hey everyone!
how are you?
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| Package from home |
another great
week in wyoming! wyoming michigan that is! sorry, not a ton of time! but hannah
got baptized this week!! how incredible. she has definitely been one of the biggest
miracles of my mission!
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| Hannah and her little boy. She looks so happy! |
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| What a great day! |
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| This is Sister Barbara Pawson, who does so much for the missionaries! Can't thank her enough. What a wonderful lady!!! |
just a quick experience we had with hannah to think
about this week. as we taught hannah, she would repent, and the spirit would
prompt her to change things. she would make changes on her own. it was awesome.
the other night, we were talking to her, and she just says, "keeping the
commandments is so easy!" as i thought about that, i realized how true
that statement is. my whole life it has seemed really hard to keep the
commandments. it has seemed discouraging because i am imperfect. well, here is
the deal: keeping the commandments is easy, unless you want to do something
else. if you would rather not keep the commandments, then it will be really
hard to keep them! we still won't be perfect ever in this life, but we can do
our best! when we keep the commandments and take the sacrament each week, the
Holy Ghost can be with us. with this member of the Godhead's help, we can
refine, elevate, and lift our desires to holier things. we use our agency in
three ways: our thoughts, words, and actions. if you want to change your
desires so they can become your friends rather than your enemies, you must do a
few things:
1. you must
learn to look beyond the moment. learn to think, "what consequences will
this decision have?"
2. exercise
your agency righteously. do not entertain bad thoughts, or soon they will begin
entertaining you.
3. repent.
repentance brings the Spirit and change. we can become more Christlike. it can
be done. but not without our willing it to happen through sincere repentance
and a desire to change.
wish i had more
time!! love you all! have a great week!
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