Steven's letter Dec7

Dear Family
Hey is everyone getting excited for christmas?  How long before school lets out for christmas break? I got the package. thankyou.  Its been a really good week here.  Im still trying to find my way arround collierville.  Elder Morris and i are working really hard together.  We have been working with a lot of the members here in  the ward.  We are trying to get them to do more missionary work.  Missionary work is a lot better when it is the members that are finding people for us to teach.  So we are trying to help them see that.  We have been working a lot with Brother Harris.  He is the 79 year old.  we are hoping that he is going to get baptized before christmas.  We talked about how he can get married in the temple to his wife.  Thats something that he really wants.   He has to give up his chewing tabacco though.  That might be a little hard for him to do, but i know he can do it if he wants to.  He has been chewing tabacco since he was 5 years old. He has to stop drinking coffee to, but i don't think that will be as hard for him.  I think its really interesting how big of a thing the word of wisdom is.  almost every person that i've seen get baptized has had some kind of a word of wisdom problem.  Even a 13 year old girl.  And most of the time, it was a challange for them to give it up.  It just shows how a testimony of the gospel can help us and those around us come closer to God.  They knew that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that the Word of Wisdom had come from God, so they knew that it was something they needed to follow.  well I hope everyone is haveing a great day.  I love yall.  Hope you have a good week. 
Love Elder Marshall

Quote of the week
"The spirit of giving gifts has been present in the mind of each Christian as he or she commemorates the Christmas season. Our Heavenly Father gave to us His Son, Jesus Christ. That precious Son gave to us His life, the Atonement, and victory over the grave.

"What will you and I give for Christmas this year? Let us in our lives give to our Lord and Savior the gift of gratitude by living His teachings and following in His footsteps. It was said of Him that He 'went about doing good.' As we do likewise, the Christmas spirit will be ours."
Thomos S. Monson