I hope all is well for you, and I'm keeping Padre y Uncle Paul in my prayers! That's so scary to hear that! ALSO THAT'S WICKED AWESOME THAT THE RED SOX WON WHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Thanks for the package too! I loved it, and so did the rest of my zone! I surely do miss y'all though! I loved the pictures, and couldn't help but laugh at Padre and his beard! It's like seeing padre in Santa form!! I also thought of "LA-LADY BUGS FLY AT HOME!" when I saw Livie! So cute! I wish I was there with y'all! Thanks for the quotes/stories too!
Also MTC is awesome and flying, as I'm feeling myself grow spiritually and closer to Christ. What I've been learning is that it's not about just having a testimony of Christ, but to truly be converted to Christ, but how does one do that? Well I think it requires A LOT of faith, and a lot of dedication in CHOOSING to do what's right and follow in Christ's footsteps to the best of our ability. We have our agency for a reason, and so we should try to follow Him and think about the consequences of our choices.
We also received a new elder! His name is Sukhan! He's Thai, and is being fast-tracked to the mission since he's fluent for the most part! He's pretty cool, but also a bit of a flirt haha! We like to tease him about that, and madre, you're guess of my reaction of Elder Arne is ....on point haha! It's not like that, I just think he's a cool elder! Also tell me more about what's going on in your life!? Anything new? Besides the stairs, how's the move? Are you going to be living there, or just live there for now until you find another house? How's it living with the family? Also what do you mean about living in Utah, and how the people are? Do you like it there? I really do miss y'all and wish I could communicate more as to what's going on!
Check out sometime the Character of Christ by Elder Bednar. You'll really like it. I'm trying to follow his words as he talks about the natural man, and when bad things happen to us we turn inward, while Christ turns outward. I'm trying to practice that now, and trying to be more uplifting to others and bring a positive attitude. Everything we do is our choice, and so we can choose to be happy, or serve others especially when bad things happen to us. I feel like we learned about that quite a bit as we lived in Ohio. We can choose to turn inwards and think whoa is me, but really get off your butt and do something about it! It's NOT ABOUT YOU! When Christ was being tempted by Satan when he fasted for 40 days, not only did he reject Satan, but he even sent angels out to JOHN! (If you look at the JS translation you'll find that) Can you believe that! It's crazy! I want to be so much more like Jesus! Seriously though, serving others provide much joy, and I feel better when I serve someone. Sometimes, when I feel bad or think someone needs a quick pick me up, I like to give them a little note to them to help them. Just imagine what the world would be like if we all helped each other, instead of tearing everyone apart because of their social or economic status etc.
I'm doing pretty well for the most part! We decided to build a fort in our room, and have a district hot chocolate/tea party. It was pretty fun, and we needed some stress relief. Oh my gosh, I can't express how much I love reading the Book of Mormon! I LOVE IT! It's so inspirational, and I'm getting more revelation out of it than ever before! It's so effective, especially when you pray first!
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