The One with the Stones

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!