A Holly Jolly Christmas

Greetings everyone! I hope y'all had a wonderful Christmas! I know I did!

One of the highlights of this week is that on Monday during dinner,

the family we were eating with let us know that their son was moving

back in with them and that his wife, who had been taking the lessons

back where they were living previously, wanted to be baptized so we

will have the opportunity of teaching her to baptism! Which I am SUPER

excited for!

Much of the rest of the week was spent continuing the effort of

contacting all of our referrals and potential investigators. An

endeavor that was met with mixed results. We have been able to drop

off and place quite a few copies of the Book of Mormon; however, the

problem is being able to meet with these people after that. It's a

work in progress that, with Heavenly Father's guidance, will hopefully

lead to a lot of happiness and blessings for those who have the

opportunity of receiving the Gospel!

On Saturday, we had our mission Christmas Party. During which, Sister

Johnson did a Christmas program with musical performances by several

missionaries, one of whom was yours truly! I sang the same version of

O Holy Night that I did at the Elder Clark Tour a few weeks back, only

it went much smoother this time as I wasn't sick! Which is always

good! I am so very grateful for the wonderful gift that my Heavenly

Father has given to me!

Sunday was, of course, Christmas! The morning was spent at the Hales

opening presents and having breakfast! Which was tons of fun! After

that, we had our Sacrament meeting, during which I got to sing a solo!

I sang the first three verses of "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"

then sang the last few verses with the congregation. That also went

super well! Following that, I got to skype home, which was fantastic!

Then we had dinner with the Hatch family. Which pretty much sums up

this week.

I love you all! Have a phenomenal week and a happy New Year!

Sincerely,

Elder Sam Williams

Washington DC North Mission

11700 Falls Road

Potomac, MD, 20854

1-3. Cobb Island (very southern tip of my area) pictures!

4. Everyone in my arrival group together for our last picture (the

sisters all go home this upcoming transfer)

5. Elder Hunt and I with the Hales on Christmas morning (with

photobomb by Gus, their dog)

6. I don't really have words to describe this one. Sister Hale's face

sums it all up pretty well though.

Elder Williams singing "Oh Holy Night" at the Mission Christmas party.