12.30.13

Hello Everyone! 

Well I had written a blog post for Christmas and all but never had a chance to send it. My companion and I received probably the greatest Christmas present we could have ever asked for, a new investigator!! We were out working and the wind was terrible, nobody wanted to listen. We were walking on our way home and I asked my comp if we could stop and contact this one last street before we went home. We contacted two houses and they rejected us so we decided to cross the street. A man came out and started talking to us and at first did not really want to listen but invited us in and we got to talk. Turns out his parents were members in a town about 6 hours away but he never joined the church or listened to the missionaries before. We taught about the Restoration and invited him to read and pray about the book of mormon. Then the moment of truth came. We invited him to be baptized in January if he found the things which we had taught to be true to which he said YES!! I know it was an answer to our daily prayers that we were able to be placed in the path of this man to share with him a message that is of the utmost importance. 

As we start the new year, I hope that everyone will look forward to the new year as an opportunity to improve ourselves. The goals to lose weight or to get into shape are great goals but I believe there are even better. We should look to develop in ourselves more Christlike attributes in the coming year. Christ is the greatest example that we have been given in this life to follow. In His mortal ministry, He enveloped all the characteristics of a perfect person, being that He is the only perfect person to ever live on this earth. Let us look for opportunities to help and serve other people around us. If we are members of the Church and have the knowledge of the Gospel, I hope that we will all share the Gospel with those around us. One of my favorite quotes as a missionary is "Preach the Gospel at all times, and if necessary, use words". We can all prech the Gospel every day without ever even saying a word. I pray that everyone has a great holiday and rings in the new year safely. 

Love,
Elder Jeppson