About
two months ago President Mullen challenged us to read all four Gospels
before Christmas to become more acquainted with the Savior's Life and
ministry. It has been an amazing experience doing so, along with my Book
of Mormon challenge, It has given me such a greater testimony of the
Savior! But right now I want to focus on the Birth of Christ, since that
is what we are celebrating this week.
Who
would you be in that wonderful event. Are you Joseph, or Mary? How
would they have felt being in such humble circumstances, they had very
little, and there was no room for them in the inn. Then having nothing
but a stable stay in, and then when the Baby Jesus was born, having
nothing more than a manger and some straw to lay the baby in. I can't
imagine how hard that would be. Imagine how much our Father in Heaven
must have trusted them to raise his Only Begotten Son. Are you the
Shepherds? It amazes me that when the Savior was born the first people
to whom it was announced to was a group of humble Shepherds watching
over their flocks by night. I wonder what it would have been like to see
the the Angel, and to hear of the birth of the Savior, and then to see
numberless concourses of angels singing praises to God. Then to see the
Babe in person, how great an honor that must have been. Then the
Shepherds went and shared what they had seen and what they had felt. Are
you the Wise Men? I can't imagine the sacrifices that these men made to
see the Savior. They traveled for two years! They left their homes and
families, and brought some of the most precious gifts of the time, and
then they returned back to the east. While we do not know very much
about these men it to me how much they sacrificed.
While
there are more people involved in that event, I want you to think of who
you would be, or perhaps who you would like to be. How would they have
felt during this magnificent event? Ponder on that this Christmas week.
Well
this past week here has been pretty good! We got a lot of work done,
and things are going great, we picked up an awesome new investigator
this week, her name is Sofie. She is from England, and she is currently
living in our apartment complex. Some other missionaries talked to her
initially and sent us the referral. Sofie is a musical theater student
at the Young Americans Performing Arts School. She loves the Book of
Mormon Musical, and through that she has developed an interest in the
church. Things are going well! I am excited to continue teaching her.
We
have our Christmas Conference tomorrow! I'm excited for that. It should
be really good! This week will be interesting with the holiday but it
will be fun.
Well I love you guys
Merry Christmas!
Elder Bangerter
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