It's been another great week!
I've been studying a lot more about faith this week and some of my favorite Bible stories came up in my studies :)
One of my favorite stories is the story of Leprous Naaman. He goes to a prophet who he believes has the power to heal him and the prophet tells him to go wash in a river seven times. I think Naaman may have expected this powerful prophet to just snap his fingers and show that power and heal him. And I think he may have doubted in that power when that didn't happen. He didn't see the point in washing in a river seven times when he had probably washed in a river more than seven times throughout his life, so why would anything change now? But it took one of his servants to humble him and help him remember that his pride was preventing him from the possibility of being healed! Eventually, he does what the prophet asks and he is healed! This story teaches us how important it is to just trust in God and in His power! No matter what! A lot if times we prevent ourselves from being healed or from being blessed because we let our pride and our ideas get between us and God and doing what He asks. Please do the SIMPLE THINGS! They are so vital and so LIFE CHANGING!
Another story that I really like is the story where Joshua and his people come to a river carrying the ark of the covenant and the river parts so they can cross. Elder Bednar talks about this story in his talk, "Seek Learning by Faith." He talks about three components of faith used in this story. First, the people had to have hope and belief in the power of God. They had to trust in that power. Then second, they had to act and show their faith; they had to step into the river. Then their faith was confirmed as the river parted and God's power was shown and their faith became stronger. Let your faith lead you to ACT and then it will grow stronger and stronger!
I love that we have the scriptures and that we can learn from the teachings of prophets from ancient and modern times! I am so so grateful for what God teaches us when we come to Him with an open heart and a desire to learn!
Sorry for not much of an update on the area but things are going great! I got to learn a lot more about the Karen Culture this week and I think it is so cool! I really just love these people and their culture! :)
I love you all! I would love to hear from you and see how you are doing!
Love, Sister Freeman ဖီပြံဝါ
Pictures
1. A mural in Frogtown
2. "I'm trying to be like Jesus". My companion translated it into Karen and we posted it on Facebook and people have gone crazy! Haha we went viral sharing the gospel! lol
3. This picture is from Halloween
4. Its getting colder and colder
5. Volleyball!!!
6. This is Longan fruit and it is very interesting looking and tasting haha
7. Matching with Eh Soe!
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