JOY to the world... December 3, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Holidays everyone!

The wine is out, and Christmas is coming to Saratoga! Seriously though, it smells like wine here.

Thanksgiving was great! We had three dinners scheduled, but we only ended up having two. The first dinner was at the Lange's in the Los Gatos ward and it was sooo good! They have a huge, gorgeous house up in the mountains and she is an amazing cook! We ate far too much and then had to go to our second dinner. Our second was at a family's house in Campbell whose name I can't spell or pronounce. It was a little bit different than the dinner in Los Gatos, but still pretty good. Needless to say, we were stuffed. We rolled to District Meeting after both of our dinners and everyone there was just vegging out. haha! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Street contacting on black Friday was interesting but fun! We got 100 contacts in one night!

It's getting a little bit cold here, but it feels good! Last night we went contacting and we used the Joy to the World cards. NOBODY said no. It was amazing. Afterwards, we realized that our nametags were inside of our coats. We decided that that's why everyone was nice to us! It's funny what a difference the name tag makes.

Yesterday, we went to Monterey with all the sisters in the zone for p-day! It was so much fun! We got to take two of president's cars down and we got to see Pebble Beach golf course! We went on the 17-mile drive down the coast and it was beautiful! The water was so blue and the sand was perfect! We had a really fun time on the beach and we all grew closer together as sisters. Sister Bassett is the best STL ever (:. We saw so many beautiful places and it was just a really good way to spend p-day!

This week was great! It was a hard week for all the missionaries in the zone because everyone went out of town. So we got creative and did a lot of street contacting. We did a lot of good work and have been meeting a lot of great people! 

The Christmas season is approaching, and my cute area is even cuter with Christmas lights! We have some amazing things in the works for this Christmas season, including a sing-along with some elderly and shut-in people in our wards. It's going to be a really good way to spread Christmas cheer! I'm excited for Christmas and to see what Christmas miracles will happen!

Speaking of miracles, the mission has 32 baptisms THIS WEEK and next week, there will be 22. It's amazing how much the work is hastening here! There are so many prepared people everywhere and we're doing our best to find them!

I love my mission and I love all of the people in my area! I know that miracles are going to happen and I know that the Lord is mindful of EVERYONE in the Saratoga stake and in the world!

I love you all!

Sister Julie Catherine Harris


Yay for Monterrey! Sister Bassett and Sister Harris soakin' up the sun...