Merry christmas and Happy new Year

It's been such a good week!
As I was sitting in both of our sacrament meetings this week I had a feeling of overwhelming gratitude come over me. With the spirit of Christmas being in the air I missed home and spending the holidays with family and friends but as I sat in church I felt extremely grateful for the opportunity I had to be a missionary. As I was thinking about this feeling that I had I realized that I have been so blessed. I'm grateful I am healthy enough to be back out serving a mission and to be sharing the joy that this season brings. I'm grateful that I've been healthy enough to be here again and experience all of the amazingness that comes from serving a mission and watching the spirit work with people in their lives. It has really been a huge blessing. I never thought that I would actually be able to come back out and I haven't been as grateful as I should have for it but I hope that you all know that I love being a missionary. I truly do and I wouldn't trade it for the world. I'm sad that I only have 3 months left and I'll be home in no time but coming back out was one of the best things that I could have done for myself and for those around me and who I serve with.

There was a lot of things going on this week that made it a really fun week. On Tuesday we had interviews with President Walker and I seriously just love that man with all my heart. He is so inspired and so uplifting. I wish that there were more people in this world like him. He asked me how my family was doing and after I responded and we talked for a bit he told me to tell you guys to look for the Blessings that are coming to you from my service as a missionary. He told me that is one of the promises that Heavenly Fathers gives to his servants. Our families are blessed as we focus on our missions and I know that there are blessings coming to you guys but you have to look for them. I hope that you can take some time to ponder on what those blessings are.
Thursday we had zone conference. The theme for this zone conference was our year in review and all the things that we have focused on as a mission this last year. It was amazing. So many things change in such a short amount of time here. I left that zone conference feeling more inspired to work hard and look for the Lord's hand in my daily life and work. It was so good!
Friday Miguel our investigator from Sandy Valley who is getting baptized on January 13th invited us to their family Christmas party. We drove to Sandy Valley on Friday night and went. It was so much fun! That family has really become like family to me and it is such a amazing experience to be able to teach Miguel. I am so excited for his baptism. He has two daughters on missions right now and that really jumpstarted his desire to learn more about the gospel. It is amazing the things that the Lord will help us accomplish when we are willing to let him help us!
Sunday was Christmas Eve! We only had sacrament  meeting in both of our wards so we only have 2 hours of church! It was awesome! There were Christmas programs in each of the wards and they were so cute. We spent most of the day visiting members and sharing a Christmas message. We shared two different videos depending on the family. Why we need a Savior or Wise men still seek him. It was aweso e and people were really open to have us come over. We also had dinner with the Cates Family! They are from Washington and big Seahawks fans so that was fun!
Monday was Christmas! I loved being able to talk to the family and to Bre! It was an awesome Christmas present! We spent the rest of the day basically eating food with different members. It was great. People are so nice! We literally had 4 different dinners and we played games with some families. It was a really good day! I loved It!
The videos we shared! (Watch them)
Why We Need a Savior https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2015-12-1000-why-we-need-a-savior--a-christmas-message-about-our-savior-jesus-christ-asaviorisborn?lang=eng
Wise Men Still Seek Him

http://mediasrv.lds.org/media-services/ML/size/1340621503001/1280/720/1528068

I'm grateful for my Savior Jesus Christ and the love that he has for each of us. True happiness and peace can only be found through living the gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that to be true because I try everyday to live it. There is nothing in the Lord that will ever be able to compare to the love of our Heavenly Father. He loves us so much and he expects us to let him love us. Choose him and I promise you will never ever regret it.
This is the truth. We all seek truth and I know that it is through Christ that we can find it. I love you all so much! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 

Love, Sister Camilleri

lamest email iv'e ever sent

Hello Family and Friends!
Sister Fitzsimonds and I had a really good week! The highlight from our week was for sure Saturday! We had two Christmas parties and a baptism to take one of our investigators too! Three of our investigators were able to come to our Christmas party in the Mountains Edge Ward Ward! It was a really cute breakfast party and we were able to get pictures with Santa! After the morning Christmas party we went with one of our investigators to a baptism! John is set to get baptized on January 16th and he really enjoyed the baptism. I think that it really helped him understand the commitment that he was making. We were really grateful for that. We had another Christmas party in the evening for our other ward and we were able to get on of the less active in our ward and his little son to come! It was a miracle because he has been in the ward for 5 years and has never stepped foot inside the building. We were really grateful that he came! Our recent convert Josh was also able to be there and that we awesome! Later Saturday night we went to Sister Fitzsimonds old area to go to a baptism for another person that she was teaching! That was awesome and a really great experience! Yesterday we were able to go to Sandy Valley for church and for a lesson with Miguel! He is getting baptized on January 6th! It was awesome to be down there and to feel of their testimonies that burn really strongly. I love it down there and am really looking forward to Miguels baptism!
I am excited to be able to talk with my family on Monday! I cannot wait! I hope that everyone is doing well! Hopefully each of you can take some time to share the love of this season and to remember Christ! I love you all! 

Sister Camilleri 

its feeling like christmas

Hello Family and Friends!
It is finally starting to feel like christmas and I am so happy about that! Sister Fitzsimonds and I had a really awesome week this week! There are so many highlights that I can share this week!
We were finally able to set a baptismal date for one of our investigators Miguel! He is from Sandy Valley which is the branch that we serve in. His step daughter just left on on mission about 2 months ago and when she left he decided that he wanted to start taking the lessons. When we first met with him, he was eager to learn about the gospel but he wasnt really sure about baptism. We had a lesson with him this week about the temple and how his family can be together forever if he participates in the saving ordinances that are necessary for our salvation. We asked him to be baptized on January 13th and he said yes! We were so excited for him! I really hope that I dont get transferred before his baptism. That would be so sad. His family is all really excited for him. It is going to be so awesome. Miguels lesson taught me a lot about the importance of the temple. I am so grateful for the temple! The peace and comfort that we can feel there is like nothing else. Even walking on the grounds makes you feel good.
We have been teaching two kids for the last couple of weeks and it has been so awesome. We have been a little weary about teaching them because their parents have been really nice but havent officially said that they were okay with us teaching them. This week we had a miracle happen with them! We were able to start teaching one of their moms! It was really awesome and she was really prepared to meet what us. It was really cool and the kids came to church as well! It was a really awesome week.
Today in my personal study i was reading in Alma 7. It was a really good study for me about Christ and his sacrifice for us. You guys should read it! My favorite scripture today was Alma 7: 15
Yea, I say unto you come and fear not, and lay aside every sin, which easily doth beset you, which doth bind you down to destruction, yea, come and go forth, and show unto your God that ye are willing to repent of your sins and enter into a covenant with him to keep his commandments, and witness it unto him this day by going into the waters of baptism.
I love how it talks about how we can lay aside our sins and everything that gets in our way and just come unto christ. I love this gospel so much! I hope that you guys are feeling the christmas spirit! If you dont read it from the bible or book of mormon!

love you all! 

Sister Camilleri