11-5-12

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a great Halloween. Interestingly, it is recognized, but not really celebrated here. It is actually the year anniversary of, I think something to do with Martin Luther. I may have been the day that he posted the Thesis, I am not sure. But they call it Reformations day, and it is a work holliday. Some children go around doing trick-or-treating, but hardly anyone had decorations out, and I really only saw a hadful of children out. Kinda sad to me. Our English class is going well. People are bringing there friends, and we are getting more and more opportunities to share smaller, condensed messages from the Gospel with people we may not have otherwise reached, or gotten to really talk to. Wonderful experience, and great to see the work move forward. Nothing can stop this work. I can testify to that. Spiritual thought for the week. I have been memorizing a scripture: Alma 37:36-37 36 Yea, and let all thy doings be unto the Lord, and withersoever thou goest, let it be in the Lord. Yea, let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord continually, yea, let the affections of thy heart be placed upon the Lord forever. 37 Council with the Lord in all thy doings, and He shall direct thee for good. Yea, and when thou layest down at night, lie down unto the Lord, that He may watch over you in your sleep, and when thou risest in the morning, let thy heart be full of thanks unto God, and if you do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day. What I really have come to love about this scripture, is that it so often says 'let'. It testifies to me that we know where to go. We can feel what we should be doing. We know how to do right. We know how to follow God. We know the Lord personally, and He knows us. Now the question is, are we letting ourselves know these things and see these things? Are we letting ourselves acknowledge the way we should go, letting go of our unrighteous desires? Are we letting the desires of our heart, who know the Lord and want to follow Him, truly follow the Lord? Are we letting ourselves be close to Him? It can be very simple when we set our minds to do good and to be close to our Loving Creator. As we are truly honest with ourselves, and with all of our heart let go of evil, letting our natural good desires drive us, and carry us to follow Christ, the way becomes easy. The burden becomes lighter. Christ is with us as much as we let Him be. He can't force us. He would never want to. But He is imediately there when we let Him in. I testify to that. He loves me. He loves you. He knows you, and you may know Him better than you realize. And I testify of all these things in His name, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen. Have a glorious week everyone. Keep close to Christ. Look for the happy things, and try to remember to smile. :) I love you guys. God be with you.