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!
