Princesses, and "Light the World"

Hello everybody!

     Sorry that it's been a while since I wrote.... Life is good here!
  
 Here's a picture to make everybody smile. This is on Turlington Plaza from this past Wednesday.  

Turlington Plaza with members of Project Princess

 Sometimes exciting people come and we have to take advantage of it, so Elder Aiken and I can now officially say that we've had our pictures taken with princesses. (I could already say that before my mission because I've been in pictures with my little sister. Tacky? Do I get brownie points?)

(Mom note:  Project Princess is "a theatrical community service organization in which princess performers provide magical experiences to children who suffer from life threatening illnesses." I checked out some of the work they do with sick kids, and it is really sweet.)

     There's a great Christmas initiative that's coming out from the church called "Light the World".  It's based off of two scriptures from the New Testament - one is Christ speaking and he says "I am the light of the world" and the other is him speaking to us, and he says "Ye are the light of the world."  Christ also said "I am the light that you should hold up."

        SOOO the point is, let's talk about service and making other people happy!

     Christ served others his whole life, telling everybody that He came not to to be served, but to serve, and so we should have the same attitude. I've seen the blessings that service can bring into the lives of others as well as our lives, and so I'd really encourage all of you to look at the "Light the Word" video that the church has put
out, as well as the advent calendar that they put out with specific service ideas.

Tell me what you think of them!