The Master is Calling! : LIGHTtheWORLD

Dear Family and Friends,

What a fantastic week it has been! Light the World is a part of the
reason we have been having so much fun with this advent calender!
Every day has some sort of good idea, and it helps missionary work out
a ton.

Because of the limited time, I will just touch on the highlights from
this week. The first being, that we finally got to stop in with the
Pickett family! I love this family, they are so good and so kind. We
didn't have long so we shared the Light the World video with them and
challenged them to participate. They were very excited participate,
and they loved the video!

Afterward we got to go share a lesson with Maeci and Rich Thomas as
well! Maeci is progressing so well and the family is so kind to us.
They have already reserved us for breakfast Christmas morning. We
spent a lot of time discussing the atonement and it's importance. She
is grasping this concept more and more and it is so much fun to see
because she is getting excited about it! A testimony of the atonement
is ESSENTIAL.

The next day was the WORLDWIDE DAY OF SERVICE!!! Y'all better have
done some serious service. Our service was simply to drive around
until we found a yard that needed some raking. It was so much to
provide some spontaneous service. The coolest thing that happened
during all this was when we saw that one of our investigators houses
needed some raking! Her name is Judy and she has really been
struggling with house repairs and she gets more and more grateful
every time we offer service. When we raked her yard she wasn't home,
but we left a Light the World card on her door. She called us later to
let us know she was extremely grateful and it had made her cry. There
are so many people that desperately need help from others in this
world. We need to find them and lift them. Lighting the World is
amazing.

The other highlight from this week was getting to share a lesson with
Joel and Marilyn again. Those kids are CRAZY. Especially little
Olivia. That little girl ran into so many things while we were there,
I was shocked she was still standing. The bond you develop with a
family when you got to play a role in there conversion is SO DEEP. I
feel so much love for that family every time I go over there. It is
truly incredible.

I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!!!

Love,
Elder Thomas

#LIGHTtheWORLD