You Arrived!

I hope you made it there safely! 

I went to lunch today with Sabrina and Lynda and it was so fun to catch up. I love both of them so much. Lynda now uses a cane and moves very slowly. Yet she always has a beautiful smile on her face. It’s so hard to feel pain when no one knows how bad it really is and no one cares really. she is an example of a cheerful countenance. Sabrina said something today that I want to remember. She was talking about how so many people (women mostly) talk bad about other people or are just critical but they would never say those things to their face…and at one point in her life how she decided she was just never going to do that anymore. It was just a decision she made. And it’s true, she doesn’t do that. She told me she likes being around me because I don’t talk bad about people and I felt a bit guilty because I try not to gossip, but I definitely say things about people I would never say to them. I am going to work on it and get to a point where I would never say anything that I wouldn’t say to anyone else. She said when she thinks a negative thing about someone she pretends a mirror bounces it off her and sends the thought away so that it doesn’t even phase her. Then she shared how Jake keeps getting difficult companions and how she’s teaching him to do that and it’s helping him love his comp. Because without love he can’t do the work. Criticism is not of God. Negativity isn’t either. Bishop Rasmussen taught me that. If we are negative about anyone, we are being influenced by the adversary. I want to be better at that so I’m going to work on it. It already worked tonight when someone said something, I just sent it away and chose to see that person as a good person and not let that affect how I see them. I think it worked because I only felt love and compassion for them.

 
I hope you are happy and thriving. You are going to be the best missionary and I bet your president is so excited to get you! 
Oh and I think Luke really felt the spirit at Hxp. I was thinking today though how we don’t need to go across the country and spend $3,000 to feel the spirit. We can invite the spirit to be with us for free, wherever we are. And in that moment I felt the spirit confirm to me that God was with me. It doesn’t take much to feel that. I love Him and want to serve Him everyday. I just keep trying and that’s all I can do.

Have a good week. I pray for you every morning and know that you are being watched over. God knows exactly what He’s doing with you, so find Him in everything and you will find your purpose. 

Xoxo
Mom

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