What We Did On Halloween!

I can't believe that I didn't post yesterday what Sister Anderson and I did on Monday night! All of this was set up by our mission president. Since crazy holiday parties and such are not part of a missionary's lifestyle, on most holidays we are asked to be in our apartments no later than 6:00pm. If you're in at 6:01, you are disobedient, and the Lord doesn't give out blessings for being disobedient. 

Well, this was the case for Halloween. Monday was also our preparation day, or day-off of sorts. We can go grocery shopping and do laundry and usually some other fun activity. So, that day we went and took care of those things, stopped in to see two families that night, and we were home before 6. Then... it was time!

Side note: As missionaries we are only allowed to watch any movies that are produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Even then, we only have a few of that group that we can watch for training or during lunch or dinner time or on P-days. The movies include The Restoration, Finding Faith in Christ, and Preach My Gospel missionary training videos. We are also allowed to watch Mormon Message videos for part of our computer time. This helps us to stay focused on the work!

So, what we did was EPIC. President McKee instructed all of us missionaries to watch The Testaments at 6:00 that night! We were so excited. Sister Anderson and I even had some hot cider and hot chocolate ready and we put the little DVD player on a box in the middle of the room between our two beds so we both could watch. I hadn't seen that movie in a long time, and it touched me. I was grateful to feel that that night. Following the movie, we were instructed to write down our testimonies of the gospel of Jesus Christ and send them to President and Sister McKee. In the letter we were instructed to also make 1 week, 1 month, and 1 year goals and share those goals with President and Sister McKee. Then we were to write our testimonies in 10 copies of the Book of Mormon to give to others. 

I'm grateful the President gave us that special opportunity to strengthen our testimonies that night. It was definitely different from any other Halloween I have ever had in my life! But, as funny as this sounds, I really like it- the ghosts and ghouls and spooks of Halloween are gone, but the Holy Ghost is here to stay!