WEEK 28 (DEC. 30) BRING ON 2014

Wohoo this week starts the new year! What an exciting time! It's pretty awesome because I basically get to spend this entire next year as a missionary. Doesn't get much better than that. I do have to say that this Christmas was awesome! It was SO WONDERFUL seeing everyone through skype! Oh man it seemed like a dream! Thank you all for the wonderful Christmas letters/cards/gifts etc. You all made this a Christmas that I will never forget!!!!

This week flew by. We have been continuing doing service with the Corbets getting Sally and Buffels house cleaned out. I made our traditional Christmas breakfast on Christmas Eve this year since we were at the Tippetts house on Christmas morning. I just can't imagine a Christmas without french toast and buttermilk syrup ha ha.

Christmas Day was great. We spent the morning and early afternoon at the Tippetts. We had dinner with the Pelon family and then we went to our Relief Society Presidents house and played Yahtzee and Skipbo. Quite a great Christmas.

Thursday we had a really good district meeting on faith. As a district we are really focusing our efforts on increasing our faith to find more people to teach. What we are doing is the "5 If's of Finding" 1. Fire Desire 2. Revelation through Resources 3. Plan to Act 4. Act the Plan 5. Expect Miracles. So basically if we fire our desire to find, use the resources we have(prayer, scriptures,friends,family etc.), plan and act, we WILL see miracles. I am super excited to put this to work!

We heard that one of the sweetest ladies in the ward was is the hospital so we went to visit her Thursday night. She basically had a cold that turned ugly. Her kidneys started to fail and she had to be put on a respirator. I'm not super knowledgeable about medical business, but it was super sad to see. The good news is is that we also stopped by last night and she was off the respirator and was up and talking to us.

Nothing else super notable happened this week, but all in all it was an AWESOME week. I absolutely love the Christmas time because we get to remember our Savior. I hope that the Spirit of Christmas will linger extra long this year.

The great thing about new years is that it is a fresh beginning. A time where we get to reflect on the year and all that happened. This year has definitely been unlike any other. I have loved being able to spend half of this year being a missionary. I look forward to this new year and all that will happen in the next twelve months. So I invite you all to join me in setting Christ-centered goals this new year. May we all strive to be a little better, a little happier, a little kinder, and a little more like our Savior.

I love you all and wish you a very happy and safe New Year!

Sister Dixon