Sister Abby Gibbs Birmingham Alabama Mission: Happy New Year!!!!

IT WAS THE BEST NEW YEAR EVER!!!!!!

The Elders have been teaching a part member family for a while now and he wanted to be baptized on New Year's Eve so he did! He came out of the water at 11:55. Wow what a great start to a New Year eh? We have a new Elder from Canada here and his "eh's" must be rubbing off on me. Anyways, It was so cool. The best part was to see the whole family together and knowing that they all were on the right track. It's too fun to see a Dad get baptized:)

Yes, we got permission to go from President. Wow I haven't stayed up that late in forever! We were so tired. All missionaries had to be in by 6:00 that night so Sister Bradford and I played a card game and as our eyes were closing we decided to take a nap before the baptism. We jumped in our beds and laughed for 10 minutes screaming,

"Who are we! We are so old! Wow we've definitely changed on the mission! We can't even stay up till mid-night!" So funny.

The nap was definitely worth it because the next day was rough but we did it.

Here's another funny from Saturday. As Sister Bradford and I are praying in the car before we went to contact a referral, I see someone waving at us by my window. (Yes I have struggles closing my eyes while praying) I screamed and jumped out of the car to find a 14 year old boy named Tanner. He's a member of a couple of years and the best missionary in the world. He tracts his neighborhood and hands out all of the media. What a rock star. Anyways, I didn't know who he was and he said,

"Wow sisters, you would have thought that this was the Oxford approach instead of the Saratov approach up in here!"

He went tracting with us and kept us laughing the whole time. Wahoo! He was actually baptized in Gadsden so we talked about the members there too. He hasn't been going to church but now he will soon:)

Sister Bradford and I are doing great. Oh my goodness I love being a missionary.:D I'm so very grateful for the opportunity and for the many people who contributed to it. Heavenly Father is so good to us. Here's to another year striving to be Forever Steadfast in Christ! :)

Love y'all! Happy New Year!

Striving to be Steadfast Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Love, Sister Gibbs and Sister Bradford