December 7, 2014

Dear Everyone, 

We had a fun service opportunity last week. A member was preparing her bbq to sell, so we helped her take the skin off of chicken feet and the feathers out of the nostrils of the chicken head. It was fun. It's kind of gross to think about- I would never have done anything like this before the mission-but it was so fun to help! It's actually fun to take skin off chicken feet. 

We also had a great Sunday and Elmer and Lynn came to church for their second Sunday!

It's been a great week. Our investigator family came to church and they are really preparing for the baptism on Jan 3, 2015. Elmer and Lynn were prepared by angels, and I can't deny that fact every time we teach them. They accept everything, understand it, and know it's true. What a tender mercy and miracle. 

Our work was full of tender mercies this past week. We continue to see the Lord's hand as we are patient and submit to His will and His plan. 

One night we were riding in the tricycle of a member, and it was 8pm so we decided we would go to one more appointment, when the tire blew and we were stuck on the highway. I felt the Spirit and I said to my companion, "There is a reason this happened. In the next 45 mins we will meet someone that we really need to meet." And it happened. We pushed the flat-tired vehicle to a shop and that owner of the shop we talked to and found out he's a member and he's been less active since he was baptized at 12 years old. He has a family and 3 young boys. What a miracle. I am so excited to go back and teach them. 

I love you all. Heavenly Father is guiding this work and we are His instruments. Let us all remember our duty to God. 

Merry Christmas!

Sister Santa Claus

November 16, 2014

Dear Everyone, 

I am doing well and happy. We had an absolutely wonderful week! We have been so busy and we are seeing so many miracles all around! 

Like I said, we are opening an area and we are the first sisters in 28 years. We just finished our first week of finding and teaching. So many days we experienced being led to those who really needed divine guidance in their lives. It's like that moment when we decide to go to a certain member. or family, and as we teach we are guided by the Spirit and several times we were able to resolve some concerns they were having. One example was on Saturday. We were trying to find a referral, Alex, and we were directed to a certain street and house. The man we ended up meeting was Alex, but it was the wrong last name. Anyway, we introduced ourselves and offered to share a message. As we were teaching him, we found out that his wife has passed away and his kids all live in different places now. He's only about 50 years old and he's really searching for the truth. He was asking if he could still be saved and forgiven because he was a retired soldier and he's killed people before. He is a smoker and he owns hundreds of cocks and fights them and gambles as his living. But I had a moment where I saw him in his ragged appearance, that I saw him as Heavenly Father sees him. I saw him dressed in white and about to be baptized. I can't wait for us to go back and teach him again. 

Heavenly Father truly prepares people and puts them in our path. He will guide us to them or them to us. Keep inviting your friends and remember always what President Monson has said to see others as they may become. You will find more people to teach or refer to the missionaries if you apply this principle of love. 

Asingan (my 5th area) is doing great. I am with Sister Ritati (my 10th companion) and she is from Kiribati. 

Love you all, 

Sister Santa

November 23, 2014

Dear Everyone, 

I am so happy and I want to let you all know of the wonderful miracles we have seen in our area this past week. There are too many that I don't even have the time to begin to share all of the amazing miracles, blessings, and answered prayers. 

Last Saturday, our ward planned a fireside to invite investigators to tour the church building and learn more about the auxiliary organizations. It was so sad when it was an hour after it should have started and we didn't have any investigators arrive yet. We were disappointed and then we had a great idea. In the front of the church were about 30 men playing basketball. We jokingly said we should invite them instead and close the gates so they can't leave. 

The Elders and Bishop were joking that they could use us to invite the men to come into the church for the fireside. I suggested we say a prayer first. So we prayed and then went out to the basketball court and we were surprised they accepted our invitation. Sweaty, wearing basketball shorts and tank tops, and most without shoes, they entered the chapel. We had a fireside and most were very interested. It was a good experience and a complete miracle to be honest. 

I felt the Spirit, and asked myself, did that really just happen? The last people we were going to invite ended up being the people that Heavenly Father had planned all along. Heavenly Father guides us and humbles us at times when we may be choosy about who we think needs the Gospel in their lives. 

There are countless other miracles. 

I love you all. The work is doing great. The time goes so fast. Thank you for all the prayers and keep the letters coming. I really appreciate them even if I can't always reply right away. Thank you Sister Leete for the cute halloween card and thank you Sister Bair and Carpenter for the visiting teaching. I appreciate it so much and it is always uplifting. Thank you Sister Young for the letter. I think of you all, always. 

With love, 

Sister Santa

11/08/2014

Dear Everyone, 

I am doing well and happy. I was just transferred last Friday to Asingan area and my new companion is Sister Ritati, from Kirabatiti island (small island close to Tonga and Samoa). We are opening an area, which means we are the first sisters this area has had in 28 years. We are very excited and feel so privileged that we are chosen to be the first sisters. It's like being in my first area in San Fabian again. 

We share a ward with two other Elders. So it will be interesting to experience working together, something I've never done so far in my mission. 

This area is really big and spread out, so the members are helping us find all of the investigators. 

I just wanted to share some wonderful news. My previous area, Manaoag, when we left Manaoag we had 12 individuals preparing for baptism. Last transfer, 8 of them were baptized. Even though I wasn't there, it's all the same work and I am so overjoyed for them and the conversion I have seen in each of them as well. 

Love you all, 

Sister Santa

November 30, 2014

Dear Everyone, 

We are doing well and happy. I am really happy because last weekend Brother Ariel from Binalonan was baptized. He was the investigator that we talked to as he drove us to Sunday morning General Conference last month, and we invited and he stayed for the morning session. He was so prepared. He accepted the Gospel in his life and even though I couldn't be there for the baptism on Saturday, my joy was full. I really felt my favorite scripture (Alma 29:9-10) fulfilled. My joy was full because he was penitently coming unto Christ. 

I love this work. I love being a missionary. I love that Heavenly Father trusts us, each of us, to help with His glorious plan. I know the Book of Mormon is true, and I know that Joseph Smith is a prophet, and I know that revelation is loving direction from a loving Heavenly Father to His children. 

Merry Chistmas!

Sister Santa

This older couple is so cute. They are members in the ward and we visited this past week and Brother will be turning 91, and his wife is 79. They are just so cute and whenever they tell stories about their life and the trials they're facing, it just makes us cry. I love them so much!

11/3/2014

Dear Everyone, 

Well it's transfer week and I know that we will be transferring. I was only one transfer here in Binalonan. But there are a lot of elders that are arriving in the mission so we will be moved to another area. 

I just wanted to share one experience from this week. We were walking on the road and we still had an hour before our next appointment, because one of our appointments cancelled, so we were walking. My companion stopped and said "Let's go here" and we went to the gate of a house and knocked. An older woman opened the gate and smiled. She let us in and when we sat down she told us she had been longing for the missionaries to come visit. She is less active because she has Parkinson's disease and can't walk very well. When she said that she had been waiting for the missionaries, it's like my mind was expanded, and the heavens opened, and I knew again that Heavenly Father is acutely aware of His children. 

I testify that our Heavenly Father loves us and will always lead us to those that need our help. 

I love you all, 

Sister Santa

10/26/2014

Dear Everyone, 

We had a great week. We worked really hard and we were so blessed. The area is starting to really catch some fire and the work is improving in all aspects. We are finding a lot of new investigators and we have been surprised as several have readily accepted the invitation to be baptized. 

We had a baptism on Saturday and Cipriano is really happy. His two sons and wife will hopefully follow him and be baptized as well. I know Heavenly Father has a plan for that family. Cipriano received the gift of the Holy Ghost and the priesthood as well yesterday. He wants to be the one to baptize his family. 

I wish I had time to tell of all of the wonderful stories. The mission is going so fast. I am trying to make the most of each day. 

Thanks for the continual support and prayers. 

Love you all, 

Sister Santa

10/19/2014

Dear Everyone, 

Hello, I hope everyone had a good week! We had a great week and we saw so many miracles. We worked really hard and we saw the blessings for our efforts.We were able to extend an invitation to our investigator to be baptized and he accepted. June will be baptized on Nov 29. Through him, a former investigator, we also found his brother and his brother's wife. We are now teaching them as well. The Lord works in mysterious ways, and I testify that He always works (Alma 16:16-17).

All of our lessons this past week were really quality! Being a missionary and working with the members and doing the work of the Lord is the best job ever.

I was studying in Chapter 13 of Preach my Gospel this morning. All about working with our local leaders to further the work. I hear great news about the Oak Hills Ward and I am so pleased! I know the work has progressed incredibly since I have left. I am over joyed to hear all about the new ward missionaries and the efforts of the ward. 

Keep loving and praying specifically for the sister missionaries and those they are teaching and I know that Oak Hills will be even more blessed with success and growth. 

I love you all and the time goes so fast. I have 5 months to go. :)

With love,

Sister Santa

10/12/2014

Dear Everyone, 

Thank you for the emails and thank you for your continuous support and prayers. I love getting mail every once in a while as well. It's a nice surprise and it always reminds me that I have people cheering me on back in Oregon. I can't always find the time to write, but I'm working on it. Thank you again!

We had a lot of service opportunities again this week. It feels so good to serve. We helped a family sack raw rice on the side of the road for about 20 minutes. We were just walking and I felt impressed to stop as my companion kept walking. So we offered help and I was really surprised when they didn't turn it down. They were really grateful because they had been working for hours. After we found out they had been taught by Elders in the past. This experience really, really taught me again that the Lord is aware of the minor details of our lives, and He makes us instruments to plant seeds in the hearts of His children until the time that they will accept the restored Gospel. 

I know that our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ live and love us. Every family needs the Gospel of Jesus Christ to be truly happy and to have an eternal family in the presence of God. I know we all have power to share this message, just like the talk of Elder Bednar from General Conference. 

General Conference was really great. All of my questions were answered and I really received a lot of revelation. Isn't it great to know these truths? 

I hope that you will all continue to be examples in word and deed and share these truths with your friends and neighbors and don't be afraid to invite them to learn more! 

We visited one sister this week that has been rejected and cast out by her friends because she invites them to meet the missionaries and be taught. We shared with her a verse from the New Testament about being rejected for Christ's sake and the blessings we have in heaven. I can't remember the verse right now and I can't find it now on lds.org, but I know everything has an eternal blessing for our efforts and courage. 

Love you all, 

Sister Santa

10/05/2014

Dear Everyone, 

This was a really hard week. But we had some amazing miracles to help. I liked Helamen 15:7-8 this past week. We must continue being diligent in crying repentance and proclaiming the truth, because if we don't, we take the fault on our own heads. 

Even though we did our goal for service, and we had a wonderful opportunity on Tuesday night. We went to a return appointment with some new investigators. Even though we texted and they knew we were coming, when we arrived they tried to reschedule our appointment. We were sad and we asked why, and they said because they had some friends coming for dinner and they hadn't finished cooking yet. Yes! Sister Lee and I looked at each other because this is easy service. We helped the mom cook and fry fish while her husband and sons watched tv. We had great time to talk with her, and our fellowshippers spent time talking to the dad and kids. 

After we helped her, she invited us for dinner, but we declined and then she asked us to share a message before we left. We taught the Restoration and the Spirit was really strong and then at the end of the lesson, after much persuasion, we got the father to pray and ask if what we taught was true. He prayed and smiled and said that he felt good. 

On Thursday we went back to them and they told us they didn't want us to come anymore because their church is the same. We were so surprised and said because it's a whole family, and families are really hard to find. We also prayed and planned to extend an invitation for them to be baptized as a family. We were so sad, and I was sad because after serving them I really felt love for them and especially for sister. We bore our sincere testimonies at the door, and then walked away sad. 

This same thing happened several times this past week. Our investigators broke up with us, and so we are trying to find right now. One day as we were studying, it was a huge blessing. The day before in one of the houses I saw a simple chart, like a child made it in school. It was a family tree with pictures up until her grandparents. I couldn't stop thinking about that, because I've never seen anything like that before. The next morning in my study, I was drawn to study about Family History to find people interested in our message. I received really clear revelation that this is how we will find people to teach, serve, and gain their trust. They will learn for themselves that our Church is different. We are excited to invite people to search their ancestors. We planned yesterday with the Bishopric to have a ward activity open house about family history. Pray that we will be able to do these things!

This was our week. We are doing our best, and service really is the pure love of Christ. 

Love you all and have a great week, 

Sister Santa

9/28/2014

Dear Everyone, 

I am so happy! We had a great, but super busy week! I said goodbye to my last companion because she just finished her mission, and then I had a temporary companion for a few days. Then on Wednesday I found out that our area is being pulled out even though the work is on fire. I was super caught off guard and really sad and worried. I had one night to get all of my stuff packed, the house cleaned and to fix the are book and lots of notes to help the new sisters open the area and not forsake any of the 12 investigators being baptized this October. It was the most stressful night of my entire mission. Friday morning, super exhausted and nervous, I found out I was being transferred to Urdaneta. Now I am in my second zone in my whole mission, in my 4th area and with my 8th companion. It feels like I am new in the mission again. We had zone studies this morning and the zone is all elders except for us 4 sisters in Binalonan area. That in itself is a huge adjustment coming from an all sisters zone my whole mission with only 6 elders. 

I am excited to use my faith this transfer and help this area to find more investigators and families. It's going to be a great transfer. I am in Binalonan Ward with my companion, and the other two sisters are in the Binalonan Branch. The attendance yesterday was about 40, including 8 sisters in RS. I am ready to go to work!

We have been having fun even if it's only been a few days. My personal goal is to find a way to serve everyone and anyone before we offer to share a message. I want to try the Ammon style of missionary work. I expect great success. Already we have really gained the trust of all those we meet. 

The Lord is blessing and taking care of His work. 

I am glad to hear that you are all doing well, and continue to press forward and endure to the end. 

Love you so much, 

Sister Santa

9/22/2014

Dear Everyone, 

We had a wonderful week here in big Catholic city, Manaoag, Philippines. The area is progressing. We were blessed to be able to teach 25 lessons this past week. We have 3 families that will be baptized this coming October. It will be a very busy month. Our goal is to help each investigator develop real, and lasting Faith in Jesus Christ. I know that those we teach will be more converted as they develop face to live commandments and endure to the end. 

Yesterday was Sunday and it was wonderful. We had 12 investigators attend church, and all of the speakers and lessons were really good. I wasn't scheduled to speak, but I was actually announced to speak in the middle of the Sacrament program, and I hadn't prepared anything. But I chose not to fear. I shared my personal study from the day before in Ether, about the Brother of Jared and how we can receive specific answers to prayers as we pray in faith. I know that it's true. I know that Heavenly Father answers our sincere prayers, but He expects us to put our effort first. 

I love being a missionary. We saw tender mercies as the Lord led us to those who needed to be taught, and then as we teach we feel the Spirit and we know that we are just instruments. 

On Sunday afternoon we planned to visit a recent convert. He is 71 years old and the only member of his family and all his children. He didn't come to church. When we arrived to teach him he was so relieved because he was feeling really heavy with sin and trials. We were able to share the scriptures, and strengthen his faith. 

We also had many opportunities to serve this past week. Even in simple ways, I know that people will recognize us as representatives of Jesus Christ. 

There are always trials. I learned this week that trials help us grow. Everything is a part of the Master's plan to help us become more like Him. His plan is perfect. 

I love you all. I am doing my best. Put your shoulder to the wheel, and rely in His strength, and surely He will make weak things strong.

Sister Santa

9/14/2014

Dear Everyone, 

I reached my one year mark in the mission this week. It was a great week. It was a miracle that even though it was pouring rain, we still had 8 investigators come to church. The work is doing great. 

I studied the Atonement and the enabling power this morning. I know that the Atonement of Jesus Christ helps us to do more and become better than we are now. It helps us accomplish His work every day, in all that we do. I know that commandments are for our benefit. 

We had a really good week as we sought to strengthen others' faith to keep commandments and be obedient. Obedience is the first law of heaven. We saw miracles this week in our teaching. 

Love you all, 

Sister Santa

9/7/2014

This is a picture of several of the missionaries from my batch in the MTC. It's crazy to think that we will be One year this week. 

This is lunch yesterday. I cooked! I made Tinola, which is green papaya and chicken and green chilis. With a side of cucumbers that we picked

8/31/2014

We ate at a pizza and pasta place last Monday, called Greenwich. It was really good. I had lasagna for the first time in almost 1 year.

Some recent converts gave us coconut. It's so delicious!

8/24/2014

Dear Everyone, 

I am doing really well. This week was especially amazing. I think that I have worked harder this week than any other week of my mission. It feels great to be trusted by the Lord and to go out and do His work everyday. 

We saw huge blessings as we were led to people who are ready to receive the Gospel. Yesterday we met a man who was a referral from some members in a near by area, and he has already read The Book of Mormon and knows it's true. We just need to help his faith to come to church instead of working, but that should be easy with the testimony and his eagerness to learn. This area is fruitful and yielding many miracles. 

This week I also felt the power of praying with faith. Instead of always praying for things to end up a certain way, I have felt power as I make promises with Heavenly Father with what I am willing to do, and then asking His help and strength as I do my best. 

I know that we can feel this same power of prayer. I spoke in church yesterday about sacrifice and service. Sacrifice is always giving up something that is important to us, for something better. Anything that we sacrifice in this life in our callings, home and visiting teaching, and being a member of the church will be paid off in the next life. What we gave up will be nothing compared to what we will gain. 

Love you all, 

Sister Santa

8/17/2014

Dear Everyone, 

Thank you again for all of the birthday wishes! I am still receiving mail and post cards. 

Here in Manaoag the Lord's work is doing great. The area is so fruitful and it just seems that it's in a season where we are having lots of baptisms and we are really finding those that want to receive our message. We are so blessed. 

I sent a picture of one complete family that we are teaching. They aren't married yet, so we are working on that, hopefully this week. Send prayers for them! They are facing opposition in the municipal to obtain a certificate of marriage. But they are ready otherwise to be baptized on August 30th. It has been a huge blessing as they have felt the blessings of praying and reading The Book of Mormon daily as a family. They are so converted. 

We are also seeing other blessings as sometimes we don't know what members will work with us, but then Heavenly Father sends members and they offer to drive us to far areas. I know that when we are trying our best and being obedient, Heavenly Father will help us and bless us that we won't let His work fail. 

We are just His instruments. 

I love you all. I hope that I am doing my best. 

Sister Santa

7/6/14

Dear Everyone,
I'm doing great!! I was just transferred to my 3rd area, but I'm still in the same zone. I will be a Mangaldan Missionary (joke). I'm not sure when I will ever leave this zone because I think President is using me to establish the area that I was just transferred to, because we will have new sisters coming into the mission this summer.
My area is Manaoag in the Mangaldan Zone. My whole mission I've spent in this area, just swapping areas and companions. I love it here though, and I don't want to transfer. My companion is Sister Belaro and she's from Quezon City, Manila. She is my 6th companion. For only 9 months in the mission, I have had a new companion every transfer!
This area is huge and gorgeous. I love it here.This town is famous in the whole Philippines because it has one of the largest Catholic Churches. It's huge. From the whole Urdaneta Mission, this is the area that is famous because of this church. It's so big. Search: Lady of Manaoag, Pangasinan, Philippines on the internet. I bet you'll find pictures! So basically this means that Heavenly Father really trusts me. Our entire area is devout catholics. My companion says that most sisters don't want to be assigned here because it's a really hard area, but I like the challenge :)
I would just like to invite all of you to do one thing. I have experienced the power of this one thing many times in my mission, and I know that this email and my whole day will be a success if I can get every family reading this email to do this one thing. I know that Heavenly Father will be very pleased with you.
Members are the best way to find people to teach. I urge each of you to set a time with the missionaries to have dinner and invite another family that are not yet members. A family did this for us on Saturday night and it was amazing. We now have a new family to teach. Will you call and arrange a time with the missionaries this week? Then continue the next week and pray about who Heavenly Father would want you to invite. Pray for the courage to invite them. I know that Heavenly Father will help you. You will be keeping your baptismal covenant.
This is my testimony and my love for you. Thank you!
Sister Santa

6/29/14

After a really long day, a nice man at his store gave us milk because we shared the gospel with him! We stop by about every other day to see how he's reading is going. He reads all of the pamphlets we give him, and even The Book of Mormon. We haven't been able to teach him yet because we lives at the store and his boss doesn't like us.
This is a picture of our zone tshirt!
On Saturday we had a district baptism because in my zone we had 12 baptisms all together, so we made it a big combined baptism. It was so amazing!

A member brought us "palitaw" while we were studying one morning. They are so nice! It's because they know it's my favorite. It's sticky rice with coconut and sesame seeds.
These members always work with us. They are so nice! We experienced miracles with them last week because they sacrificed their time and took us down the street and introduced us to all of their friends. That is the best way to find new investigators. Every time.

8/10/2014

Dear Everyone, 

I had a great birthday! The members made it so much fun for me. Thursday was so crazy and it was such an adventure. I learned how to get coconuts from the tree in our backyard!

Even if I can't say very much on email for everything that we did, at least I have pictures to prove it all! After all, a pictures is worth a thousand words. 

Our investigators are doing well. We are trying to put a wedding together this week so that a family can be baptized by August 30th. It's a lot of work and I don't even know where to start to help them. Digna and Joseph have been coming to church for weeks and they have really strong testimonies. I am excited for them to be sealed in the temple next year! They are a golden family. 

In other news, Manaoag had 2 baptisms on Saturday. The two brethren are definitely the elect of God. We are teaching so many lessons and people that we don't have time for everything. This area is growing. This week we also have transfers, so again I will find out whether I am staying or going. I have a feeling I'll be staying. 

On Saturday, my Mangaldan Zone had a musical fireside, "We Believe in Christ". I was assigned as one of 3 soloists a few weeks ago but I kept forgetting to mention it. I have a recording of my singing on my camera but I can't send it until after the mission. I have been practicing for weeks and this really pushed me out of my comfort zone because it's the first time that I have ever been a soloist. I had to learn it myself on the piano, and so I discovered that I actually have skills reading music and singing. Wow. What a great blessing to discover hidden talents. As I was singing on Saturday I was really nervous, but I literally felt angels at my side helping me turn the pages of the music and direct my eyes so that I wouldn't get lost. Heavenly Father really takes care of us and answers prayers. I sang "Mary did you know?" Everyone said it was beautiful and I did a great job. :)

I love you all, 

Sister Santa

6/22/14

I love studying Tagalog. I almost love studying Tagalog as much as I love personal study. Here is another picture in the city when we were on exchanges. It's rainy season now, so it rains everyday. Crossing the street in Dagupan was like crossing a little river. The water was up to our shins!

This was my companion last Friday. Her name is Sister Kinikini and she's from Tonga. This is also a better view of the city and the river in the street. 

8/3/2014

Dear Everyone, 

It's been a good week. Yesterday was really hard. We were walking in an area to go to a members house and my companion thought that we could take a short cut. We walked to the field where they had walked before with her previous companion, only to find that it had been planted with rice. It was really muddy and the only way was by a thin strip of dirt, grass and mud between the rows of rice. We started forward but we stepped on an ant hill. The little red ants quickly ran up our legs and we ran back to the road. The ants bite so hard and it stung and was really itchy. Then we decided we would have to take the long way, which was unexpected. It was a long detour to go around the field. We had to walk through mud, and cow stool as well. Our feet were wet, muddy, and smelly. We stopped every few minutes to itch our legs from the ant bites. Our bags were heavy and the detour took 30 mins to walk. I thought that I had a lot of reasons to complain. I realized that we are given trials to test our patience and our faithfulness to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. I said a silent prayer, tied my hair up, and walked faster. That's what our Heavenly Father wants us to do. 

Needless to say, I have faced a lot of things on my mission that aren't very comfortable. But Jesus Christ wasn't very comfortable in His last few days either. I know that we have the Atonement as a free gift to help us. I know we can use it for anything that we think we can't do ourselves. 

I know that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love us so much. Yesterday turned out to be a great day, full of tender mercies. 

I love you all, 

Sister Santa

7/27/2014

I love the members. They are always helping us! I also just got a haircut today, and this is the lady that cut my hair. She's really nice. The missionaries are going to go back and teach her ;)

I got my birthday package from my family!! Also, it was a trial this week because I got boils on my right foot. It was so big and painful, but we kepy working! Trials make us stronger. My companion has fun last night by trying on some shoes with springs. She was taller for a little bit :)

We are having fun!

7/20/2014

Dear Everyone, 

I wore a sweater for the first time in my whole mission!! It was really cold. This was on Wednesday during the storm 'Glenda'. Prayers were answered because it was nothing compared to what was expected. It was mostly cold and really windy and raining a little bit. That was amazing. We were still able to work!

We taught a family that is less-active and their grandson is 20 years old and he's been coming to church for 1 year but it's been until now that he was approved to be baptized. His grandparents came to church yesterday for the first time in years. Miracles and tender mercies :)

Good news, we were safe this past week. Other good news: This was a really awesome week! I testify that members and missionaries and working in the Lord's vineyard for the very last time. I was just thinking earlier about the invitation I gave in the last weeks to invite a family to have dinner and invite the missionaries. I continue to testify that this is a great finding opportunity. So how's it going? I urge you to make a list of you neighbors and then kneel as a family and pray about who Heavenly Father wants you to invite. Pray for them by name; there is power in doing this. Then pick a date and invite them! Will you do this, this week? I know that if you will, you will become instruments in helping a family, your literal brothers and sisters, to hear the message of the Gospel. They have received this message in the pre-earth life. It will be familiar to them. This is my promise for you and my love. 

Sister Santa