Keeping our Eyes Single to the Glory of GOD!

Hey Fam!

It was so good to see everyone on Christmas! It was nice to see that home is still home and it will be there when I get back. It was really good for me to talk to everyone. Nat, the necklace works! I've been wearing it the rest of the week thanks so much! Steph, I wear the scarf everywhere too! It's all to fun. Alyssa, we have yet to eat the Ice cream. Thanks everyone for the love and support. I love you guys!

Not gonna lie my mind has started to slip into the bad habit again of finding the negative instead of the positive, but Heavenly Father showed his love to me again this week.  I read in pmg it says that no effort is wasted and that Disciples of Jesus Christ don't fall into discouragement. Yes it happened, but that doesn't mean there's not more people waiting to be baptized and waiting for my testimony. God is good.

Yesterday we biked in the cold, but not Utah cold and found a ton of people to teach.  We decided to fast and so many blessing poured on us. My love for the work increased and Sister Layton and I felt good! The Gospel makes us feel good when we follow the promptings to talk to someone and show sincere concern, we don't have that guilt of what might have been! That's for everyone in this world not just full time missionaries, our sorrow in life from not following these promptings builds until we feel a weight that we've forgotten where it came from. Follow the promptings to visit one of your friends or offer sincere help to a family member or a stranger and the sorrow of life will disappear. We have to push Satan out of our heads who tells us to think of only ourselves. I know this Gospel brings happiness my friends :) I love you! 

Steadfast in Christ.

Love,

Sister Gibbs

Sis. Layton and Sis. Gibbs

Christmas Devotional and Talent Show

 

Special song from the Missionary Christmas Devotionals, lyrics written by Sister Hanks

A special moment captured at each of the devotionals: Missionaries singing a song Sister Hanks wrote upon the birth of the Hanks' first child.  

May you all have a beautiful and Christ filled Christmas!

One Little Angel

(Liz Hanks, for Emily 1985)

One little angel, polishing the stars

Up in the heavens, working very hard
This little angel has a very special job
She will polish all the stars for God

All heaven waited for a special birth

Our Brother Jesus was coming here to earth
Each angel hoped to send a gift – it must be from the heart
Of this the little angel wished a part

All day she polished a great enormous star

Light from one of this size is sure to travel far
She held it over Bethlehem for all the world to see
This is where the new Christ child will be

Shining over Bethlehem for all the world to see

This, dear Jesus, is your gift from me