Hello everyone, so this week has been pretty crazy, very busy, and very rewarding. Arabic has been coming along a lot better, I can see myself improving a lot more, I'm now praying in Arabic and things are starting to come easier, I'm able to following along in the lessons a lot better, too, which is good. It's really cool how the Lord helps me, I've tried to learn Arabic in the past, and it's so much easier with the old gift of tongues on your side. So we got a referral for this family, and we have been teaching them this week, they're really cool, the Mothers name is Ibtihal, and they're from Iraq. They're Muslim, which makes teaching them interesting because we have to jump through some hoops to make sure we can actually teach them, but they're awesome, and came to church on Sunday! Elder Hawkes translates the meeting into Arabic when we have people who don't speak much English come, so that was fun to be up there with him. The new Light the World video came out, and it is awesome, everyone go and see it, and if you've already seen it, go and share it, because we want to spread the Light of Christ with everyone. We were teaching another Family, they're from Syria, and the Father was talking about how he wanted his kids to have Christmas again. He's muslim, but he said before the war, and the government oppressions, his whole apartment complex would celebrate Christmas in Syria together. But after the government crackdowns and the war, they were forced to stop, and now that he's in America, he wants his kids be able to experience that. They are so cute, his two little kids, the oldest is maybe six, but they were so happy to be able to celebrate Christmas. We are so blessed to live in this country, but also to know of Christ, and of His Gospel. The initiative is all about sharing the light, and not in the normal ways, but by simple acts of service, and then by sharing them. I love this years initiative, so it you haven't seen it yet, go to mormon.org and go see it, because its great. Have a good week everyone
Elder Rosenbalm
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