ΚΑΛΑ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΓΕΝΝΑ

MERRY CHRISTMAS

The Greek Word for christmas is Christouyenna (ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΓΕΝΝΑ)(sorry if you can’t read that).  It means the birth of Christ and that is so great to remind everyone just like in English that Christ is the biggest part of CHRISTmas.  When I think about Christ’s life I think about how selfless he was and how everything that He did was to help people, to lift them up to make their day better any way that He could.  He is the light and with his life He showed us how we can share that light with all of those around us.  That is the purpose of Light the World it is to share the Light with all of those around us and it can be with things as simple as a smile to make the difference in someones day.  I would like to share a quick story about and experience I had.  We were doing our day of service activity and we decided that we were going to go and just have fun give out hot chocolate and socks and have some games with music.  So that is what we did.  It was amazing we were all just happy and the people all around us were having a good time.  That lead to having a man named Najeemb talk with us and he is now going to be baptized.  That day was one of the happiest days of my mission so far.  I know it is because we were able to share happiness with others.  It was so cool to see so many people light up around us.  I know that as we strive to Light the World all of the time we will be able to draw closer to The Light itself which is Jesus Christ, I know He lives and that he is our Savior and Redeemer.

Love, Elder Halverson