July 29, 2019

Hey yall! Hopefully everyone is having a good week! This week has been good and full of small miracles. But you know what they say, by small and simple means, are great things brought to pass. But there have seriously been so many small miracles that it's hard to count all the blessings.

 

This week I just learned tons and have been trying to recognize all the blessings that god gives us. Elder Uchtdorf once said, "Part of our challenge is, I think, that we imagine that God has all of His blessings locked in a huge cloud up in heaven, refusing to give them to us unless we comply with some strict, paternalistic requirements He has set up. But the commandments aren’t like that at all. In reality, Heavenly Father is constantly raining blessings upon us. It is our fear, doubt, and sin that, like an umbrella, block these blessings from reaching us.

 

I want to share about Christy and Greg. So we had a return appointment and they weren't home, so we were walking to the car and there was a house across the street. Elder Horman asked if I've ever talked to them and I had talked with some people working on their car at that house a month or two ago and they were kind of grumpy, so I didn't really want to know on the door and run into them again. But Elder Horman said let's try it anyways, so I figured why not. We knocked on the door and Greg opened it and instantly came out and started talking to us. His fiance joined us and they opened up about some trials they are having right now. Also, side note, they offered us puppies because they didn't want them so unfortunately we couldn't. :) But we were able to teach them about prayer and the Godhead and they said it makes a ton of sense. We committed them to pray and ask God for helo during this hard time and they were really interested. I'm really excited for them!