Hello family!! And everyone else. I'm not entirely sure how many people read my emails :)
Well this week was a little slow. We had interviews with President Bernhisel
on Tuesday, which was pretty fun. It's always great to see him!! We
taught several lessons this week, but nothing really spectacular in the
lessons happened. We've done service this week, including helping a
family move and raking the leaves for a lady in our ward. I've never
seen such a big pile of leaves!! It was pretty impressive. I'll try to
send some pictures of us jumping in it :) haha!!
That's really about it though. The only AMAZING news we
have is that A has moved her baptism up to December 15th!! Which
is pretty exciting :) and she's asked me to play the piano!! I'm sure
it'll be a wonderful service, and we're trying to invite all the
investigators we can to it!! It'll be pretty neat :)
Ok, so the Spiritual Thought will be larger this week
since I don't have a ton to write about otherwise. The thought this week
is on service! This started last Monday when Dad sent me his sacrament meeting talk about
service. I love his analysis of Matthew 25:31-46. I think it really
does show a need to serve everyone! In addition, I hit King Benjamin's
speech in my reading this week. This includes Mosiah 2-4, which is
almost entirely about service! Granted there are the cliche scriptures
everyone uses, but one that stuck out to me was Mosiah 4:17-20 which
talks about beggars. 17 specifically talks about how we might withhold
from beggars saying that they've earned it. I'll admit, I've fallen into
the category it talks about. Sometimes I see people on the street, and
my initial response is "what have you done to deserve this?" Well the
scripture goes on and tells us to repent because we are ALL beggars.
Which is absolutely true!! We don't deserve the atonement, and we
haven't done anything TO deserve the atonement. SO here starts my
challenge. Pray every morning for an opportunity to serve someone that
day. Try this for a week or two, or maybe even the entire month. :)
Considering it IS Christmas. But pray to find ways to serve others.
Surprisingly, this brightens your entire day!! And does several things.
One, you're humbled by serving others. Two, you start to realize what
people do to serve you. And it just makes you happier :) It really
does!! That's why the Christmas season is so amazing!!! Something Elder
Adams mentioned in his testimony yesterday was that he doesn't remember
most of the gifts he has received in his life. But he DOES remember the
gifts he has given, and the look on their face when they were so excited
to receive it. And I realized, I'm the same way!! Giving gifts really
is much more exciting than receiving :) So do that!! Give of
yourselves!! DO IT!! :) haha
Well that's my spiel. I'm looking forward to an
excellent week this week!! We have several lessons set up, and hopefully
our investigators progress!! They're awesome!!!
I miss all of you at home!!! I do :) And especially this time of year!!
Christmas is the best!! I hope you all have a great week!! See you next
week :) Love you!! HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!!!
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