming over from America. I'm super excited about this cause it means I won't be the youngest on the mission anymore haha. We were told all about this when we saw our mission president on Saturday. It was so nice being able to see them in person after so long. They came by and gave us, the Zwickau elders, and the Freiberg Elders our Christmas gifts. We also got a Christmas gift from our Bishop last night. Even though getting gifts is nice and all that's not what Christmas is really about. It's about celebrating the birth of Christ.  I'm thankful that Heavenly Father gave us his only begotten son so that we could be saved from spiritual and physical death.


Isaiah 9:6 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son, is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace"

We have had a pretty busy week as we have been actively involved in spreading the light of Jesus Christ through acts of Service.  On Friday, we made cookies and gave them away.  That was fun.  Elder Rowe did an online violin performance performing Nearer to God to Thee!  Wow! He sure can play and the spirit was strong.  While the church was online due to the national lockdown we were still able to at dinner at three different families' homes this week.  My belly is full!  At one family's home we were served butter chicken, at our friend Peter's home he served us this traditional rice dish and spicy chicken from his country of Nigeria, and at another family's home, they served us cooked ham. Yum!   

This week we also watched the Church Christmas Devotional.  If you haven't seen it it is so good! We also continued to share the gospel with all those willing to listen.  Hope everyone has a great week.  Love, Winston



 

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