Hey everyone!! How's it going?? Things here in Enumclaw are great!
We had both of our ward Christmas parties and they were so much fun! In 3rd ward
we did a morning activity where we wrote letters to missionaries and wounded
soldiers and did a food drive and blanket drive for the food banks and shelters
in the area. One of the families in that ward goes every year to Seattle to the
areas where there are a lot of homeless people and they give them blankets and a
lunch. This year they collected things for 75 bags. They had a great time and
their testimonies were strengthened! In 2nd ward we had dinner and a show! The
youth put on a play about the true meaning of Christmas. It was actually a
re-enactment of a Mormon Message that I will attach to this email! It was a
great evening to get to know people and re-learn the true meaning of Christmas!
We got a referral this week from someone in the jail here in Enumclaw. We
had no idea who we were going to see, we just got a request for a Book of
Mormon. We went to the jail, asked for the officer that contacted us and learned
that the Book of Mormon was for an inmate. We asked if he wanted to talk with us
and he said yes. We were able to meet with this man who has been a member for
about a year and a half. It was just one of those times when you knew that his
past life had just found him again. I could just tell that he so badly wanted to
go back to church and get out of that place. It was a weird, but good
experience.
On a funny note, a goat spit at me this week. I didn't even know goats
spit. I knew llamas did, but goats? We were feeding for a member this week while
she was out of town and I always love playing with the goat. It's the
friendliest goat. Until this week. I walked into the goats area with her hay and
the goat just kept head-butting me. I pushed her away and she ran in-between my
legs and jumped up. I thought I was going to fall over but luckily caught
myself. Then Rennie (the goat) starting hitting her head on the gate like she
normally does when she wants to be pet. So I started scratching her head and she
spit at me!!! I think she has lost her mind. The whole time this is happening,
Sister Collins is just standing there laughing at me! It was the weirdest thing
of my life. I got abused by a goat.
Anyway, this week I just want you all to know how much I love this gospel.
I know that it is the only way back to our Heavenly Father! There is an urgency
in this! We cannot procrastinate the day of our repentance! We do not know when
Christ will come again. But we can be prepared now! We do not want to be like
the virgins whose lamps were empty. We want to be the ones that filled their
lamps each and every day by praying, reading their scriptures, and serving God.
I invite you all this week to do something each day to fill your lamps! If you
do so, you will be prepared! I love you all and pray for you each day!!!
Love,
Sister Keele
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