Friends and Family:
Can you believe how fast time is going by? I can't believe it will be 2017 soon. I'm not quite sure what to think...so for now, I'm going to ignore that it's almost a new year.
Merry Christmas! I love being able to spend the Christmas season bringing the light, life, and gospel of Jesus Christ into the world. It's such a sacred opportunity to represent the Lord Jesus Christ. To bring others to Him this Christmas season. I hope we each take time to pause and reflect on our Saviors birth. To show gratitude for Him and to Him.
A is doing wonderful! We reviewed the baptismal interview questions on Saturday and he most likely will be interviewed tomorrow evening! We are very excited for him. We did a lesson at the Spackman’s Saturday night which was a huge tender mercy for me. I did theatre in high school with Brother Spackman AND Sister Spackman’s siblings. I was in Miss West Point Royalty with two of Sister Spackman’s sisters. Brother Spackman’s dad was one of my seminary teachers in high school. It was such a neat experience to teach in their home.
K and K are great. They are preparing for March 11th to be baptized. They have the cutest 4 kids. This week we took some time to read from the Book of Mormon with them and it was incredible the power and spirit that the Book of Mormon brought into that home. I love the quote " Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities." I've seen this unfold in my own home. Happiness in a home really does come from being founded on the teachings of Jesus Christ. I'm grateful to be able to teach this family.
I want to share an experience we had a couple days ago. We were at McDonalds, using the wifi to do some tasks. As we prepared to leave, we saw a 50 yr old man yelling at a 30 yr old woman. We weren't sure what was going on....but had a strong impression to talk them. They separated as we walked out and we asked the woman if she was okay. She didn't talk much and then here was some more arguments between them as we stood there innocently. Next thing we know, she was walking down the street. We could have easily let her go but we decided to follow her. We found her sitting in mulch, up against the wall of a building, tears flowing from her eyes. We sat next to her, waited for her to calm down, and then showed her #LightTheWorld. There was a clip from the video (photo below) that screamed at me....I was sitting in that moment but in a place of the Savior.
We talked about the video and asked what her story was. She shared with us events in her life that lead her family to become homeless. As we sat and talked to S, a pouring of Heavenly Fathers love for her rushed over me. We shared with her the Book of Mormon, which we found out she had been given a copy awhile back. We wrote down a scripture for her to read and invited her to do so. Before we left, we helped her say a audible prayer to Heavenly Father. It was such a sacred experience for me. I truly felt I was standing in place of the Savior that day. To help her feel a glimpse of Heavenly Fathers and the Saviors love for her. To feel peace amongst the trials. We were given the opportunity to be the Masters hands. What would have happened if we decided to not follow her? To not minister to her, the ONE. Do we, as disciples of Christ, let the opportunity to be the Masters hand slip between our fingers daily?
My hope is that each of us can recognize, acknowledge, and act upon the opportunities we are given to be the Masters hand each day. We have the opportunity to minister to the ONE. Jesus Christ showed the perfect example of love, compassion, kindness, charity, mercy, forgiveness, humility. I know with every fiber of my soul that we each are given an opportunity daily to minister to someone for the Savior. May we each take time to recognize, acknowledge, and act upon those opportunities. Jesus Christ is my role model. My savior. My brother. I love Him. I'm learning of Him. He lives. He is the reason for the season. I so testify in the name of Jesus Christ, amen. Until next Monday. Thanks for all the love and support.
XOXO,
Sister Detamore
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