Merry 85 degree Christmas! (Part 1)

One of my very favorite people- Sister Anderson!

Sister Kirton and I. Don't mind Elder Smith back there. Haha.

Yes....this was Christmas Eve.

Christmas Eve tender mercy! I love rainbows!

Trying to get in the Christmas spirit. :)


Hi everyone! Merry Christmas!!!

I hope you all have had an amazing week! I've heard so often that
Christmas on your mission is the best, but I wasn't 100% convinced. .
. Until yesterday! The votes are in and I'm certain that Christmas on
your mission truly is the best. I don't doubt there are many great
Christmas' ahead, but this has been one of the best so far. :)

Merry Christmas!

The Relief Society Christmas party! It was at the fanciest house I've ever seen. A less active we've been working with came!!

This is Tania! She's awesome. We have been teaching her and her son. :)

Thoughts from the Savior of the World production I was in last year have been coming to my mind. I was thinking yesterday about Thomas and his experience of doubting that the Savior had come back. I was reading in a few different places in the gospels and I love that the first thing He always says is 'Peace, be unto you.' Because of our Savior we can have true peace.

Merry Christmas! Enjoy the cold for me! I miss it. :) Can't wait for this upcoming week, there are bound to be miracles. You know, I've been thinking, a lot of people only go to church 2 times a year and one of those is Christmas. If you have friends or family or neighbors that don't go often this is an awesome opportunity to ask people if they have someplace to go on Christmas Day. Pray for opportunities to invite people and I promise they will come! Whether or not people accept is up to them, we are successful when we invite.

Love you! I believe in you!

Sister GesselMerry Christmas from Florida!

O Holy Night. . .

Sister Felt, Hermana Gucake, me and Hermana Anderson!

I got to go on an exchange with my trainer! It was awesome! :) Love my sister Gafa! :)

"I think it's appropriate this time of year to just think about that baby in the manger. Don't be too overwhelmed or occupied with what is to come; just think about that little baby. Take a quiet, peaceful moment to ponder the beginning of His life--the culmination of heavenly prophecy but the earthly beginning for Him. . .
I pray at this Christmas season that you might have some sense of the Lord's regard for your offering, some sense of how you stand in His eyes, some sense of the beloved status you occupy as His son or His daughter. And I pray that knowledge of that status may give you a great deal of comfort, reassurance, and confidence that you are approved in His eyes." Be At Peace - Dec 2015 Ensign - D. Todd Christofferson Hi everyone! I just love Christmas! I'm excited for Christmas in
Florida. Music is one of my favorite parts of Christmas. :)

We've been listening to the Messiah a bit and it's been so great! I'm
grateful to know He's the Prince of Peace!

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the
government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called
Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The
Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:6)

Love you all! Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas filled with the
Light of the Savior!

Love, Sister Gessel

Our ugly sweater cookies!