Hi family how are you all doing?
We had a great Christmas week. It was so wonderful being
able to talk to all of you last week. So after we got off of Skype we went
Christmas Caroling and Delivering Cookies to everyone. We made 600 homemade
cookies to deliver to everyone. We started visiting the Less Actives and
Widows in the Zone and still had 40 plates left over. So we decided
to go to the Hospital and go Caroling there. We brought a big stack of plates
in with us and asked the lady at the front desk if we could give them away and
sing Christmas songs. There was 5 of us in our group, 3 Elders and 2 Sisters.
We sang to a few people and it was amazing to see how much their spirits were
lifted. When we walked in they were dull, sad, or just depressed. Then while we
were singing to them, we could see their countenance brighten, and a happy
twinkle in their eyes, and their mood lifted, and receive the spirit of Jesus
Christ. Then we ran into a couple who told us they were less Active members of
the Church. We sang to them and gave them cookies. They then asked if we
could give the wife a blessing, she was in the Hospital for a Major Health
condition, and the Husband had been by her side the whole time. I asked her who
she would like to do the Blessing, she looks around the room, and asks her husband
if he will do the blessing. He was a little taken back by the wife picking him,
but after a moment of thought, he said yes he would. I felt like i received a
spiritual confirmation that the Husband needed to do the blessing for his wife.
So he asked us what to say and how to start the blessing, and so we explain
everything. He begins the Blessing by saying she will be healed and be able to
finally return home to the family. Then he breaks down into tears in the middle
of the blessing and is sobbing. He thanks Heavenly Father for sending us to
them in the Hospital, and Pleads for Heavenly Father to bless us and our
families. Then finished the Blessing. It was so powerful, the spirit was
so strong in the room. And i know he felt it. It was the most humble sincere,
and simple blessing i have ever heard, it was truly straight from the heart. No edicate words or perfect English, but it was simple and powerful.
We continued through the Hospital visiting like 20 or so
rooms, and caroling to all of them. We were there for about 2 hours, maybe 21/2
hours. The last room we visited was a lady who gave birth to a son only hours
before. The Baby was fast asleep on a crib next to the bed, and the Husband and
wife were talking to each other. We stepped in and asked if we could sing them
a Christmas Song. We sang "Oh come all ye Faithful," and "Away
in a Manger." It was so powerful just staring at the Baby, thinking about
Baby Jesus, and his birth in a manger. The Words of the Song sank deep into my
heart, and the Spirit touched all of us in the room. It was an experience i
will never forget.
I had a great week. Elder Christenson, my companion is
getting transferred to Mililani. And Elder Dzieman is going to Mililani as
well. I will be District Leader with a newer missionary that's coming from Maui.
So this week will be an exciting week for us, I'm gonna get my new companion on
Tuesday tomorrow.
I love you all thanks for everything!
Love Elder Durocher
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| Christmas Cookie giveaway and caroling
Elder
Hill and Sister Gold,
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