Christmas Conference 🎄

This past week started off with a bang with a Christmas Conference with the whole mission! We arrived in Madrid on Sunday night and said "hi" to everyone and toured the beautiful temple grounds. The next day we gathered at 7:30 in the church to hear messages by the APs, President Obando, and some musical numbers. I think it was so cool to have so many missionaries gathered together with the same goal in mind and the same dedication to the work. After that, each zone put on a little scene of the birth of Jesus Christ. Unfortunately I don't have a video of our part, but maybe it's better that way.

I returned from Madrid late on Tuesday with my companion. It's an odd feeling but I'm now the one leading out the area and directing what we do. It feels really nice to finally know what I'm doing, but also pretty tiring.

We have a friend named Eddi who we found about a month ago on exchanges. He only speaks French so he has been getting taught by a different elder in our mission by video calls. After about a month of video calls it sounds like he will be getting baptized in January when he moves back to France. Although I wasn't the one to teach him, and won't be the one to baptize him, I just thought it was cool to see his progress over these past few weeks. 

Since Christmas is coming up I thought I would share some prophecies of Jesus Christ that came before Him, but that He fulfilled during His life. 

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.   Isaiah 7:14

To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house     Isaiah 42:7

I would that ye should understand that God himself shall come down among the children of men, and shall redeem his people.   Mosiah 15:1

And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities.    Alma 7:11

Have a great week!

Elder Dougall