Dear family,
It has been a wonderful week with Christmas! We had a wonderful Christmas. I guess I didn't really tell you what I did on Christmas when I called, and if I did I'll tell you again. They moved p-day to Christmas so it was just a really relaxing day full of food. We went to one of our ward mission leaders home in the morning. They fed us breakfast. Then we went to the Dilles and called and they fed us lunch. Then we went to another members home for dinner. After that we went to the church and watched a movie with our zone. It has been a great Christmas season. I thought that this past week it would be really hard to catch people at home because everyone would be busy. It turns out we have been able to talk to more less actives, members, part member families, and investigators than usual. We were able to talk to some people that we have been trying to contact for a couple weeks. December is an awesome month to be a missionary!
One of our investigators has been sick for almost two weeks now, but she has been feeling better the past couple days and made it to church yesterday. She is doing very well and is on date to be baptized on the 11th. All of our investigators are doing really well and progressing in the gospel. We also have a couple really great potential investigators. There are some people that have asked us to come back after the holidays when they are not busy, so we are really excited for this next week when we can talk to them.
It is amazing to see how we are guided and put in the right place at the right time. Sometimes we don't always notice the perfect timing. This week we stopped by our ward mission leader's home just when a recent convert, who we have been trying to contact, also came over. We passed by a less active member's home just as he was taking his trash in from the street. We stopped to check our mail and ran into another less active member also checking her mail. There are so many more experiences I could also tell you.
I have also been thinking about when you asked me what we do all day, and I think I forgot to mention one major thing we always try to do. If we don't have investigators, less actives, or recent converts to teach, we teach members. This not only helps us improve our teaching, but we hope to inspire the members to do missionary work. As they bear their testimonies about the gospel it builds their desire to share it. The best way we can find people to teach is through the members. We were talking to one of the counsellors in the stake presidency and I realized something about our area. I realized that in our one square mile area we have three wards and several hundred active members. I guess I already knew that, but I didn't realize how many members we have to work with compared to other areas in the world. Our wards are doing great at fellowshipping our investigators and opening their homes for lessons.
I have some exciting news that we found out this week. Elder Holland is coming to speak to the Mesa, Scottsdale, and Gilbert missions on the 11th! I'm so excited to hear him speak! It's also getting closer and closer to the open house! I'm sure I have already said this before, but it is an exciting time here in Gilbert!
Thank you so much for all your love and prayers! I love you all so much!
Love,
Elder Joshua Gandy
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