December 14: Baby Yoda is the angel to our tree

 How many missionaries does it take to move 3 missionary apartments? 12 apparently!

We moved apartments out of the blue this week. The new place is SO nice! Imagine... an apartment with a microwave attached to a wall... an oven that beeps when it's preheated...  a fire alarm that doesn't go off every time we make chicken nuggs... Oh yeah! We scored BIG time.

1 Nephi 9 thoughts:

Jesus Christ is the Savior and Redeemer of the World! He is the Messiah! We would be lost without relying on his Grace and Mercy. I have a firm belief of needing Christ's mercy in my life as I accept him and apply his atonement into my life. I know that as we trust him and gain faith in him, we can be blessed with the most sweet and pure feelings of JOY;) Let us try our hardest to learn more about our Savior and remember him. Let us take his loving example into our lives and create a lasting change. As we do this, Jesus Christ blesses us to meet life's challenges and to stay strong. He helps us change and softens our hearts. I know he can heal us physically, emotionally, and spiritually. 

My question of the week was, "Woah! Do you have a Facebook? Can I follow you?". I said it to many people in drive-thru lines, stores, and service projects. This week at Target, a worker named Emma, asked why we all had name tags on. Inreturn asked her why she had a nametag on. She replied with a simple statement, "So people know who I am and who I work for". I told her, "No way! Thats why I have one too!" and told her of our purpose as missionaries was to invite others to come unto Christ. She then asked me for my Facebook and set up a meet up. We visited at the cutest Coffee shop and visited with her and her friend. They are very open minded to our message but are involved in their own church worship. Her friend, Zoe Zion, asked for a copy of The Book of Mormon to read! I love people! 

The Villareals are the CUTEST family! We came by to help name their new frenchie puppy and teach them about the Nativity story. One of the little girls has a blind chicken living in her bedroom closet. I found that very interesting! My mom would never let me keep a grown chicken in my closet haha! 

We had 2 member meals this week and WOW. The Watsons are truly amazing and treated us like normal people! Something that we don't usually get around here. Alaskans like their solitude. They perfer to not talk or meet new people. Us missionnaries try to change that person by person:) The Watson's have a couple of huge snakes and one is named "dude snake". LOVE IT! 

Jesus Christ, even through the most horrible and unjust moments in his life, he kept his peace! Wow I wonder at the thought of how I can apply this into my life by keeping Peace even through the rough stages of life.

Have a JOYful, lightfilled, &Christfilled Christmas season,

Sista Rex

-bye bye commadore lane!

-judy's Marsh 

-transfer board bfast

-Ray the tree