My Very Dearest and Most Adorable Familia....
Feliz
Navidad!!!!! Almost.... its weird because here it doesn’t feel like
Christmas because there’s no snow, no bundling up the little ones to go
play, no rushing around to make treats and all kids of food (although
yesterday for p day we did try to make a cheesecake... lets just say it
didn’t turn out like one of jesses) and buy presents for gift exchanges.
It doesn’t feel like the Christmases I remember, but this Christmas I’m
not as focused on those things. What I really am dying for this year
(so bad that I asked my Heavenly Father AND Santa Clause, you know just
in case..) was to talk to my family! Even if for only 40 minutes. I
can’t believe it’s already been almost 7 months since I’ve seen you all!
How rapidly things change in our lives right? But no se procupe, you
only have to live 1 Christmas without me ;) its crazy to think this time
next year ill be in the house again! Weird. But not important. What is
important is that I´ll be calling home on the 25th! I’m hoping to call
around 5 o’clock your time (I think that means 6 my time). But don’t
worry! If it’s not exactly at 5 don’t freak out, I will call between 5
and 6. Just a little heads up:) yay!!! I wish I could describe how
excited I am, but I cant... but I think you understand right?
Anyways,
with the Christmas spirit filling the air the work rolls on. First of
all I’m sorry I threw a little bit of a fit about the weather last week.
And thanks for praying for me because the temperature did a full 180
and now we have had 3 gorgeous sunny days in a row!!! I’m going to get
my sunny Christmas after all:) Also this week was a week super super
special for us. Like I said last week we didn’t have p day last Monday
and we were a little bit bummed, but it was so worth it to get to go to
they temple! Going only every 3 months gives the temple a real special
space in your heart and helps you to appreciate it more. This time I
understood 98% of everything!!! Although the times when I have to talk
(or think) still tripped me up a bit. But you know.... he knows I was
trying haha. It was a real special opportunity to share with my
companion too. Hermana Montoya and I have been together a long time so
it was good to share something as spiritual as the temple! While we were
there we even took a picture to make a Christmas card for some of the
members of our ward:) were way cute. After the temple we went to a
special Christmas devotional with president Wilkinson and his family. Oh
my gosh..... The food though. Now that is a Christmas dinner! Ham,
mashed potatoes, salad, a real roll! Wow. And brownies, candy canes,
gingerbread men. they spoiled us a real good. After we ate presidente
Wilkinson taught us about the first Christmas. He said that many people
want to be like the magi and bring Christ a gift but that he wants us to
be like the shepherds. The shepherds when they heard about the birth of
the Savior left everything to go and find him. They left their sheep,
unprotected, and ran to find Christ. He told us a little more about
shepherds. These men care for these animals like they’re their own
children. They know their names and care for them day in and out.
There’s nothing more important to a shepherd then his lambs. However, at
the announcement of His birth they left them, running and rejoicing to
find the cradle side of their Lord. Its not so much about what we can
bring to the Savior, because he doesn’t need anything, its about what
were willing to give up to find him and to stay withy him.:)
This
week was also special because it was the baptism of a very important
little girl for us. Her name is Dayanara. She’s 10 years old. Her family
members are all members of the church, but because of a family tragedy
they went inactive and she was never baptized. The family recently
became active again and invited us to teach her so that she could
finally make this important covenant with her daddy. We’ve been working
with her for about 2 months yet and she is officially perfect! Hermana
Montoya and I were ecstatic at her interview because it proved that our
message is so simple that even a child CAN understand it. Watching her
be baptized was one of the sweetest experiences of the mission that I’ve
had yet. (Pictures to come soon;))
Wow oh
wow do I have a sweet story to tell you all!!! Let me just say that
when the Lord wants something he gets what he wants... I have never
experienced a miracle like we had this last week. We have another
special investigator named Celeste. She’s a little girl of just 12 years
old but wow is she quick! Her moms a less active from another ward so
we’ve been teaching them the lessons and she is just like a little
sponge she absorbs everything so fast! She could teach you the
restoration from the Lords earthly ministry through the great apostasy
and into the first vision. She even remembers president monsons name!
She’s great. Anyways, she’s going to be baptized this Saturday on the
27th. We have had like 17 miracles (ha-ha) getting her ready for the
date. Some are small like she went out of town but got back before we
thought she would so she could go to church, and others are real big!
Like the one I want to tell you..... So my companion always carries with
her the 20 minute movie of the restoration and we began looking for it
so we could teach her about joseph smith, but it wasn’t in Hermana
Montoya’s bag... we remembered that we watched it with another family
that week but didn’t remember getting it out of their dvd. We searched
and searched, even turning her bag upside-down and shaking it. It wasn’t
there. She said a prayer in her heart that we could find it so that we
could teach with the movie (because kids like movies ya know..). She
reached in her bag again and there it was!! Just sitting there. What?!
yep. Then we put it in the Dvd and hit play.. It began to play, in
English..... nooo! They don’t speak English! We looked for the
controller, but it didn’t work. We found NEW batteries, but it didn’t
work. Then, and I literally have no idea how this happened the power of
God right?, we hit play again. And it began to play, in SPANISH! With
subtitles and everything. It was in English before I swear, I heard it,
and I know English right? But it played in Spanish so that we could
teach her exactly what meant RESTORATION. That was weird people, really
weird but really incredible!
Anyways,
it was awesome! And we had a really great. week. I love you guys
bunches and bunches and want you to know that I really am happy to be a
missionary during Christmas. I love the Lord and I love my Family (and
friends;) for those of you who read this). Merry Christmas!!!!!!! We´ll
talk soon... for reals!!! Prayers from Costa Rica.
All My Love,
Hermana Kugath
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