January 2, 2009

so, this week... my first favorite thing is that our district got to be
hosts on wed for the new missionaries. it was really fun. i helped 2 sisters
and then there weren't anymore so i was so sad:( all of us wanted so bad to
be able to do it again but you don't usually get the chance to do it twice.
hna Squires REALLY wanted to host again so she said she was going to pray
for it, so i knew it would happen. lo and behold, yesterday we got a note
saying we can do it again next week!!! oh man, she's just got THAT much
faith! haha
so, one of the teachers for our large group meeting went to Neuquen on his
mission!!! isn't that awesome?! we stayed after the meeting to talk with him
and he said it's so pretty there especially if you get the chance to serve
in one of the pretty valleys! it just got me so pumped! i wanna go NOW! even
though i don't know Spanish:) but i can wait i guess, only 3 more weeks
anyway... is anybody else weirded out by that or is it just me?
so, Christmas night was good. Greg Olsen, the artist came and spoke in the
devotional! it was wonderful! He said, "where there's a beautiful design,
there's a designer" SO true! i loved that. it reminds me of one of my
favorite scriptures in Alma 30:44... i think so... all things denote there
is a God!
Christmas dinner, lunch was good. i ate ALL OF IT!!!! it's shocking that i
don't weigh 2 million lbs by now!
oh, another cool thing, relief society here is amazing! and last Sunday Sis
Barbara Thompson, the general RS President came and spoke to us. she is SO
cute and funny:) and afterward we got to meet her! we couldn't shake her
hand or anything cuz they think we're all carrying disease here in the
MTC:( but it was cool anyway. she's really sweet!
ok, last thing, from my personal study this week...
i can't remember the chapter but it's when Nephi is having the vision of the
tree of life, (1 nephi 14 maybe?) and the angel keeps saying "look" and
Nephi looks. it says that about a million times, "...and the angel said Look
and i looked" and i love that because when we are praying for revelation we
have to be open to where the spirit will lead us. Nephi had the option of
not looking. when the angel said look, he could've just said, no thanks I'm
not done over here yet, but then he wouldn't have seen all that he saw! it
wouldn't have mattered how much desire he had to see what his father saw. if
he hadn't listened, and looked, he would've only had limited inspiration.
i just really liked that because i have this OCD thing that i have to finish
a chapter in the BoM when i start reading it but if the spirit prompts you
in the middle of a verse to look up a footnote or pull out a conference
talk, you do it right then! not later, once you finish those verses. and
when we do that we show our desire to God. it's like saying, I want more
please! and He's very willing to give it to us!
I hope that made sense because i learned a lot from it about how i could get
more from my scripture study.
Gotta go! times up but i love you all! thanks for everything!