First: Our Ward has CRAZY huge boundaries, except it is all mostly desert/middle-of-nowhere/lone-and-dreary-wilderness type land. There are some members of our ward who live about 45 minutes away, and we figured that the missionaries have probably never visited them before, so we planned a trip one day to go out and see them. I'll attach a picture of us on our way there. You can see Joshua Trees in the background. It was great. A lot of the members we couldn't even find because they must live out on a dirt road somewhere that our GPS wouldn't take us to. But one member we visited has a goat farm, so she showed us all their goats. It was pretty neat!
Second: We got to go to the temple this week! The LA Temple is HUGE and it took us about two hours to get there. It is out of our mission boundaries, so it was a little weird leaving, but also kind of nice because I am starting to feel claustrophobic here in Lancaster. Anyway, a member drove us and it was just such a nice day out. I Love the temple! And the feeling of the Spirit that is inside reminded me of why I am serving a mission, that I want other people to have the chance to be in the House of the Lord and to have that same amazing feeling!
Third (and most miraculous): Richard is going to be baptized!! He finally committed and he will be baptized on December 26th! It was been such an interesting journey with him. He has known for most of his life that the Book of Mormon is true, that Joseph Smith was a prophet, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is God's church on the earth. But he was afraid to commit to baptism because he felt inadequate. Well, with much prayer, he has finally started to overcome these feelings and to understand the path that Heavenly Father wants him to take. Sister Khumaryan and I are overjoyed!
Anyway, that's all I can think of though I know I am forgetting something important, but whatever.
Merry Christmas!
Sister Daelemans
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