For my district council (pretty much a missionary meeting we have weekly) we do something called sweet and sour so imma try that out this email and see how it goes.
It has been HOT here in KiwiLand! It's been 27-28° (already adjusted to the Celcius vs Farenheit change 😎), so this will be my first Christmas without snow in a long time! The sour to the warm weather is the roaches are coming back... too many times have I woken up with a cockroach on me that I have to smack off. I am very much not a fan. And sister Perry isnt scared of cockroaches so she just laughs at me as I scream and grab the bug spray... Rude. But the sweet of the warm weather is everyone is out and about which allows us to contact heaps of people !
Since Christmas is upon us (tomorrow but who's counting ?!?!?!?!) It is Holiday season here in Opotiki. The sour to that is that lots of people go out of town so many of our investigators who seemed to be progressing will now be gone for 2-5 weeks... sigh. But the sweet is that the Christmas spirit really brings everyone together! We had a special Christmas sacrament we told everyone about, and heaps of less actives and investigators came!! Now we can continue to invite them to church now that they've felt the spirit in sacrament meeting.
Sister Perry hurt her foot on Tuesday, so Wednesday and Thursday we stayed at the flat so she could heal. Double sigh. So the sour was kind of that we couldn't go out and visit as many people as we would have liked to this week. But the sweet is we were able to do much personal study and make little chocolate Christmas trees for investigators and members!
This week has been lots and lots of music. Yesterday (Sunday for me) I played guitar for a member at church, and then tomorrow for our Christmas activity Sister Perry and I are singing 2 different numbers with a member. The sour is that once again time was taken away from visits to practice guitar or singing. The first sweet is that I really missed playing guitar (still haven't found a violin or viola... RIP) and it was so nice to play again. The main sweet is that the spirit was definitely brought into the sacrament meeting through the beautiful words of Oh Holy Night which a member was asked to sing.
For my spiritual thought this week I was reading in Luke 2 and I love vs 19: "but Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart." The reason I love this verse so much is not only because it's about the mother of Christ who holds my upmost respect and awe from her actions throughout all of Christs life, but also because this verse shows the love Christ had for his mother. Luke wrote these chapters through divine inspiration, and also through conversing with Jesus. There was no way Luke could have known that Mary pondered the words of the Shepard, exclaiming awe that the Saviour was born, in her heart except through her description to him from Jesus. Christ is the ultimate example as a prophet, king, and son. I hope that throughout my mission I can develop his attributes and show gratitude and kindness towards everyone I meet. With the amazing opportunity I have to be on a mission during Christmas this year, I will strive to remember why we celebrate this beautiful holiday and ponder in my heart, as Mary did, the unparalleled birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
I hope everyone has a very merry Christmas! Don't forget to send pictures of all of yous with your families! ;)
Much love,
Sister Keller
Sister Perry loves to take selfies so I have begun to follow in her suit :)
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