A Dog wants to be Alyssa’s best friend

Alyssa and Sister Leopoldes enjoy some hamburgers
Alyssa with a turtle in her hands
Alyssa and Sister Leopoldes with Books of Mormon in the shape of hearts
A selfie of Alyssa and Sister Leopoldes

E aí pessoal! We have a special Christmas P-day today so that’s why I didn’t write on Monday. Don’t worry, I’m not breaking my steak yet.

I’m struggling to remember what happened this week and there are lots of activities to do so I’ll just share a quick little message and be on my merry way (get it? Cause it’s like Merry Christmas).

Yesterday, we were walking and I went to look down at my watch to check the time and discovered that the face of my watch was totally shattered. I don’t know what I did or when I did it but Relógio Gringo I is busted. It’s broken to the point that you can’t even read the time normally anymore. The only way that I can see through the broken glass is when I use the light button to make it shine from the inside out. 

Sometimes we are like broken watches. We are hard to read, hard to understand and appear too complicated to solve. But Christ is the light within all of us. He looks past our broken parts and makes hope and healing possible. Some people have a harder time than others letting Christ shine through them. We all make mistakes, have our moments of weakness, or we let pride block Him out. Christmas is the time to think about new beginnings and to let ourselves make more room for Him. This Christmas, how will you let His light shine in and through you?

“He is the light and the life of the world; yea, a light that is endless, that can never be darkened; yea, and also a life which is endless, that there can be no more death.” Mosiah 16:9

That’s all folks, Tchau tchau for now!

Com amor, 

Sister Alyssa Grace

Arcoverde, Brasil