Serving the Lord's Servants

There is no greater job on earth than missionary work, carrying the Gospel of Jesus Christ to God’s children. The reward for doing it coming directly from our Father in Heaven and it is difficult to describe other than to clumsily say that it is a quiet and enduring joy that fills the soul. The experience creates a commonality among us who are doing it full time. When we see each other there is always shared feeling of happiness, an unspoken and shared brotherhood. Yet, the work can be very difficult especially for young men and women who for many are away from home for the first time and for the first Christmas.

Chrise and I have found an additional joy here in Mexico in serving these wonderful servants of the Lord. We try to make it point to let them know how much we care about and appreciate them whenever we see them. And when potentially very difficult times to be away from home like Christmas comes, we do all in our power to ease there homesickness. On Christmas Day we invited our entire zone of twenty elders and sisters to our house. Chrise baked four Christmas casseroles to feed them and later in the day we bought four large pizzas. The Elders and Sisters had a wonderful time watching Church Christmas Videos on YouTube, exchanging gifts, calling there parents on Skype using our computers, and culminating it all by smashing two piñatas in our yard. I felt embarrassed by all of the thank yous we received when they left, mainly because they helped Chrise and I to make it through our first Christmas away from our family. Yes, matrimonios get homesick too.

All the of the matrimonios worked with the mission president and his wife to provide a heartwarming Christmas experience for the entire mission earlier in the week. When the President asked the missionaries to share their Christmas miracles it was like an avalanche of testimonies. All in all it was a very memorable Christmas.