Paul and Kay Lynn Mission

Twas the Week before Christmas and all through the Mission, Missionaries continued to teach the First Vision, the Doctrine of Christ and faith, REPENTANCE, and baptism.  The Trail Center and Tabernacle were a buzz as people came in to see Gingerbread displays and good entertainment, and Missionaries giving "a glimpse of heaven" and Pioneer travel. Last Saturday was exciting with over 1500 people visiting the Trail Center. Senior Missionaries were giving tours and even Sister White and Elder White gave 11 tours each!!  We were exhausted. It was fun 6 hour shift. Sunday our Sacrament Meeting was special. We have such talent in our ward. The spirit was so strong. Even the Karen Group participated in singing Silent Night in the Karen Language. This week a glimpse of Christmas in early Church History First Recorded Christmas in Church History December 20, 2018. Nauvoo News There are few details about the Christmas in the early days of the Church. Christmas in early Church was n...

Christmastime at Winter Quarters is exciting.  This has been a busy week with Zone Conference, Gingerbread, and many Sister Missionaries leaving the Trail Center for home, but a thought about Christmas shared at our Trail Center Training on Saturday morning we thought you would enjoy. Christmas is many things to many people — from the eager, materialistic grasping of a child for a present to the deep spiritual thankfulness of the mature heart for the gift of a Savior.  If there is one common denominator, perhaps it is this:  Christmas is love.  Christmas is the time when the bonds of family love transcend distance and inconvenience.  It is a time when love of neighbor rises above petty day-to-day irritations, and doors swing open to give and receive expressions of appreciation and affection. If to our Christmas gift list is added the gift of service — not only to friends and family, but also to those who badly need help — then our giving can be c...

December 3rd - 9th We love Winter Quarters. The weather has moderated and it's beginning to look like Christmas all over the area with Outside Christmas displays on homes and businesses.  We have our apartment decorated and the hallways of Woodbridge Apt are also decorated. We had an great Sacrament meeting this Week. All the talks and prayers were given in the Karen Language.  The spirit was strong and was very enjoyable to listen to testimonies of two recent converts. We have some more gingerbread pictures.  It is really busy here this time of year and so fun! I have another Pioneer Christmas Story The Case of the Missing Molasses Orderville, Utah—One December evening some of the sisters of Orderville met to plan a Christmas treat for the children. The Order had no luxuries and the necessities were strictly rationed. About the only sweets the people had was molasses, so, the sisters decided to make molasses candy and cookies for the youngsters. But on Chr...

November 26th - December 2nd A winter week at Winter Quarters. Snow has arrived and all the ground is covered in white. It has been interesting getting around and navigating roads. We had a wonderful Baptism of a blind Karen woman who’s name is Myi Kyi.  She became a member of the Church on Friday November 30th. Sister White gave the talk on Baptism. It was a wonderful experience to see how the Lord works through others to bring about change. Her friend Naw Htoo was baptised a few weeks ago and Myi Kyi could tell how happy she was, and wanted the same feeling. Naw Htoo is the Karen person who gave Sister White and I Karen Names, Pe Wa (Sister White) and Pu Wa (Elder White) they mean Grandma White and Grandpa White. Saturday our ward celebrated what they called a “White Christmas”. We were to each find an family name and do the work for them. and meet in a temple session, thus creating a new ward on the other side of the veil. It was great!  In the evening we took N...