Part of the Town of Oldham

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

I hope all of you have a wonderful day filled with reasons to be grateful! And if my missionary is reading this (by some miracle) Happy Thanksgiving my darling! I love you :)

Big Thank You!

Thanks to everyone who gave me something for Kierstan's Christmas package, it is much appreciated! Also thanks to those who are mailing gifts separately or sending a birthday card. I sent her a card last week but forgot to mention it in my email to her this past Monday. She didn't forget to remind me that she is having a birthday on the 23rd so I hope she has her card before her birthday or she will for sure think I forgot. I am looking forward to the Holiday's with a missionary serving. I keep thinking that I should be sad, or miss her terribly bad, but somehow knowing that she is serving our Heavenly Father takes away the worst of the emotions and just brings a wonderful Peace to my heart. I think that this will somehow be one of the best Thanksgiving's and Christmas's our family has ever had! Happy Holidays to all of you!!

Birthday and Christmas

Just a quick reminder that Kierstan's birthday is November 23rd. It would be great if she could get cards sent to her from all of her friends! Also, Christmas packages must be mailed by November 15th in order to arrive in time for Christmas. This recommendation comes from her Mission President and his Wife along with a reminder that all packages have to be carried by the missionary back to their apartment and big packages could be difficult to transport. Something small and meaningful would be wonderful, or I know she would love a Christmas card with your testimony written in it. I am mailing packages by Nov 13th so if anyone would like to send something with the things I am mailing let me know. My phone number is 8014141999 or you can email me at catsmail@rocketmail.com. Thanks for your love and support of Kierstan!

SEND LETTERS IN THE POST!!

As always, Kierstan would love to receive mail from all of us, and a quick friendly reminder from me that if you are sending her birthday or Christmas cards it takes a while for them to get there!

Transfer!

Kierstan was transferred today to Oldham England and she has a new companion named Sister Jones. She was very excited about the transfer and said that she and sister Jones have done splits before and they really like each other. They were whitewashed into the area which means that neither of them were in the area before. I guess there were Elders there who got transferred out, and they have been working with several investigators that Kierstan and Sister Jones will be working with now. Kierstan is very excited to continue the work in a new area and asks that we all continue our prayers for the members and investigators in England.

To have Faith in Jesus Christ means to have such trust in Him that we obey whatever He commands

This message comes from a Gospel Principles lesson and Kierstan shared this with us. "Our obedience shows how much faith and trust we have in the Saviour. Moroni 10:32 talks about denying yourself of all ungodliness. What I know to be true, is when we feel that love we have no desire to lose that love, and so we have no desire to sin. By acting upon that desire we are showing our faith in our Saviour. He really can help us through whatever we go through. That scripture is one of my favorites"!