Praying as a mission for a "White Christmas"

Wow, it is already December. Christmas is now only 22 days away. This coming month is going to be exciting. We have been praying as a mission to be able to have a white Christmas. Obviously not snow haha, but some rain would suffice, but rather a Christmas with some people dressed in white. I can't think of any better time to make the decision to follow Jesus Christ than during the Christmas season when we celebrate His birth.

This week was better than last week, although we have been struggling to find new investigators. At the start of the transfer, we contacted a woman named Larell, Who we have been teaching on and off. This week she had a spiritual experience reading the Book of Mormon and praying about it, and she accepted a date for the 29th of December, so we are praying that she will be part of the white Christmas this year. That was such a spiritual lesson, talking about our purpose here on earth, which is something that she has wondered her whole life and never really felt that it had been answered before.

One of my spiritual experiences this week happened this week during contacting. We passed this house that looked like it was going to be difficult to contact. Big huge fence, house set back really far, really big mean dogs, but we called in and were able to talk to a lady who had some kids.I would say for sure that one of my favorite parts about missionary work is meeting people who ask us those "questions of the soul", who just are searching for them, but they don't know where to look. We all have them, and there are certain things that we all naturally want to have answered in our lives, but it's difficult to discern those questions every time we contact someone. She told us right off the bat, when we asked her if she is a religious person; "I don't really know what God expects of me" I always have to restrain myself from not shouting out WE HAVE THE ANSWERS or something like that haha, because I know that if they will listen to us and read from the Book of Mormon that they WILL find those answers. That's why it is so exciting for me to talk to people like this. They are humble and open that they don't have all the answers to the questions in their lives and they are searching diligently for them. We left her with a Book of Mormon and to read Alma 34. We haven't gotten in contact again with her yet, but we will this week, and I'm excited how reading that chapter went for her. I know that the Book of Mormon contains the answers to the questions of our souls, it has answered so many of the questions that I have had in the exact moments that I have studied it. I know those people are out there, even though they are difficult to find sometimes haha.

Everyone have a great week!
Elder Porritt

Well this has got to be one of the most extravagent things I've ever seen so far on the mission. This man has a baby monkey in a diaper on a golden chain.