My birthday was quite excellent! I have so many goodies right now that I'm dying! It's all so tasty but so fattening! We're making a New Years Resolution to eat a lot better and work out better. I will be calling. Our mission hasn't been approved yet to use Skype or iPads so that probably won't happen until September. Unless, of course, you're out of the country on Mother's Day. We had Christmas conference this past week and it was so awesome! I was able to see Elder G and Elder J and Elder G and Elder L and all those cool guys! It was a great time! President Slaughter spent a couple hours just teaching us about some of the events surrounding Christ's birth, including a lot about angels. One thing that really stuck out to me was the background surrounding the shepherds. Luke 2:8 says "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night." How interesting that there were many shepherds tending to just one flock! The meaning behind this has been proposed to us by modern day leaders, that this very flock was the one in which the sacrificial lambs were being raised. That is why there was more than one shepherd tending to the flock. The lambs of the flock were the one that were going to be used in the temple ceremony as a representation of the Lamb of God. How appropriate that the angel (not an angel, but THE angel probably inferring that it is Gabriel) appeared to the shepherds watching over the very flock that represented their king! No one understood better than them what the birth of the Savior represented! May we all grow to have that understanding and appreciation, especially during this Christmas season!
Merry Christmas y Feliz Navidad!
Love,
Elder Montgomery
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