Merry Christmas!!

Hello family and friends!

This week was CRAZY. But I loved it :) I feel like we went everywhere

and did everything this week and talked to so many people!

We are working hard to get the Fifita family ready for baptism. Right

now, I think it will just be the mom, the 16 year old daughter Fusi,

and the 10 year old boy JJ, that will be getting baptized on 1 JAN

2016. Only Fusi and JJ were able to make it to church yesterday, but

they loved it! Fusi is the one that really wants this. She can feel a

difference with this church compared to others. It's an incredible

experience teaching her and her family! They are like sponges! They

just absorb everything we teach! We love the Fifita family!

The missionary Christmas devotional we had Thursday morning was so

good! So there were six different zones there(San Rafael north and

south, Santa Rosa north and south, Napa, and lake county)! It was so

fun seeing missionaries that I use to serve around! We started out in

the church cultural hall and we talked and ate breakfast all together.

I couldn't eat much because I was so nervous to sing! Then each zone

did their lip sync skit! It was so funny watching everyone get up and

get so into it! We were laughing hard all morning! Then we moved into

the chapel for the devotional part. Sister Wright spoke to us, we had

musical numbers, and we watched videos! Elder Bertola and I were the

closing musical number so we had to be nervous the entire time haha

but it turned out pretty well! President Wright spoke last and man oh

man, I love president wright! He spoke about finding true joy and it

was amazing! He also quoted me in his talk :) I felt special haha but

it was an awesome talk!

Well I am so excited for Christmas! It's been raining non stop here

for the past couple of days! ITS SO WET! There's lots of Christmas

lights up and we are listening to and singing Christmas music to help

us get ready for Christmas! We have a lot of appointments this week

because everyone wants to make sure we are taken care of during the

holidays! I love this Ward so much!

I hope each of you has a very Merry Christmas as we remember the birth

of our Savior! I want to challenge each of you to say a prayer before

you open your presents on Christmas morning(individually or as a

family). In your prayer, let Heavenly Father know how grateful you are

for the gift that He gave each of us, His only Begotten Son. As you do

this, the true spirit of Christmas will fill your heart as you enjoy

the wonderful day! I love you all and I wish you the best now and

always! Merry Christmas!

Love always, Sister Thompson 🌻

Picture with a giant poinsettia

Elder Solo and I! He's the elder that flew on the plane with us to

California and he's from Samoa! Love that guy!

Hermana Titensor and I at the Christmas devotional

Elder Butterfield and I reunited at the devotional! I served around

him for the first 7 1/2 months of my mission!

The sunrise from our apartment the other morning :)