OOOOOOHHHHH MY!!!!! Texas???? Want to know my first reaction?? "All three of my brothers are going to speak spanish... Aaron, Taylor, and now Bradley... how ridiculous is that going to be?" It will be fun though! Brad you will be a Texan Stud! So so so STOKED for you!! :)
Austin Rawlins got his mission call too! To Guatemala! Thats so sick!
And Jarfollomew-fish-face was at priesthood session for the first time this Conference right?! How great! I want a letter from him about that! And i also want to hear about going to the temple for the first time! Tell him to write me :)
This week was so good- can i just throw that out there? :) It was.
This week we had MLC and we had General conference which with travel time eliminated basically all proselyting for 4 days straight, which was so weird. But the meetings were all awesome!
General Conference changed my life (for like the 40th time). It was so good. Seriously was so amazing. Favorite session was Sunday Morning. Uchtdorf, Bednar, and President Monson all crushed it. It was so good. I loved President Uchtdorf's talk about gratitude and Elder Bednar's on carrying our loads. When I was writing in my journal last night about my thoughts on conference I was thinking a lot about both of those. I love how Elder Bednar said that we NEED a load. Without it we can't move. A lot of times we are so concerned with getting rid of the load and trying to have a picture perfect life that we forget that we need those burdens to move and progress. Then going back to President Uchtdorf's, I was realizing how grateful I am for my trials and for the burdens I carry, because without them, I would not be where I am today! I also liked how he said that being grateful when we are in those circumstances, when we are in those trials is an act of faith. I swear, everything ties back to faith. I have come to realize lately that having faith in Jesus Christ and his atonement is the center of everything, it is the foundation of our testimonies and every other attribute is centered around that. So important!
A few of my favorite quotes:
"Talk about man creating God in his own image" -Elder Holland (see this a thousand times every day)
"At each moment of suffering, he (Christ) showed complete control and love" - Carlos Amado
"Trees that grow in windier whether have more strength" "you are infinitely more important to God than a tree" -Elder Anderson
"The way you feel in the temple is a pattern for how you want to live your life" -Elder Anderson
"If blessings were immediate, choosing the right would not take faith" -President Eyring
"It's easier to develop faith in God's love when someone else loves you the same way" -Elder Scott
"There are no endings, only everlasting beginings" -President Uchtdorf
"Despite EVERYTHING else going on in the world, God is aware of me" -Elder Ballard
"The unique burdens in my life will help me to come closer to Christ and return to him" -Elder Bednar
"Each person has the ability to increase the worlds happiness by showing love and kindness to others" -President Monson
"No sacrifice is too great to have the blessings of the temple" -William Walker
And we had 4 investigators at that session! :) and they all loved it! Nels and Jo came and it was so amazing! They are so solid. And I am really hoping their questions were answered. I mean, i'm sure they were, I just hope they will accept the answer and act on it! :)
Our branch had a big potluck in between sessions on Sunday, and Nels and Jo brought a cake that was the talk of the party, It was delicious (even i liked it) It was chocolate zucchini cake! And it looked like a sunflower :)
Oh my, you all are the greatest! I just love you so much!
Have a great week :)
-Sister Davis :)
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