Hallo
Familie!
I hope you guys have had a great week! Our week has been great.
Sister Lohner is the bomb. I thought it was interesting that She was training
so early on her mission, but now I am not even surprised
I wanted to share a quick thought from my personal study with
you! So, I was reading in Ether and I liked it because this week I struggled a
little bit because I have been trying to be exactly obedient. As I have made
that goal, I have realized just how inadequate I am in my fallen state as a
human... As I read chapter three, I related myself, and all people who have a
desire to come unto Christ, but that feel inadequate to the stones. (I know it
is a little funny, but work with me here) I could hear the stones saying
"O Lord, and do not be angry with thy servant because of his weakness
before thee; for we know that thou art holy and dwellest in the heavens, and
that we are unworthy before thee; because of the fall our natures have become
evil continually; nevertheless, O Lord, thou hast given us a commandment that
we must call upon thee, that from thee we may receive according to our
desires." I know that I am unworthy because of my weaknesses.
Then, The Brother of Jared says, "And I know, O Lord, that
thou hast all power, and can do whatsoever thou wilt for the benefit of man;
therefore touch these stones, O Lord, with thy finger, and prepare them that
they may shine forth in darkness; and they shall shine forth unto us in the
vessels which we have prepared, that we may have light while we shall cross the
sea." I was reminded of the Masters touch and that I CANNOT become the
person that I want to be without his divine intervention. I need him to
"prepare me" to shine forth in the darkness to help the people in Germany
have the light of the gospel in their lives so they do not have to go through
this journey of life in darkness.
We know what happens next in the story. The Lord touches each
stone, one by one, giving each one his undivided, precious attention.
"And thus the Lord caused stones to shine in darkness, to
give light unto men, women, and children, that they might not cross the great
waters in darkness."
He can touch your life too!
Randoms:
- We planted flowers in pots today to bring some spring cheer in
our little apartment! Now, let's just see if they will live
- Our Ehepaar had us over for dinner and they fed us Fondue and
it was SO GOOD!
- One of the Elders in our district that I was friends with from
the MTC had to go home for a surgery this week and It was so sad! Now, his
companion is in a trio with our Elders so we have 7 missionaries in our tiny
branch
- For one of our Sprach studies we sang along a
CD with all of the primary songs in German. We were having such a great time
singing Popcorn popping, The wise man song, and ALL the classics. Well it
was all fun and games until Families can be together forever came on and I
started CRYING… it was actually really funny. I just wasn't expecting it
to evoke that much emotion in me that quickly!
