Helo my family and friends!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
Surprise! Its a gift to you all! Hopefully you like it! ;) My Christmas has been really good actually. We woke up early this morning and opened gifts and stuff. Then we went and stood in line for sacrament meeting. In line, everyone just sang a bunch of Christmas songs. I LOVED it! Then we went in and watched "Music and the Spoken Word" which was really good! Then, guess who walked in?!? Yes, an apostle! DAVID A. BEDNAR!!! Not only was it cool to see him walk in, we partook of the sacrament with him! All 2,120 of us! Yeah, it was awesome!! His talk was absolutely incredible. One of the best talks I have EVER heard. Remember Elder Hollands Book of Mormon talk? The super powerful one? Yeah. It was like that. So, it was all about how we need to put off the natural man, learn OF Jesus Christ, not ABOUT Jesus Christ...And to turn out when you want to turn in (Selfish turning in/the natural man) I took so many notes. It truly was incredible!!! He challenged us to buy a book of Mormon and read it with ONE question in mind and mark up everything about that question. Also, every member, active or not, has a testimony. BUT, that isnt enough. We cant just have a testimony. We MUST be truly be converted to Christ. He said we are like cookie monster "I want cookie. I want it now" That is us and we CANT! When we have trials and life sucks, we need to turn out, not in and look for help. Look for people to help. That is Christ. He said 60% of the missionaries listening to him would fall away from the church if we didnt become converted. Even if we all had a solid testimony. Isnt that crazy? Look into your life. Seriously, right now.... are you converted? If you have a testimony of Joseph Smith and the pioneers, thats awesome,...but who cares if you arent doing anything. They did their part. They put off the natural man and turned out! Think about it...testimony only gets you so far. Now its time to turn your testimony into conversion!
Oh, last night, the MTC did the Christmas nativity for us and we all sang. Then afterwards, we watched The Christmas Carol. Such a relief! I watched a movie! :)
Thats all for Christmas letter. I dont have much time. I miss you all. I love you all. SO incredibly much and thank you all for the prayers, thoughts, letters, and love. It is definitely felt. I pray that you all had a wonderful Christmas and hopefully spent some time remembering our Savior. That is Christmas and that is why this is one of the best, if not the best, Christmas' Ive ever had. I love you all. Try turning out and get rid of your cookie monster self. Turn your testimony and knowledge into conversion. This is what brings happiness in life and I testify of it. I will write again on Tuesday!
Loves from The Gingerbread Man,
~Elder Ryken Lakey!
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