Hallo
Family!!!
I hope you have had a great first week of summer! I am a little
bit jealous, but momma always said, “The Greater the Sacrifice the Greater the
Blessing!” I am just grateful that I am serving in a place with beautiful mountains
that we can go hiking in instead of beautiful oceans that I cannot go swimming
in!!! Blessings!
We had an area conference where they record it in Utah and broadcast
it to a certain area. I remember having it at home with a couple other states,
but this one was over a large portion of Europe. I loved all the talks, but one
was especially good. You might have heard it? No idea! Anyways, it was the new
Primary President and she talked about how so many things can cause us to
falter and doubt in our lives, but there is something that we can do that will
help us to always conquer over those rough times. She said that we should
review every morning in our minds the Pan of Salvation. That rang true in my
heart because I can trace the stem of my testimony back to the Plan of
Salvation. That beautiful, PERFECT plan that teaches us where we came from, why
we are here, and where we are going. I saw this quote in a talk by Elder Sabin
and he said, "In our premortal life we shouted for joy at the opportunity
to experience mortality. We were ‘all in’ as we excitedly made the decision to
be valiant defenders of our Heavenly Father’s plan. It is time to stand up and
defend His plan again!" We all chose to come to this earth and to follow
this plan of Happiness. Now, we have the opportunity to LEARN IT and to TEACH
IT!
Why did Christ come to the earth? Why did he die for us? Why did
we need a restoration? So that we could have the opportunity to live with God
forever. And that is a blessing that we get to share with others. When I am
afraid to share the gospel with someone I just imagine that person watching a
video of their life on earth and them seeing how CLOSE they were to having the
truth, but because I was afraid, they were kept from it. I don’t want that to
happen! I want to reach as many people as possible, so the truth can reach
those who are searching!
What a beautiful opportunity!
Love, JJ
Randoms:
- We have an ausstellung this week and it was POORING on the way
over. We were so scared! BUT God helped us out and cleared it up just long
enough for us to go out and find!
- We had the awesome surprise to be able to have interviews with
Elder Sabin this week (a member of the 70) and he is seriously the coolest guy
ever! I aspire to have that much maturity and knowledge in the Gospel!
- We were finding this week and a man came up with us to Bible
bash. He kept saying how he was right because he took classes on that stuff for
like 7 years. After we broke away, Sister Grundvig said "Education aint
got nothin on THIS testimony" in the sassiest voice I have ever heard! I
DIED! It is true though. The Gospel cannot be taught only in a classroom. it
has to be taught to your heart. That is the only way we can distinguish the
"truth" from all the thoughts of men.
- We found a Statue of Liberty in someone’s backyard so as they
were closing the door on us, we asked if we could take a picture!
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