December 14, 2009

Dear family and friends,

Well Chritmas is fast approaching. What a great time of year it is to be able to reflect a little more upon our Savoir Jesus Christ. To think of His birth and life and all that He has done for us. Christmas is all about giving, Heavenly Father gave His Son, and Christ gave His life. I pray we each may think of what gift we can give to God in return this season. How we can more fully show our gratitude. And as we do so we will feel God's love in even more in our lives.

It has been another great week. I am just so grateful to be on a mission around this time of year. Lots of amazing things are going on.

We have a baptism coming up this Sat. with a man named Michael. Michael has been living in Colorado and I first met him back in Aug. when he was here visiting his father, but he went back to Colorado. So not much happended then. But a few weeks ago on a Sat. night Michael called us up out of the blue and said he was back. He called to ask us if we could find him a ride to church the next day. He wanted to come to church and meet with us so that he can get baptized. He had been meeting with missionaries in Colorado for a while now and was going to church there and now he is back with his father for a while a really wants to be baptized soon. So we set the date for Sat Dec. 19, and have been teaching him multiple times a week now. We are all looking forward to Sat.

We are still teaching Patty too and she has now been to church 3 times in a row since we started teaching her. On Friday we went over there and taught her the gospel of Jesus Christ. Taugth about having faith in Christ, repenting, baptism and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost. At the end of the lesson Patty was so excited and asked us so are we going to set a baptismal date. And of course we did. Her and her boyfriend will be getting married Jan. 9 and then the next Sat. she will be baptized. Patty will be baptized on Jan 16, and what better way to start out the new year than helping someone make sacred covenants with the Lord. It is a blessing to be able to teach someone so prepared and ready for the gospel as Patty is. She has such a pure heart and wants so much to serve God.

I know Jesus Chirst lives! He is my Savoir. He suffered for me and died for me. There is safety and comfort in His arms. He stands waiting with open arms to receive all of us. His love for us never ends. He is my strength, my rock, and my salvation. These things I know to be true through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Love y'all,
Sister Keys