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A Small Kindness

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    Opening Presents on 3 Kings Day (Jan. 6th) See Elizabeth's New Glasses? Ethan showing the GAK we made from Kelsy's Christmas present. Thanks, Kelsy!! Let Me Tell You a Story Often, in the mornings, I pray for a chance to serve someone that day. It's fun to see how some prayers are answered clearly and distinctly, while others are answered in a less obvious way. A couple days after Christmas, I said my morning prayers and went about my normal routine. I decided to take Sadie along with me on my run, even though I usually didn't. While I was running, I went a little longer than normal and looped around the kids school. As I passed the kids' school playground I noticed a small blue square slip of paper. I immediately knew what it was (a slip you take to the LDS Temple to get a person's work done). I knew that here was my chance to serve someone that day- to serve the person who lost this paper and the person whose name was on the paper. I knelt dow...

3 Kings day!

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All 4 kids on Jan. 6th- 3 Kings Day. In Spain, where I served a mission, they celebrate 3 Kings Day and each person gets one or three small gifts. We do one smallish gift as Josh's family celebrated this as well. They called it Little Christmas. We've done it three years now. On the table is a half eaten ring cake in which I put a coin. I told the kids that whoever got the coin would have a lucky year. In Spain they make a circle loaf of bread, but I didn't have time. Ethan pretended to put his own coin in his own piece and find it. Silly kid! Me with Asher Elizabeth, smiling. This is my blog. My name is Megan A.