After dinner we went to our apartment and we had a little exchange meeting and then I went with Sister Lundahl to Damariscotta and Sister Huefner stayed here with Sister Hoffman! I was a little worried when the member that was driving told me I should probably pack extra just in case because there was MORE snow on the way.... lovely. So I packed extra and we headed to Damariscotta! We had a really good day on Tuesday! The 12 days of Christmas challenge was to contact 5 former investigators! So first we went and saw two of their investigators and had a good lesson with them! It went really well and I was able to have a cool experience listening to the spirit! We were talking and answering some of their questions and a scripture just popped into my head! So I opened up to it and it went perfect! I am so grateful for the spirit! You can definitely tell a difference when the spirit is there or not. I am so grateful for the promptings that I receive and for the good that comes when we act on our promptings! I know that the spirit really does bring all things to our remembrance and as I study each day I am able to come to know the scriptures more and that's how I was able to think of that perfect scripture at the right time! so wonderful :) We were able to contact lots more than 5 of their former investigators and even gained some potential investigators by doing that! Our district still has a perfect score for the 12 days of Christmas and just two days left! umm yeah... we're gonna win :)
So we went to bed that night watching all the snow fall and thinking that I would probably be staying another night! When we got up there was a little over a foot of snow! :O I think we're all set now. we don't need anymore!!! But... now it's really true.."the field is WHITE already to harvest..." ;) haha :) So we got ready and did our regular studies and then went out to shovel ourselves out! They postponed district meeting for a little later in the day so that we could make it safely... By 11:30 we got it cleared out and were able to drive to Topsham for district meeting! I was a little disappointed that we had exchanges on Tuesday because we had plans to see Meredith!!! and it was the last time before she goes home for Christmas!! But it's okay... Sister Hoffman and Huefner got to see her and said the lesson went really well! They answered more of her questions and she wants to keep reading! :) They also taught Jessica...who is a new investigator!! We met her street contacting the other night when we were giving out the two bibles! We talked to her and she said she had the missionaries when she was growing up! They were able to stop by and teach her about the restoration and she wants to learn more!! :D Then they also taught John who we met at the soup kitchen a couple of weeks ago! So I came home to two new investigators!! that was pretty great!! :)
Thursday we had kinda a slow day...we just tried to see some potential investigators... did some tracting...and that was about it! Friday was another slowish day because the challenge was a car fast... So of course the car fast happens on the day that we're supposed to have the car.. haha oh well... so we were walking all day...did some tracting! made rice krispy treats and went caroling to some member's houses :) It was fun! :)
Saturday was a really good day! We got 2 more new investigators!!! We stopped by a potential investigator Shawn that we had tracted into about a month ago. A few weeks ago we stopped by again and he wasn't home but his sister was. So Saturday we stopped by and they were both home!! Shawn is in college and Megan is in high school. He doesn't have a faith in God at all but Megan has a really strong faith in God and has her own beliefs but has been to our church before with some of her friends in the ward! So she actually helped us to answer some of Shawn's questions! It was awesome!! We had a really good lesson with them and we are going back after the holidays!
Sunday we had an ice storm and were worried that church would be canceled but they still had sacrament meeting!!! I'm so glad!! It was so good :) the other meetings were canceled and after church we weren't allowed to drive because it was so icy out! But we had lunch with some members and then around 4 we had to stay in our apartment! We had some time to study I found so many good things!!! ahhh!! i'm running out of time!!!! i have so much more to tell you all!! ahhh!!! well!! i'll have to tell you later!! But John 3:16 is one scripture I've been thinking about! Especially at this Christmas season! God the Father gave His son, and Jesus Christ gave us the Atonement, the greatest of all gifts and all giving. Remember the reason for the season!!! I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!! I love you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Sister Tait
uhh yeah... that's our car under all that! i thought i was gonna be stuck in Damariscotta! This happened on exchanges so we almost missed district meeting! but they postponed it and we made it! So it all worked out! just took some time to shovel ourselves out! 
here's sister lundahl and I! shovelin! :D
oh and here's a random pic of sister hoffman and I today! :)
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