Post Christmas!

Happy day after Christmas everyone!

Just having a great time over here in Princeton. 

Christmas was awesome! We went to the LeSuers for breakfast, sooooooooooo good! Brother LeSuer made this egg dish with tapatio, I was in heaven because for some reason you can't get tapatio out here! Then we went to church, solid day, sung hymns and the Arnold family read the story of Christs birth over the pulpit. After church we went to the Castano-Owens where we were definitely fed well haha I got a new tie and a Seahawks beanie for Christmas from the members. Then we went and contacted people on Nassau street. Sooo much fun.

Not much else to report, please tell me how your Christmas was everyone!

Much love,

Elder McOmber

Still There!

Hey everyone! No I wasn't transferred, the mission president is thinking about redrawing area lines for the two areas in our ward, so he asked me and my companion to go in and work part of Trenton (picture included) to see how the work goes and see where the lines should be drawn. We got our first chance to go down there on Saturday, and not going to lie, It felt pretty good. In the two hours we spent there we were able to find two people who are willing to hear our message. We were trying by a .member, but she wasn't home. So we knocked around them and ran into this guy named marquise, he let us in and we ended up talking to him about the Book of Mormon and the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ for about 15 minutes and gave him a Book of Mormon to read. We are looking forward to seeing him soon. On Friday we had the Christmas all mission conference, so all the missionaries in our whole mission got together in Morristown. I got to see elder Follett and elder Merritt, we had a blast! My mission president attempted to do the whip  On Sunday we had the English Christmas Fireside. All the English missionaries in the mission got together and formed a choir. A lot of people came! Huge success and Gillian surprised me by showing up! It was really nice to see her as well as elder Crowther and Kyle (picture included). I love you all! If you have any questions feel free to email me! Elder McOmber

December 12, 2016

Update on Richard: we met with him on Thursday in the Primary Presidents house, with the 10 year olds Sunday school teacher so that he could build a connection with them and feel comfortable at church. It went really well! He was also able to attend church and he had a great time! Loving working with him.

On Wednesday, our ward did a missionary activity. All the youth got mission calls when they came in. They all opened them together and it got a little crazy haha (video included).They all went to their corresponding missions (rooms) in the building. And then the missionary companionships went around and told them about different aspects of the mission. And then at the end the end we all came together and bore our testimonies of this gospel and the importance of missionary work.

On Saturday we had Traditions With the Taggerts (at the mission presidents house) soooooooo much fun. We had an amazing breakfast and then read Luke 2 and sang Christmas songs. 

I have to get going, but I love you all!

Elder McOmber

December 6, 2016

Just loving life in Princeton! Hey everyone, nothing too crazy this week. Just a week full of being a missionary 😊 On Tuesday, We were stopping by some people that we haven't seen a church in a while. We ended up stopping by this guy named Patrick while he was home. We watched the because of him video and got talking. He is a super cool guy who just stopped going to church while he was in the army and hasn't really been back since. He is going through some things and has to work on Sundays, we asked him if he knew anyone that could really use the gospel in their lives and he said, "actually, maybe." He told us to get in the car and follow him. He took us to this foreign exchange program that he helps run. It is full of people from china who want to go to college here in the US. We had the opportunity to talk with them a bit about the gospel. It was SUPER cool because most of them knew VERY little about Jesus Christ. It was a very unique opportunity, even though we didn't get any return appointments it was still a moment in my life I will cherish. On Saturday we met with Yves and his 10 year old son Richard, we taught them about the plan of salvation they are working towards baptism! At the end of the lesson We asked Richard to say the prayer. He said the most beautiful prayer I think I have ever heard. It was a beautiful children's prayer. I literally had tears in my eyes. After the prayer he said, "guys, I just talked to god." It is a moment I will never forget. I love you all and I hope you are all lighting the world! (Mormon.org) Elder McOmber