MERRY CHRISTMAS HARRY!

I'm so excited to skype with everyone! I can't wait to see all of your faces. :) This email might be shorter because we have to go to a Christmas Devotional today! 

 It finally snowed here! It was not feeling like the middle of December... it felt more like October here! But on Friday, we woke up to snow so that was kind of magical. The best part of this snow though is that it's gone the next day! haha me and Sister Merrill were happy to see the snow because it's pretty and everything but then it starts raining and it just melts away! We had to ride our bike in it and it was quite slippery... let's just say that we were walking a lot of the way. haha 

 And last night my district went CAROLING! It was so fun. We just went to our investigators houses and stopped random people on the street. It was fun being with other missionaries and just singing in the rain. I'm grateful that I am surrounded by other missionaries that love the Gospel as much as I do. 

 At this Christmas season, I really see the importance of families. They are essential to God's plan. They are a stable unit in this crazy world. I'm so grateful that I come from a good family that has taught me so much about how to be a good person. So thank you for that. 

 Please keep my investigators Jamie, Kameisha, and Misty in your prayers. They need prayers and direction. They will not fall! 

 MIRACLE OF THE WEEK: 

We were riding home in the dark and it was pitch black and we were riding on a busy road with not a lot of light...it gets really scary sometimes and we try to avoid it when possible. But I could feel myself get really panic-y and I started praying to Heavenly Father to help me see and to help me feel calm. I immediately felt His protection and then I noticed that it was not as dark because the sky was cloudless (weird for Washington) and there was a full moon. And then there was this really bright construction light that lit my path. It was just amazing to feel of God's awareness of me. He is really taking care of me. 

 I will talk to you all on Wednesday! 

 Love you all! 

Sister Scott

A Tribute to Sister Merrill

Hey Family and Friends!

How was everybody's week?  Is there a lot of snow in Utah?  There is no snow up here in Washington!  It's like 40 degrees!  haha, it's pretty nice :)

This week we were really involved in the Nativity Festival.  It's a festival that the stake put on and it was AMAZING!  It seriously was so cool.  Members of the stake donated about 500 nativities and it was set up in the Cultural Hall.  There were so many Christmas trees and lights.  Me and Sister Merrill set up all these twinkling lights around the nativity and we put little candles everywhere.  We also set up a lot of poinsettias around the tables.  It looked beautiful!  I was so impressed with all the decor.  They had beautiful scenes of Christ's ministry set up.  They had a life of Christ room and they Spirit was so strong in the room.  It is such a great tool to get non members a little exposed to our church.  There were so many people there.  There was also a stake choir that performed.  They asked me to be in it so I got to be in a choir!  It really made me miss choir!  I hope that Carols and Confections is good and I can't wait to hear about it!

I wanted to write a tribute to Sister Merrill.  I know that putting us together is inspired because she has helped me so much.  She listens to me when I need to talk.  She always knows when I'm feeling anxious or sad.  We've developed a system.  She'll ask me what number I'm at on a scale of one to ten.  She knows that if I'm at an 8 or a 9, I need to calm down a little bit and take a break.  She never pushes me or makes me feel bad about myself.  She is always so loving and caring and so willing to help.  She also makes me laugh a lot.  We laugh everyday together and I'm so grateful for that.  She reminds me to slow down and we love getting Baja Blasts from Taco Bell.  I am very grateful for Sister Merrill and that I can rely on her.  

This next week I have more doctors appointments.  I hope that everything smooths out soon, I have a lot of faith that it will.  I can't wait to talk to all of you in like 9 days!  That will be great! :) We can definitely Skype.  I'm not sure of all the details right now.  But maybe get a skype account ready.  I will be able to email next week so I will have more information then of what will happen exactly.  

MIRACLE OF THE WEEK:

Her name is Misty.  She is Jamie's sister.  At first, she wasn't really interested in hearing our message but the Lord has softened her heart and she wants to be baptized.  She said that for the first time in her life, she feels like her life has meaning and she feels like she has hope.  She wants to rid herself guilt and shame.  It has been amazing to watch and I'm grateful that I could be a part of it!  I love this family.  So. Much.  They mean so much to me!  

I love you all!  I miss you all so much too!  Keep going! :)

Love,

Sister Scott

It's C-C-C-C-Cold Outside

Hello everybody! 

 So basically this week has been SO COLD. It's kind of ridiculous. It's a different kind of cold here because of the humidity and it just cuts through you and makes your bones and your muscles BURN. It hurts. But it's not raining so at least we're not wet...just really cold. :) 

 We had Zone Conference this last week. I love Zone Conference. Mostly I just love President and Sister Bonham. They are my favorite. They talked about listening to the Spirit. And receiving revelation and acting on it has become a lot easier to me on my mission. I'm not perfect at it, no way, but I'm a lot better at recognizing the Holy Ghost and then trying to act on it. Missionary work cannot be done without the Holy Ghost, it's just impossible. 

 It's almost CHRISTMAS! We decorated our apartment, we did the best we could haha. I'll send pictures in the near future. A member donated a tree to our cause and I didn't have a stocking so I just pinned up a red sock on the wall hahaha. Good enough, right? 

 Also, remember how I used to be on the Reservation? Well, because it's sometimes dangerous, Sisters aren't allowed on the Res anymore! Kinda crazy...but it's probably a good idea. 

 A couple of weeks ago some members knew I hated fish and they asked me if they made Salmon if I would at least try it. And all these people were telling me that salmon doesn't taste fishy at all and that it's delicious and they hate all other fish except for salmon, so I was like sure. I'll try it. Maybe there is still hope for me. So last night, I tried it. And lemme tell ya... I still hated it. Yup. It was still too fishy for me and there is no hope for me and fish. We just can't be friends. 

 Funny story. So remember James? We found him walking on the street last week. Well we had a lesson with him at the church on Thursday and so we walk in and the church is in pieces!! Okay, not really. But they were fixing the sound system and so the ceiling was on the floor...there were workers walking around everywhere and we're like whatever. We'll just ignore it...he won't mind. So we start giving a church tour and we start talking about the life of Christ and the Sacrament and then they start playing MUSIC! Like, rock and roll music and so we decided the church tour was shot so we just went and had a lesson in the relief society room haha... it was pretty funny though. But James is SO. PREPARED. We were already talking about baptism, but sadly, we found out that he is not in our ward boundaries :( so we had to hand him off to some Elders, but he'll get baptized :) 

 MIRACLE OF THE WEEK: 

So my new meds make me really, really tired and yesterday I was super tired and I couldn't really concentrate so I got to take a Sunday nap! I've missed those... and I got one :) It was fantastic. 

 I love you family and I can't wait to talk to you! It will be so good to see your faces! I miss you everyday. I'm glad that I could be here though. I'm glad that I could be a missionary at this time. I love you all! 

 Sister Scott

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy birthday Mom! 

 I hope that you have a wonderful day today! I will be thinking about you! :) 

 And Richie and Victoria, thanks for delivering the package! Thanks to Dad, Gma and Sue for the goodies :) Kinda weird that you know where I live now.... 

Congrats to Morgan and Rick! I wish I could have been there but I'm sure it was lovely :) 

So Thanksgiving! It was our P Day so we just stayed home and wrote letters and then we went to dinner at a member's home. It was very small and quiet. It was a lot weirder than I thought it would be, I'm used to the kids running around, it's-not-a-party-until-someone-spills-something type Thanksgiving.  But we did get a left over turkey sandwich with cranberry sauce...which is like the best part of Thanksgiving. 

 So this week was just a normal old week. We found a lot of potentials and we have a lot of appointments this week so hopefully we will get like a billion new investigators. We have had to drop a number of our investigators because of lack of progression but that just opens doors to new investigators! 

 This next week will be quite the busy week. We have zone conference tomorrow, which I am way excited for. This week is also full of doctors and counseling appointments. 

 I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I can't wait to hear about it and guess what! There is only like 23 days until I get to talk to you! :) 

 MIRACLE OF THE WEEK: 

We were just riding our bikes and there was a guy that was walking so we stopped to talk to him. He told us that his buddy is a member and that he has been to church a bunch of times and we asked him if he would like to meet with us and he said yes! So we have an appointment with him on Thursday! He was very excited to meet with us and so hopefully we will get a new investigator! 

 I love you and I miss you and I pray for you! 

 Love, 

Sister Scott