Baby It's Cold Outside (Dec 12th 2017)

Hey hey hey!!!! So two weeks until Christmas eh!? That is absolutely crazy! 

This week we had quite a bit happen! So the 6th of December is Saint Nikolaus Day in Germany so Sister Schulze and I celebrated by setting out our shoes the night before and then we woke up and they were filled with lots of chocolate and some incredible feet warmer things to go in our shoes. They're a blessing for sure! 

So, on the Isle of Man, I never went on exchanges because....ya know...I was on an island and all. So this week was my first exchange in 5 months!!!! But it was great! We went to Manchester and stayed with Sister Lewis and Sister Silva, our STL's and it was so fun! They're crazy but it was really good. 

Saturday was our mission "Day of Miracles". President McReynolds had sent a message earlier in the week saying that Saturday was our set apart time for finding and in the morning, the whole mission would start off with a special companionship study focused on Chapter 9 of PMG (it's on finding people to teach). It was so good!!!! Then after that, we stepped outside the door and we saw miracles all day long. We all prayed together as a mission for our companionship, as well as those in our district, zone, and across the mission to have Christmas miracles. The results were outstanding!!! Heavenly Father really does bless us and help us in His work! Amongst some of our miracles we saw was:

• getting in contact with a former investigator finally and getting an appt and having her come to church Sunday with her daughter and expressing her great desire to meet with us often!
• meeting a very less active member while doing some inspired tracting. She hasn't been to church for 20 years but has recently started her family history using the church's resources and has been thinking of coming back to church. None of her family are members and after being baptized at 21 she quickly went less active due to lack of support 
• finding two new friends to teach in town during our street display (Sunny and Samantha)
• we have an investigator named Margaret who would NEVER come to church due to concerns regarding the sacrament and other things. But we called her Saturday and invited her AND SHE SAID YES!!!! She came Sunday and had an amazing time! 

Those are just a few of the big ones but all day I saw Heavenly Father hand in everything! The song "Count Your Blessings" comes to mind! I love being a missionary! 

So next Monday is transfers so we are anxious to hear if Sister Schulze is moving or not...we have a feeling like she is leaving us but we'll find out this weekend! Today we are playing sports and making ginger bread houses with the elders but I'll put pictures next week! Love you all and hope you have a great week!!!!! 

Xx Sister Washburn