Hello and Merry Christmas!
I hope y'all have had the happiest Christmas ever! It's been a super busy week with lots of amazing things going on! We have seen miracle after miracle! I've gained a super strong testimony the last few weeks that the Lord always multiples our efforts if we try our hardest everyday!
CHRISTMAS CONFERENCE
We had our Christmas zone conference last week and wowzers it was amazing! The Spirit was so strong throughout the whole meeting! President Droubay gave a training on the Atonement and it answered so many questions and was a direct answer to so many prayers. He talked about the redemptive power of the Atonement and the enabling power of the Atonement. The redemptive power includes faith, repentance, baptism and recieving the gift of the Holy Ghost. That's something I've gained a strong testimony of. Then he talked about the enabling power. The power that can really allow the Savior to help us through any depression, trial, heartache or difficult time. My love for the Savior is so strong and I've felt that enabling power in my life so much.
KAYLAS BAPTISM
Our amazing friend Kayla got baptized last week! It was such an amazing experience! Kayla was so prepared for the gospel and she has such a light about her! As she was being baptized I felt the Spirit so strong confirm to me that our Heavenly Father is so grateful for each of us and our desires to come closer to him. It was such a special day!
EXCHANGES
We had exchanges this week with the Princess Anne Sisters! I was with the one and only Sister Hauver! We have been in the same zone for 6 months so we feel like we have basically been companions by this point from going on so many exchanges! She is amazing! Honestly she inspires me so much and has given me some of the greatest advice!
SPIRITUAL THOUGHT
Today I've been pondering a lot on the Savior. My testimony of the Savior has grown so much in the last year and I've come to know him in a very real and personal way!
"The Savior's LOVE was not a love for the righteous only; it was not an abstract LOVE; nor was it demonstrated by one dramatic sacrificial act and nothing more. To the contrary, it was a DAY-BY-DAY, HOUR-BY-HOUR, even MOMENT-BY-MOMENT LOVE! It was LOVE that stretched from premortality into eternity. It was a LOVE that thoughtfully prepared a little fire of coals with fish and bread for hungry and tired disciples as they emerged from an exhausting night of fishing on the Sea of Galilee. It was a LOVE that blessed little children, healed the sick, and offered hope to the hopeless. It was a LOVE that reached out to every individual as he or she was and lifted them to higher ground. LOVE was exhibited in every conscious, waking moment of his moral life. LOVE flowed from every pore, every thought, every act. As naturally and regularly as we seek air, he sought to bless. Again and again in those moments of physical exhaustion and pressing "agendas" he was there for the emulation of acts of LOVE, capped by the most significant of all- his atoning sacrifice. Peter summed up his life in this simple but expressive phrase: He went about doing good" -Tad R. Callister
The Savior truly loves us more than we can even comprehend. He wants us to feel that love in our lives and know of a surety that He is always there for us. There is nothing we can do that will take that love away, it is simply always there. I know that the Savior cares so much about the details of our lives. He wants us to be happy and He wants what is best for us. Whatever you may be going through at this time I know that there is help and happiness as you turn to the Savior and allow his LOVE into your life!
I love y'all so much! Merry Christmas!
❤Sister Stringham❤
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