HEY family! happy st. pat day!
yes mom, i'm wearing my green tie! the one that devin gave me a while back (thanks bro, it rocks). so luckily i haven't been pinched or anything. although my friend in the district from Hawaii didn't wear any today... stinks for him (i'm not sure if it relates to him being from Hawaii haha...)
ok so let me pour out my deepest apologies for not having the time to send a letter last week. i really wanted to because my email had been so short, but i just didn't have the time. even though it is our preparation day, we have an investigator that we teach on Wednesday nights right after dinner so we have to prepare for that. and the temple takes a lot of our time too so really i don't have too much free time. which is fine though because going to the temple is AWESOME! one of the best parts of the week. but yes, i humbly apologize for not sending out a letter. forgive me. that's why i wrote on annie's letter to share some things with you all. i'm not sure if i told her this scripture to go with that story so i'll repeat myself, Alma 26:3. that's the scripture to go with the temple story and Elder Shilhabel.
how has everyone's week been? mom said that it's been busy! mom, how was Utah?? dad, how was it having to be without mama? (did you survive??) devin, how was visiting home? (i miss your guts) amber and jeremy, were you stoked to see mom!? that must have been so fun. by the way you two, one of my really good friends in my zone is from Pocatello Idaho! or wherever it's called. and whenever i meet sister missionaries that went to BYUI i ask them if they know you amber! but, you're married so idk if that makes it different. i haven't met anyone who knows you yet haha but maybe one day.
MOM! actually, EVERYBODY! that's so cool what you said about the missionary sharing that they try to look at everyone the way the Lord views them. that's definitely something that is important for everyone to learn. i'm trying hard to be that way too. i thought it was neat that you mentioned that to me because last night i realized something pretty similar to that. well we sometimes discuss how the gospel makes people feel so close to each other! many of these missionaries i feel like i have and will know them forever! many have become family! and we've only known each other for about 2 months. well what i thought about last night was that it's because when we discuss and try to live the gospel, we feel the Spirit strongly! and because we feel the Spirit so strongly, i feel that many times we get a glimpse of the Savior's love for them. i'm not perfect, and so sometimes different people in different situations, it is hard for me to feel that Christlike love. but when i'm putting myself ASIDE and trying to be more like the Lord, i do feel that love. i feel that pure love and that's what brings us so close. we all have those glimpses. so yeah, that is something i constantly work on. loving others. that's one of his commandments! "love one another, even as i have loved you".
so one more thing from my study is one of my favorite chapters of the Book of Mormon. Mosiah chapter 4!!! it is FULL of great things. but i love how it talks about beggars. how do we treat beggars? what do we think of the homeless? well verse 17 says "perhaps thou shalt say: the man has brought upon himself his misery; therefore i will stay my hand, and will not give unto him of my food, nor impart unto him of my substance". isn't that true many times? don't we think that? well verse 18 says that those who think that should repent of that! and 19 says "are we not all beggars? do we not all depend upon the same Being, even God, for all the substance which we have"? yes, we all receive everything from our God and we should share these blessings with those who aren't as fortunate. the chapter is a great one to study.
well, i love the idea of looking for miracles! we should all look for them in our lives. the other day i was looking in my scriptures and found a note that someone had left for me, encouraging me and supporting me for all i have done in the district, with scriptures to go along with it. they said that God noticed all the good i did. i felt that immediately lift my spirit and i was so thankful.
i love you all! let me know how things are!
love elder munoz
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