Light the World

It doesn't seem possible but we are entering into the last month of our mission. So many things to do and not much time. We enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving meal with our good friends, the Meirelles family in the Lowell First Ward. What a treat to be with this good family and the family of their son's girlfriend. We have met so many great people here in our New England journey. We continue to work as before with the Spanish group. Our hearts will always have a place for these people and their goodness. We continue to teach temple preparation classes. One of the students will journey to the Boston Temple on December 22nd to make his sacred covenants there and we will accompany him. We are teaching others as well right now. We teach the lessons to a sister in the Spanish group in Spanish. We teach another family who are from Laos. Another sister who is from Cambodia, and another brother in the English ward. So, that appears to be our focus until we leave. It is our own way of "lighting the world" at this time of year.

The ward had a baptism on December 2, 2023. The Phok-Vong family had three of their members get baptized. The mother Lisa, is already a member. Their children Penelope and Logan and their father Sam were baptized. Oakley is six years old and will be baptized when he is eight years old. The meeting room was packed with extended family. It is great day when you see a family united like this.

Front row, Oakley, and his mom Lisa. Back row left to right, Elder Sabin, Penelope, Logan, Sam (dad), Elder Rees, and Elder Lowe.

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We had Zone Conference on November 28, 2023 in Nashua New Hampshire. We enjoy meeting with all the missionaries and being taught by our mission leaders. We get to see some of the missionaries who have served with us in Lowell, MA and renew our friendships. Zone conferences are the best!

In Sturbridge Massachusetts their is a living history type of venue called Old Sturbridge Village. We've been there before to see a revolutionary war reenactment last year. At Christmas time the village is decorated to reflect life in the early 1800s during the holiday season. We were able to go last week and enjoyed seeing the displays and people dressed in period clothing. Here are some pictures that we took.

Still no snow here in Lowell, MA. Surely it is coming. It has been sunny but cold and a little bit of rain the past few days. Up north there has been over a foot of snow in some locations. We will see if we can avoid it until leave here.