Comics and Exaggerated Transfers (Week 15)

Soaked after biking in the rain... 

Merry Christmas!

My new companion is . . . (drum-roll) . . . Sister Bernier.  She is a super happy person.  She laughs when things get rough, which is really nice as it helps lighten the mood.  She is really awesome.  I am glad she is my companion.

Sister Bernier and I sport our Christmas Colors!

One day Sister Bernier called me "domestic" because I cooked split pea soup and beans using the crock pot.

My mini-crock pot brimming with Split Pea Soup

Another day she called me a tomboy because I love guns, archery, backpacking (without showers), and other things.

Anyway, she is so funny.  She is also very dramatic and likes to over-exaggerate all the time.  She even told me she'd be like this right away.  One day I commented about it, and then she was like, "What?!  When have I ever exaggerated?"  I replied, "I'll just let you think about it."  She then said something to the effect that we are going to get along great.

Saying goodbye to Sister Taylor at the Transfer Meeting

We had a awesome Christmas devotional last Friday.  I played the violin for a musical number.  We had lots of missionaries sing.  Sister Taylor sang the second verse in Chinese.  Elder Yates played the celo.  The song was "Oh, Come All Ye Faithful."  It was lots of fun to play the violin again.

Meeting my MTC companion, Sister Fairbanks, at the Transfer

We were able to see lots of our good friends, since all the missionaries where there.  There is a picture of me and my new companion, Sister Bernier; a picture of Sister Fairbanks and me; and another of Sister Burnette, Sister Lewis, Sister Fairbanks, and me (the MTC roommates).  Sister Taylor and I also got a picture.  I had a lot of fun that night.

My MTC Roommates:  Sisters Pack, Fairbanks, Burnette, and Lewis

You should all check out the video, "Good Tidings of Great Joy: the Birth of Jesus Christ."  You can find it on the Mormon Channel.  Anyway, we have showed it to some families if they have already watched "He Is the Gift."  I really like the video, because it combines the nativity and words from the First Presidency.

A week before transfers Elder Nakatsuka called us to find a phone number, so he could say goodbye, since he had served in Winter Garden.  He asked what he could do for us, so we told him to make a comic, and he asked the same of us.

Defensive driving with Sister Taylor

A nice caption to his comic by Elder Nakatsuka

Sister Taylor and I made a parody of "Love Is an Open Door" for Elder Nakatsuka, since he became obsessed with the songs from Frozen.  We gave it to him at the transfer meeting.  He is now off his mission and in Japan.

Our comic parody of "Love is an Open Door" for Elder Nakatsuka

The parody is --
Missionary: All my mission has been a series of doors in my face, but then, suddenly, I bumped into you.
Investigator: I've been searching my whole life to find my own faith.
Chorus: Christ is an open door.

Miracle: We were able to make contact with Gilan!  We set up a time to meet with him this week, because school is out he shouldn't have anything else come up.  Anyway, he said he has read all of 3 Nephi, and he wanted something else to read that would help him change from being Methodist to our religion.  I thought of the Joseph Smith pamphlet, so we gave one to him.  We also found out that he is moving, but he wanted to know where a chapel is in the city he is moving to.  He commented on how beautiful the temple is, and he knows the chapel won't be the same.  Anyway, I really am excited to meet with him this week.  I hope the other missionaries in his new area will be able to follow up.

P.S. Reminder to remember Christ on Christmas!

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~Sister Aurora Pack