So this last week we had a mission conference for Thanksgiving! It was awesome! We talked about the new Christmas initiative A Savior is Born, which you should all check out right after you finish reading this haha Christmas.mormon.org. We also had a really good Thanksgiving dinner and all the districts did skits for a "talent show", all in all it was a good time! :) And I was given the opportunity to give my dying testimony, so that was intense! Especially since I still have a month left! hahah but it was good! My testimony has really grown on my mission! I am so thankful for the opportunity I have had to serve and the changes that the Lord has made in me. Now granted I still have a long way to go, I have still come a long way so far :) I love my Savior who is so merciful to us!
I am so excited for this Christmas Season to talk to the people here in Tirana of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Now even though He wasn't born December 25th, it is still a good season to think of Him and remember His life! He was born, lived, died, and was resurrected for us! He came down here to give us an example of how we should live, to fulfill the Plan of Salvation and to give us the opportunity to repent and become clean! Because of Him we don't have to feel pain or guilt, but we can become clean of all of the bad things that we feel. Our Heavenly Father loves us beyond our comprehension and He sent His Son. I'm excited to be able to spend this last month of my mission preaching to people that our Savior was born and He lives!
This week was really good! Aside from the mission conference we were able to meet with a lot of our investigators. We are working with one investigator who is really excited about learning and getting baptized. He is working towards a date and is really excited. I am very grateful for the opportunity I have to serve in Tirana and to work with the wonderful people here! I have really come to love the Albanian people! They are amazing and there are some incredible people here that I can really learn a lot from! I love my mission and am so grateful to serve here!
Well I hope that you all have an amazing week and that you really start to get into the Christmas season!! :) It's the greatest time of the year!! And don't forget that above all the wonderful music and movies and gifts is a more infinitely important reason to celebrate and that is our Savior Jesus Christ. He lives and loves us!
Love,
Elder Simons
Last Mission Conference
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