Short email kinda haha but trio life is good! I love Stevens Creek and all of the rejection as well lol but seriously, I do love it here.
Seeds of Faith
We had a super good Relief Society lesson on Mathew 11:28-30
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
The woman that taught the lesson had a great thought that I never realized before! We can look at light in vs 30 like the opposite of heavy, but we could also see it as the opposite of dark! I have seen many times how burdens and trials have shown light on what really matters and things that I should be focusing on. Through Christ we can use our trials to shine light on our understanding and growth!
Faith has also been a huge topic in discussions this week. Our friend Ian opened up about not being able to feel that God is there. We read Alma 32 with him which talked about experimenting and only having a desire to believe and then acting to grow that faith. He really liked that and realized that he has to do what is necessary to feel God in his life!
Faith is an action and as such we take the yoke of Christ upon us! It's kinda a paradox because oxen use a yoke to carry heavy loads so why would Christ's yoke be restful!? Well the answer is love. When we do hard things out of love they don't seem like burdens anymore. They become actions of faith and those help us see trials and hard things in a completely different way. We find rest in doing God's will because we love Him!
*INVITATION*
We had a super good Relief Society lesson on Mathew 11:28-30
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
The woman that taught the lesson had a great thought that I never realized before! We can look at light in vs 30 like the opposite of heavy, but we could also see it as the opposite of dark! I have seen many times how burdens and trials have shown light on what really matters and things that I should be focusing on. Through Christ we can use our trials to shine light on our understanding and growth!
Faith has also been a huge topic in discussions this week. Our friend Ian opened up about not being able to feel that God is there. We read Alma 32 with him which talked about experimenting and only having a desire to believe and then acting to grow that faith. He really liked that and realized that he has to do what is necessary to feel God in his life!
Faith is an action and as such we take the yoke of Christ upon us! It's kinda a paradox because oxen use a yoke to carry heavy loads so why would Christ's yoke be restful!? Well the answer is love. When we do hard things out of love they don't seem like burdens anymore. They become actions of faith and those help us see trials and hard things in a completely different way. We find rest in doing God's will because we love Him!
*INVITATION*
What are your burdens shining light on for you? What can loving Christ and having faith in Him help you find rest for right now? It's easy to say but harder to apply so try to do what you need to this week to yoke yourself to Christ!
Pockets of Fun
-We talked to a man outside and asked if he wanted prayers to which he rolled his eyes and responded, "I'm not even from your planet lady!" LOL!
-I tried boiled peanuts for the first time!!! They aren't as bad as I was expecting. They taste like a bean haha idk how else to describe it--kinda weird.
-Helped our friend Stephanie take down her Christmas tree this week. There was so much string tied around it on the walls and vent cuz she didn't want it to fall out of place haha! That was quite the event to get that thing down and detangle it from the lights too!
-Fred (aka the funny doctor) gave us his medical/biography book and signed it--so we gave him a Book of Mormon and signed it haha!
-We went bowling in the Jensen's house again. So so fun!
Gratitude
-Spring! The pollen is starting to cover EVERYTHING here. It's so crazy --our car is now yellowish.
-Members! They help so so much and I love them soooo much holy moly! They feed us everyday too so it always gives us something to look forward to on rough days!
-Air conditioning!
-My tag:) Idk--recently I have just loved especially that I get to wear Christ's name on my chest and in my heart!
Pockets of Fun
-We talked to a man outside and asked if he wanted prayers to which he rolled his eyes and responded, "I'm not even from your planet lady!" LOL!
-I tried boiled peanuts for the first time!!! They aren't as bad as I was expecting. They taste like a bean haha idk how else to describe it--kinda weird.
-Helped our friend Stephanie take down her Christmas tree this week. There was so much string tied around it on the walls and vent cuz she didn't want it to fall out of place haha! That was quite the event to get that thing down and detangle it from the lights too!
-Fred (aka the funny doctor) gave us his medical/biography book and signed it--so we gave him a Book of Mormon and signed it haha!
-We went bowling in the Jensen's house again. So so fun!
Gratitude
-Spring! The pollen is starting to cover EVERYTHING here. It's so crazy --our car is now yellowish.
-Members! They help so so much and I love them soooo much holy moly! They feed us everyday too so it always gives us something to look forward to on rough days!
-Air conditioning!
-My tag:) Idk--recently I have just loved especially that I get to wear Christ's name on my chest and in my heart!
Southern Vocab
Chinese Magnolias: Pink Magnolia trees that are blooming right now and soooo pretty!!
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