...And a Happy New Year

This week was awesome!! It went by way too fast and was full of food and parties. But, the highlight was the 3 baptisms that we had. 3 of the grand-daughters of our recent convert were baptized. She was probably more excited than all 3 of them. There was also another kid baptized from the group that is under our branch. And an 8 year old kid whose family are members. So, it was an awesome service. Super cool to be a part of. 

We also went around for Christmas and handed out little bouncy balls to all of the kids. It was probably one of my favorite things that we did this whole week. It really is so cool how even the littlest things mean the world to people who have so little. People out here are all so happy and it has little to do with the material things that they have. 

This week, we spent a lot of time talking about making new year's resolutions. The new year is a good time to take a look at our lives and make sure that we are heading in the direction that we want to be. If we aren't, then it is a good time to change. 2020 will definitely bring some awesome changes. 

One that I am really excited for is the Come Follow Me topic. It will be so fun to really focus even more on the Book of Mormon for a whole year. And the new Book of Mormon videos are awesome. We have used them a ton as we share with members and investigators. It has given lots of them a new desire to really read from the Book of Mormon.

I hope that you all have an awesome New Year and find a way to be just a little bit better. 

Love Elder Thomas

-Baptism of LJ, MM, and Mariel

-my shoes have done well until now and a little tape might let them last just a little bit longer :)