Hello Lovelies,
I think of things throughout the week that I want to share, I sit down at the computer, and I can't remember any of them. I guess it doesn't help that I just barely wrote to you on Wednesday.
So here's a story. Mario is 18 years old. He wants to go to college and double major in Psychology and Theology. He read the Book of Mormon in middle school. and believed it to be true. He's been going to a Christian church that his mom goes to. She's against the church. He talked with his pastor over the summer about the church and he was shown some anti material. So now he's confused. He still feels like it's true... but it doesn't make sense to him anymore. He's a bright kid. He has lots of questions. We talked a lot about how God can answer his prayers and how he can know from God what is truth. We'll be teaching him again on Saturday.
Yesterday was a weird Sunday. We had made an appointment a couple weeks ago to meet with the Haun family, a former investigator. We didn't realize they were planning on feeding us. So it was awkward, not because of the food, but because the teaching record on them was not very informative. They are very set on Catholicism. We know now why the missionaries stopped teaching them. Right after that, we went to our actual dinner appointment. I've never seen such a big pork chops in my life. It was delicious, but we had already eaten one dinner. We had two meals, back to back, and they were very large. I've never been so full in my life. If having a food baby is anything like having a real baby, I may adopt. cause that was super painful. I didn't throw up... but Sister Christensen did.
So I read a talk from Dallin H. Oaks the other day that I thought was fantastic. It's called "He Heals the Heavy Laden" from October 2006. I knew the atonement could lift burdens off. but i never thought of it actually strengthening us to bear the burden. For so long I prayed that i wouldn't have food allergies... but he's strengthened me to deal with it. and he'll use it in his own way to become a strength. I was also reminded of how the simple things we learn at church is what allows the Atonement to work in our lives. As we diligently do things to build our faith, every day, there will come a time when it just clicks. We feel the burden lifted. We know we're forgiven. We know he's with us to strengthen us. He's just there. And we know it. We feel it.
I'm so grateful for Christ. He's the one that makes it possible for me to be strong.
pictures: the temple, we went to dinner with some members to Chili's. There was a guy making balloons. I got Iron Man. :) And... i may have a gun on my hip...
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| Slinging... |
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| Las Vegas LDS Temple |
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| IronMan Balloon |
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