the OUTSIDE WORLD!!!

 we got out of quarantine on friday and what an amazing reminder of how much i love the sun and fresh air and seeing people face to face even from 6 feet apart and with masks!! there were so many miracles while we were inside, but i would be lying if i said i didn't prefer the option of going outside :)

this sunday we were able to see our friend Mary again!!! we were able to print out the very first chapter of the Book of Mormon for her in larger print so that she could read it and wouldn't have to try and figure out her phone, and wow i'm so grateful for printers!! technology is also amazing but sometimes holding paper in your hands is nice, especially for the older generation ;) we were able to testify to her about the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon and invited her to read the introduction on her own, even if she doesn't understand all of it, and she said that she would!! oh so amazing!!!!!! also little miracle we had a member, Sister Chambers, call Mary last week and just talk about life and how much the gospel has helped her with the hard times in her life recently and Oh so incredible!!! friendship is so important and Christ is the perfect example of being a friend to everyone!!!!

just wanted to share a quick thing i learned from doing President Nelson's #givethanks challenge (our church's leader asked us to do 7 days of expressing gratitude on social media and see how we felt after) and one of the biggest things i learned is that there are so many things to be grateful for, but that doesn't discount the pain that we feel. Jesus Christ was the perfect example of expressing gratitude in prayer to His Father often, but the scriptures also have multiple accounts of Jesus weeping and feeling emotions that aren't necessarily happy. and because Jesus Christ has felt all these things He can help us to FIND the things to be grateful for even in the MIDDLE of hard or sad times!!!!! so incredible!!! if you feel like He hasn't helped you or you don't know how to personally feel this love and support from Christ, please send me an email and i would love to help you out :)

i love you all so so much and hope you have a wonderful week and start LIGHTING THE WORLD!! i'll attach a picture with ideas of little things you can do every day of december to focus on gratitude and others and living as Christ did!! hope yall have a great time and see the tender mercies like a tank full of gas and ugly christmas sweaters from the little boys section of walmart and pretty sunsets!!!! i love you but God loves you even more!!!!

<3 sis mill

Ps almost forgot-- I do a facetime with a sweet family in brazil and a member they know there every Sunday and this week the member couldn't come so it was just me and this husband and wife that speak very little english and we were able to talk for a whole hour with only the occasional google translate!! Lots of repeating but we made it through and I understood most of it!!! Persistance pays off guys!!!!!!