Christmas In Kampong Cham

We started and ended our day today Hangingout, Skyping and Facetiming with family. Christmas is about families, the little family in Bethlehem, Our Heavenly Father's eternal family and our earthly families. Even though we were not with our own family this year, we felt the joy of families on this special mission Christmas.

When we were asked to go to Kampong Cham and be with the missionaries, we had no idea what a special Christmas that it would be. We spent this evening with five beautiful Sisters and eight wonderful Elders. The mission home Elders had put together the 2015 Mission Slideshow that had the missionaries laughing and enjoying the pictures of their fellow missionaries. Then we had a wonderful meal of turkey, dressing, rice, gravy, fruit salad, bread and drinks. We even had a little left over that we sent home with the missionaries.

The highlight of the evening was the First Presidency Devotional and a short testimony meeting. We started it off and all of the missionaries were short and to the point, we asked them to only take two minutes each because they needed to get home. What a wonderful way to end a Christmas Day with testimonies of young missionaries that are serving with all of their hearts. This is a once in a life time opportunity, even if we are asked to come back to Kompnng Cham next year, it will be a different group of missionaries.

We are so blessed to be in the service of Our Savior Jesus Christ, to know that He lives and loves us and still cares for us. The work that we are about is essential and these young missionaries are such a testimony that it is true. They put their own lives on hold for eighteen to twenty-four months and come to a foreign land and preach the gospel to a non-Christian people, but the work continues to go forward. We want to add our testimony, the child that we celebrate at Christmas died that all of us may live again.