Merry Christmas!

Hello! Merry Christmas! 

Sister Clark and I are back in action!! 

Miracles! So we've been teaching Joselyn and her mother in law Melinda since I got here to Kabankalan 4 months ago. But NOW! We're teaching the whole family!! Bobby and Joselyn have 12 children and this week. THE WHOLE FAMILY accepted the invitaion to follow the example of Jesus Christ through baptism! Yippee!!!!! Please pray that they'll come to church. We need them! They're so strong in the faith! 

Also we're still teaching Daisy Joy and she still reads the Book of Mormon all the time!! Oh my heart can hold the joy. She said she's reading it backwards because she loves Moroni. She's the best. 

We also had Zone Conference this week! I love the chance to be spiritually uplifted and inspired. As a mission we're really focusing on having quality convert baptisms! Which is really wonderful because there's a really big problem with recent converts falling away because they don't have the support and testimony we need. We need healers! 

We also went caroling with our ward this week! It was fun to bring the spirit of Christmas to some families. 

My testimony of the Book of Mormon is growing still everyday. We got to teach Vanessa and Junie about the Book of Mormon this week. They already believe in the Restoration and that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. The spirit was so strong when we testified of the Book of Mormon. I shared the story of Alma the Younger and told them how the Book of Mormon testifies of the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and that we are never lost to him. At the end of the lesson Vanessa prayed and she asked God that we would keep coming back because their lives have already changed and become more peaceful even from the first lesson. It was so humbling. I'm so grateful to be an instrument in the hands of the Lord. My greatest desire everyday is just to have the companionship of the Holy Ghost so I can teach these precious souls in the Savior's way and in His name. 

I know this is the only Restored Church of Jesus Christ here on the earth and it is true! Jesus is the reason for the season! If there was no Christmas there would be no Atonement and no Easter. We can show our gratitude for the Savior and his birth through lifting the hands that fall down and repenting daily. Inviting ourselves and others to come unto Christ. It's such a joy and a blessing to be involved in His work. And we need to do it in His way.

I love you all. MERRY CHRISTMAS 

Sister Zollinger