12/17/2018
Alo!
Can you believe Christmas is next week! Sometimes life is just so crazy short. Especially when you're so crazy tall. Unless you're Sister Ashby, in which case both you and life are short, haha. This week we had our zone Christmas celebration which included present swapping, weird fruit dessert, the AP's in light up Santa hats and a musical number from yours truly (okay, but publically singing is officially the hardest thing I've had to do on the mission), with the accompaniment of my talented companion of course. But it all ended up being a real blast, testimonies were shared, tears were shed and with all the Christmas cheer, especially in remembrance of the savior's birth, I felt just so completely happy and at peace. You cycle through a lot of different emotions very rapidly on the mission, but I'm so grateful for the joy, spirit and comfort I've come to know on the mission that I don't think I could've found anywhere else. What a truly special and sacred experience it is, especially now during the Christmas season.