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Merry Christmas!

This week has been a little crazy--so much traveling! And so much Christmas festivities. I love the Christmas season. Sister Brown and I spent a few days in Springfield, Missouri, this week. We had interviews with our mission president and then stayed for exchanges with some more experienced sister missionaries. It was really fun. A definite highlight was that we got to go to the Nativity. It's this big event they have in Springfield every year with a live nativity, incredible performers, and a ton of nativities set up from all over the world. There were also lots of different charities there that people could sign up to volunteer at. It was really cool to see everything and to talk to lots of people. When we finally got back to Harrison, we went straight to a thrift store we volunteer at. They had us decorate a giant Christmas tree! Yesterday, we went up to Branson, Missouri, and were in an adoration parade. We got to give out a lot of Light the World cards with pictures of Christ on them. Also, we have been practicing for so many different Christmas musical numbers coming up that we've been practicing for like crazy. 

Earlier this week, we visited this dear old lady. We shared a scripture from the Book of Mormon with her (Jacob 3:1) that says, "Look unto God with firmness of mind, and pray unto him with exceeding faith, and he will console you in your afflictions." We promised her that the Lord will console her in her hard times as she turns to Him. She told us that she thinks the Lord helps us sometimes, but sometimes we have to deal with things on our own. I've really been pondering that this week. All this Christmas excitement and traveling has been super fun, but also exhausting. No worries, overall I'm doing great, but there were some definite hard moments this week. And in my hard times, I have turned to Jesus Christ. My mission is still hard, and life is still hard, but the Lord did comfort me when I was struggling. I felt peace and love and...like it's okay to not always be okay. That the Lord will be there for me no matter what. I do truly belief that the Lord will help us, not just sometimes, but all the time. He does console us in our afflictions.  

In other news, I am going to coach the Harrison FFA's meats team. I am super excited about that--y'all know how passionate I am about meat judging. :) Oh, also, I need your help! All the missionaries in my mission have permission to watch a movie on December 23rd. I think it would be great fun to go to a movie theater, but I don't know if there will be any good movies (good enough to be my only movie for a whole year) out on that day. Please let me know your thoughts on movies in theaters. Also, Sister Brown has been out 6 months this week! She burned a tie in honor of this auspicious occasion. Our house smells like smoke now, but that's fine. Worth it for Sister Brown's big day. :)




I love y'all a lot! Have a lovely Christmas season and remember what it's really all about--Jesus Christ. Email me at liberty.johnson@missionary.org.

Love,
Sister Liberty Johnson 

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