"#LIGHTtheWORLD"(Week 64: 11/21-11/28)

HEY EVERYONE!

It honestly feels like it was two days since I last emailed, but yet there has been so many great and amazing things that have happened this week!

Are you ready for the craziest/wildest ride in the WILDERNESS??

So it all started Monday, we had to do a lot... Sister Prach needed to send a ton of stuff home, so that all of her stuff weighed under 45 pounds for the plane! So we went and did that. We also went with an investigator and played Pickleball! And wow!! That was soo much fun! :) later that night we had a going away dinner with some of the members of the Ward, and well Sister Prach said goodbye to all of them. Sooo sad!

Tuesday morning, we had transfers! I said goodbye to Sister Prach :/ and I then got a new companion!!! AND GUESS WHO IT IS!!!!!!!!!! The WONDERFUL SISTER OLSON! Ahhhh! We have seriously wanted to be companions for the last 14 months of our mission, and our mission president finally put us together!! YAYYY!! When she first got here, I seriously FREAKED OUT! Haha! Well she has been out the same amount of time as me, and well we get along soooo welll!!! We are so excited to work s hard this transfer :) 

This whole week.... there has been but a few people on Grounds at UVA. And so we needed to do something productive, as well as work with some of our investigators that didn't go home for the holiday break, so we decided to be a part of the Christmas Initiative, which is called #LIGHTtheWORLD. And if you haven't already seen the video I will put the link in the email, towards the end! But to get into what we did, is we went and chalked beautiful signs on grounds during the week! And so below are a few of our signs! (No it isn't bad to do this, all of the students do it as well!) 

This time of year, is a time to be so grateful for what we have and to share it with others, and so the church has provided an advent calendar for people to do each day, starting on a December 1st. I invite y'all to go and check it out.

I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve again over the holidays. I know that it is but a small sacrifice to be away from my family, but I know it is a sacrifice that I was willing to take and I am honestly so grateful for it. 

I am so grateful for Jesus Christ and all that he does for us, and I pray that we can continue to use the atonement better in our lives. 

I love you all, and I am so grateful for what y'all to do help in the work of the Lord. 

Until next week!  

Love,

Sister Pewtress