* Grandma and Grandpa Vogt along with Aunt Heidy and Uncle Tony came to celebrate Thanksgiving with us!!
* Dad's cousins also stopped for a night
* Jill Erickson and her kids stayed for a night on their way back to Minot
* Went to see the movie, Moana - was really cute!
* Attended our Ward Christmas Party. Mom was the photographer at the Photo Booth station
* Fed the Missionaries
* Decorated for Christmas
* Ben stayed several nights with August at his apartment
* Decorated Gingerbread Houses
Seth Spotlight...
* Last week with Elder Lopez before he heads home to Honduras
* Had 4 more Baptisms
* Helped put on a Wedding
* Have 11 people on date for Baptism
* Had Hurricane Otto hit Nicaragua and also a 7.0 Earthquake (all on the same day!) but neither had much of an impact. The Mission President had instructed them to all get a weeks worth of food and prepare to stay indoors. Seth said that he bought a bunch of cereal (a sort of Chocolate Corn Flake type) 3 bags of milk and some juice.
* Went on exchanges with Elder Menezes
* Celebrated 1 month in the country (on Nov. 24th)
Spiritually Speaking...
The Church has come out with their Christmas Message: "Light The World! 25 Ways in 25 Days"
It encourages everyone in the world to be a LIGHT and serve one another each day in December leading up to Christmas. We watched the video together and have made a conscious effort to be a light in the world and serve others. We even called up our elderly neighbors to see what we could do to help them out :) Here is the short video that we watched... it has been a great start to the Christmas Season! May we ALL be a LIGHT to the WORLD
And dad wanted to include some of his thought from today:
I write this today on this sabbath day, from my sick bed. Benjamin and I are fighting a flu and stayed home. I decided to make the time as spiritual as possible and watched Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration. The spirit witnessed unto me the truthfulness of this restoration and gospel. I shed tears as Brother Joseph and Brother Hyrum were murdered by the mob. I am saddened and thankful that they sealed their testimonies in blood.
I just wanted to share my testimony that I know that this is our Father's true church and that Joseph Smith was a true prophet, called of God, and that he did restore the fullness of the gospel.
I am so thankful that Seth is out sharing this glad message with our brothers and sisters in Nicaragua. How blessed they are to have him laboring there. The Lord's work here upon the earth is so important.
In the name of Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior - Amen.
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