Happy December!

Hello sweet family and friends!

This week I've learned a lot about grace. It is something you cannot fully understand until experiencing it for yourself. It is by grace that we are saved after all we can do (2 Nephi 25:23). If we want to experience Christ's grace, the atonement, miracles, we have to push ourselves beyond our own capacity. That is the only way. That is when those miracles come. This week there were a few days where my strength was completely depleted, and I knew it would be impossible for me to press forward on my own. I plead for grace, and was carried to be able to do things I did not have the strength to do. I know that it is in the realm of grace that we can make a difference, because it is not us making the difference. The way to do that is to push beyond our own capacities.

Super happy thing I love: seeing Dane bless the sacrament every week. He is growing so much! His prayers and comments have become so much more sincere and focused. He's doing well in his calling and continues to come to church activities and all 3 hours of the block. He came up to me after church yesterday and said, "Today I felt the spirit twice!" Haha. So sweet.

Thanksgiving was great! I loved having a whole day to focus purely on thanking God for everything He has given us. Such a good holiday. We have so much to be grateful for! I love gratitude. It helps me so much to conquer things. That day we anticipated that nobody would really want to talk to us, and most investigators wouldn't want to meet. So we prepared brief Thanksgiving messages that could lead into the Restoration. We were so excited. People weren't as receptive as we would have hoped, but we feel like we did our part. And the Lord blessed us with miracles for it. We were able to meet with Carl that day and it was a miracle that we were able to get a member last minute to come teach him at the church with us. Another miracle was when we had Thanksgiving dinner with some members. Their less active son and non-member daughter in law came from Louisiana. They were smart and seated us right next to them. It was way natural and the perfect situation and we got to talk to her about her religious background and our message for most of the dinner conversation. We were able to give her 2 pamphlets and she said she's thinking about contacting the missionaries back in Louisiana! Then the dinner message went so well. It was perfect. The family was super grateful.

Time just ran out! I love you!

Hna. Cannon