It's the end of June?? JULYING! hahaha sometimes I think I'm really clever.
Last week a super great week. A LOT of learning. We had an all mission summer conference which was supper fun!! I love being a missionary! We played sports, ate lunch and we were spiritually fed by listening to my favorite speaker Spencer Taggart! (Our mission presidents son)!! I just wanted to copy and paste a little bit of the notes I took in this meeting :
Prayer - alma 37:37 - Counsel with the Lord - Jacob 4:10. Repent for counseling THE lord.
+We always need to ask Heavenly Father what do you want me to do? remember your relationship with your father. Remember he is almighty!
+The minute we know the will of God, it eliminates all fear.
+Prayer is aligning your will with Heavenly Father! Unwearyingly seek the will of God!!
Bible dictionary- The object of prayer is not to change the will of God but to secure for ourselves and for others blessings that God is already willing to grant but that are made conditional on our asking for them. It's not about asking for blessings. It's about unlocking the blessings he's already willing to give us. He's waiting for us to ask him!! He's repeated himself soo many times in the scriptures...more than 100 times for us to ASK HIM because he wants to give us these blessings...all we need to do is ask. He doesn't say ask and ye might receive, he says ask and Ye SHALL receive. All that we have is a gift from him. Super awesome meeting!! I was also reading from the family home evening book this morning and found this AWESOME story. During World War II, Viktor Frankl was kept in a Nazi concentration camp for three years. During that time, he could make few of the choices we take for granted. He could not choose how to wear his hair; his head was shaved. He could not choose what clothes to wear; he was given a prison uniform. He could not read or write or talk freely. Someone told him when to get up and exactly what to do every minute of the day. He was treated cruelly, and if he did not work hard enough, he was in danger of being killed. “We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. … They offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms--to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. Viktor Frankl found out that no one could force him to be bitter and angry, no matter how much they hurt him. He could still enjoy the beauties of nature; he could love and show kindness to other people.
Isn't that the most humbling thing you've ever read?? I'm sure happy to know that God has given us such a beautiful gift of agency! That we can choose to happy even in the hardest of times!!
I invite you all to figure out what Gods will is for you and counsel with him for direction. 💜 I also invite you all to look for the good in everything & CHOOSE happiness. It's a choice! We will be happy when we do Gods will.
I hope you all have a great week!!
Xx.
+ brilliant thoughts journal = prayer journal.
(TJMAX is THE literal best thing in this world )
Also a planner that I made. Fun Spanish lesson of the day..
" señor yo te seguiré" = " Lord, i ill follow thee "
+dinner hour on exchanges with Sister Williams
+ our yummy pizza
+one of our investigators in a tie for church! This is huge!!!
