Always remember!

Merry Christmas everybody! It has been a crazy week here! On Tuesday we had a Christmas Conference in Montgomery, then that night we went on exchanges in Fort Wayne Indiana, then we had Christmas Conference in Muncie Indiana! My old area! I visited a couple of my favorite people while I was there, it was the coolest. I love that place with all my heart, its been about 18 months since i have been there! On Friday and Saturday we worked with Molly and Kevin, they are recent converts in the ward. We also worked with Randall and Heather. She was confirmed a member of the church on Sunday. During Priesthood, Randall bore an amazing testimony about how his baptism has changed his whole life!  Randall is a recent convert of about 3 months and his wife (Heather) was baptized last week. We have been seeing them and things are going great. We have also been working with Mckel and Sarbarina. They will be getting baptized this Saturday!  I am loving life and we are staying super busy! I am excited for Christmas, we will be spending time with the Porters and a couple other members in our ward.  Always remember the true meaning of Christmas and share that with others, there is no greater joy. You will be happier!!! I love you, thanks for all the prayers and all the support! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas!

Western Hills Ohio!

New Address  5311 Lees Crossing #2 Cincinnati, OH 45211

I have been transferred to Western Hills OHIO!!!! I can't believe I am back in Ohio. I love it here and it has been a crazy week. I am back with my old companion Elder Barnett and I am also with an Elder Stoddard. I was called to be an Assistant to President Porter. When I got here we were working with a lady named Heather she got baptized on Sunday! She brought up a couple concerns on Friday but we were able to help her overcome them and her husband who is also a recent convert was able to baptize her! Such a great baptism. We are working with a couple other families right now and things are looking great. I am excited for Christmas, it will be awesome. I love the Western Hills ward. I met some of them on the Christmas party on Saturday and then most of them on Sunday. I am going to love it here, I already do. This week we will be going on a exchanges and we have a couple Christmas Conferences. I am excited for them.  Things are looking great and I am happy to be back in Cincinnati. I have seen miracles everyday and I love seeing the hand of the Lord in His work. You just have to look for it, cause its always there. Thanks for all the help and support, you are amazing.

"Take pride in how far you've come.  

Have faith in how far you can go."

Leaving Kentucky!

I am leaving Kentucky!!!! I cannot believe it. I have been here 7 and a half months and I have had the time of my life!!! It has been so much fun and I have grown so much. I love the people here and I am going to miss it. I am excited for my new area and my new companion. I will find out tomorrow morning where I will be and who I will be with. I have loved serving with Elder Mower, I only got to be with him for 6 weeks but it was a blast. This week was super fun! Our mission president came up with a new idea called Cookies and Carrols. Along with the He is the Gift Initiative... our mission president wants us to go around with the members and go caroling to their neighbors and bring them cookies! So we went on Saturday with the Hymas family and we had the time of our lives, I loved every second of it. We were able to watch He is the Gift with one of the families and we just had a great time spreading Christmas cheer. Caroling is the greatest and people love it. I am not the best singer but I try, and I actually joined the ward choir last week! I am super excited to keep caroling wherever I go! Christmas time is the best. So we are still working with KC and Megan. KC is doing good, he had a loved one pass away this past week and we were able to help him overcome and help him have a hope for the future. He is such a good guy and I am going to miss him. Megan is doing good, she is reading in the Book of Mormon and she read 1 Nephi 8 and had some questions about the symbolism. We told her to keep reading and she did! She read 3 or 4 chapters that night and she wrote down what each thing symbolized. It was awesome. I am excited to hear about them and their progression. It has been a great time in Kentucky and I am really going to miss this place but I will go wherever the Lord needs me to go. Love you all and I hope you all remember the true meaning of Christmas, check out the video He is the Gift, it is a super powerful shot clip but it has strengthened my faith in Christ and I know it will do the same for you!!

Haylie Hymas right before we went caroling!

Bounteous blessing!

This week was AWESOME!!!! We had such a great week full of food and miracles! Thursday morning we played in the ward Turkey Bowl! I have been looking forward to the Turkey Bowl ever since I got here because we have an athletic ward. And it lived up to the hype! We had 2 games going on at once and it was the greatest! It was freezing cold but I still had the time of my life! We had a couple investigators show up as well and that was solid. Then after the football game we visited a couple members and they all fed us! I had so much turkey it was crazy! We had a lesson with George and his family at night and they fed us a whole Thanksgiving meal as well, it was so much food my comp couldn't hold it down at night and threw up back at the apartment hahaha, it was pretty funny. It was a great time to reflect on the bounteous blessings the Lord has provided in my life. I think about the simple things that bring true happiness. That is my family, the scriptures, prayer, church, and the relationships I have developed while serving out here in Kentucky. I am truly grateful for all these things, they have brought me peace and joy in life. So We are teaching a guy named KC that we were able to find through a recent convert. He is the coolest, I love him to death, he has had a rough life and has been down the wrong path but he is doing everything he can do to get back on the right path where God wants him to be. He came to church and liked it, he is meeting with us and he is keeping his commitments. I am super excited for him. We are still working with Malik... he is doing good, we are actually going to start teaching his mother soon, we are excited for that, we are getting the whole family involved! We are teaching George and his family. They are doing great! They told us that they will be reading in the Book of Mormon every night before they go to bed. That is one of the first thing they mentioned to Elder Mower and I before we got started with a lesson. So we are excited for them and their progression! So yes, life is good here in the Promised Land, our apartment is all decorated for Christmas, we got a tree, stockings, and even a candle that smells like the Christmas season! We are super excited. Yall should check out He is the Gift on Christmas.mormon.org. it is a super short clip but it really brings the spirit in our lives and reminds us of the true meaning of Christmas! I am excited for this coming week! Thanks for all your prayers and all your support!!!

Lynch Family

Hill Family

Bjarnson Family

Receiving Hyrums highlight video!

Turkey Bowl!