9/24/09

From: Corrine Christison
Subject: mass email
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 11:49 AM
HERMANAS Y HERMANOS!!!!

so as missionaries, we aren't allowed, well, its just not as fun to celebrate the regular holidays like the fourth of july and labor day, etc.... its just a normal day for us, expect more people are home to talk to. SOOOOOO which holidays do we get excited about? CHURCH HOLIDAYS!
YAY! im sure you can see the excitement about that :) so monday and tuesday of this week was a very special holiday- it was 186 YEARS AGO, on SEPT 21 and 22, that joseph smith first learned about the book of mormon! please, hold the applause.... we had a big missionary meeting that day, some of you may know it as zone conferece, but it was soooo neat to celebrate this AMAZING MIRACLE right there on the HILL CUMORAH - where the gold plates were hidden! our mission president gave us time to walk up the hill, with our copies of the book of mormon and just ponder, think, contemplate about this amazing incident that happened, like i said, just 186 years ago!

needless to say, my thoughts were turned to the book of mormon- another testament of jesus christ. i onced asked a lady on the street, "if there was another book, besides the bible, about jesus christ- would you want to read it? learn more about him?" she said: "sure, do you have one?" ... so i gave her a book of mormon. that is truly what it is- another book for us to read, get the "good word of god" as some people put it, and feel closer than ever to god and our savior jesus christ.

okay, now you can applaud and maybe take a moment this week and ponder on how the book of mormon has impacted your life- if it has. if not, want a copy of it? you just gotta talk to the boys and ladies in black name tags. :)

sister christison

ps. it is offically autumn... happy fall! :)