And a happy new year!
So we've had some great Christmas miracles. One of our investigators that was hanging on the backburner since November came to church twice this past week and yesterday. Yeah! Don't get your hopes up though. It's not the one that won't tell her family. But we stopped by her...and she's still...yeah. Anyway, the girl that came to church yesterday also invited us over to her house for dinner, which is a huge step. So we got to meet her mom and hopefully make some good impressions. She told us that she knows the church is true and wants to get baptized. Now, the hard part is finding a time. She wants her boyfriend to baptize her and he is out of town for who knows how long. So, we'll pray for some more miracles.
Christmas Eve we got some great service opportunties. We are going to go caroling with our district on Main street which should be fun. Then the other sisters have a baptism on Christmas! How exciting is that! Doing the Lord's work on the Lord's day, cool. It's going to be a 'white' christmas, after all. It is a 9-year old boy who is super excited.
Nothing to exciting else happened this week. The other sisters are moving in with us for the holiday weekend because their family has a ton of people coming over. So it will be a fun sleep over. We had some other investigators but they are either avoiding us or loosing interest which is the hardest one because then you feel like you did something wrong for that to happen. But it is usually because they aren't keeping their commitments.
So a Christmas on a mission is quite interesting because it kind of feels like everyday to us. We talk about Christ, think about Him, study about Him everyday. But the best part is that people we talk to are in a different mindset. Either they are really stressed out because of the holidays and cranky or they have the Christmas spirit with them and are willing to listen more than if it was a different part of the year. And another great thing about Christmas on the mission is that you aren't worrying about spending time with the family or presents and so we are more focused on trying to service on Christmas which has a great feeling to it. Because that is what Christmas is all about, the spirit of Christ.
I hope you all have a Merry Christmas! The church is true and the Savior lives and loves us. So turn to him and rely upon him in every situation for "he is the way, the truth and the light."
Love, Sister Sumsion
(D&C 128:22)-The adventures of Sister Sumsion in Colorado; the new Mongolia!
"Happy Birthday"
Trip to temple
First baptism
First Baptism
Giant Valentines from Family
My new comp: Sister Hamilton
ABOUT BLOG
My mom will be posting all of my weekly emails and pictures I send home. If you have any stories from my letters I send to you, please email her (lsumsion@gmail.com) and she can post it. I would love for everyone to experience or at least see through my eyes what a mission is like. I am very excited to serve the Lord and the people of Colorado and I want to get letters from all of you;)
Mailing Address
My mission address
until Jan 2011
Sister Amber Sumsion
Colorado Springs Mission
4090 Center Park Dr.
Colorado Springs, CO 80916
until Jan 2011
Sister Amber Sumsion
Colorado Springs Mission
4090 Center Park Dr.
Colorado Springs, CO 80916
Fun Facts about Mongolia
* Mongolians never put their books on the floor because it contains knowledge and they respect it.
* The church has found all twelve tribes in Mongolia, at least one from each tribe. It seems their blood was mixed up when Kengis Khan took over almost the whole world.
* The Mongolians LOVE free things. When they were ruled by the Soviets, they were given everything so they are use to it. My teacher said that they have to carry a ton of referall cards around because if they give it out to one person, everyone will want one. He said that he'll be talking to someone on the bus and give them a referall card. Someone will notice and they sneak a look at the missionaries and talk among themselves. Then they'll come up to him and ask for a card. And he can't just give a card to the parents but every person in the family has to get one. Some people will ask, "Can I have one for my kid?" and my teacher would think, "He's a 6-month old baby?! Why would he need a card?" but he would give him one anyway. Most of the time they don't read them but it makes it easier to give away. They don't like to give BofMs out in public because everyone would want one and most people wouldn't read it.
* The church has found all twelve tribes in Mongolia, at least one from each tribe. It seems their blood was mixed up when Kengis Khan took over almost the whole world.
* The Mongolians LOVE free things. When they were ruled by the Soviets, they were given everything so they are use to it. My teacher said that they have to carry a ton of referall cards around because if they give it out to one person, everyone will want one. He said that he'll be talking to someone on the bus and give them a referall card. Someone will notice and they sneak a look at the missionaries and talk among themselves. Then they'll come up to him and ask for a card. And he can't just give a card to the parents but every person in the family has to get one. Some people will ask, "Can I have one for my kid?" and my teacher would think, "He's a 6-month old baby?! Why would he need a card?" but he would give him one anyway. Most of the time they don't read them but it makes it easier to give away. They don't like to give BofMs out in public because everyone would want one and most people wouldn't read it.
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