Hey all,
Well the work in Oak Ridge is
pretty slow honestly. We are still struggling to find people to teach, and we
have been working our tails off this last week or so trying to get all prepared
for this huge zone meeting/conference hybrid. We are doing a couple trainings
and a few other things. I have really been busy with a lot of administrative
type tasks the last little while, but that's ok you gotta do what you gotta do!
It will be an exciting meeting filled with the spirit and Christmas Cheer!
Speaking of Christmas cheer, we had
the Oak Ridge parade this Saturday and it was AWESOME! We passed out roughly
1,000 pass along cards and I think really put out a "mormons aren't weird
cultists" message for the community. I never realized how much I loved
Christmas until I did these last two parades! We felt like the "Holiday
Cheermister sitting in the chair of cheer!" from the Grinch. We were actually
able to meet Sarah's parents at the parade (their family has llama's... like 40
of them... which I never knew till Saturday) anyways... We met her parents and
were able to get them to agree to have a lesson with us so that's really
exciting! I’ll include some pictures of the float and llamas and Christmas
cheer.
Christmas really is about the
birth of the Savior. I love being able to read time and time again the story of
from Luke 2 and knowing that He is the one who will help me to obtain what
really is most important. Eternal life with my family. Love you all MERRY
CHRISTMAS!
Love Elder R.A. Bakker