Week 61: Naaman, dont be dumb.

Hey family and friends!

Dad, thanks for the pictures. Bea is so big!!

 I am so so sad to hear about Bishop Loyd. But I know the Plan of Salvation is true. I miss Georgia so much sometimes. 

In other news, this week was a great one in Congata. I feel like I am in paradise. The views are breathtaking, the members are so warm and helpful. Hermana Torres and I are trying hard to work the members as much as we can. Really, they are the key to everything. This week I am loving my scripture study. I wish we had personal study for 4 hours. But ya know, gotta make do with 1 hour. so this week I was reading in 1 Nephi and also in 2 Kings. There is an awesome story in chapter 5 of 2 Kings about a guy called Naaman. He was "wroth" (great word) because the prohphet told him to wash himself 7 times in the river if he wanted to heal his leprosy. He was all indignant and then his servants were like "dude...chill" and gave him some wise advice found in verse 13. 

"And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some greatthing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?"

and Naaman realized they were right and washed himself. This story is cool because it relates to Nephis gold nugget of wisdom 1 Nephi 16:29

" And thus we see that by small means the Lord can bring about great things." I think that sometimes we expect God to do something super huge to teach us, to heal us or to answer our prayers. We think that in order to be a disciple of Jesus Christ we have to be the best of the best or outshine the rest. Humility. Simplicity and diligence is the example that we have from the Savior. Instead of trying to be the most shiny, we should be constant and faithful. Small things really do bring about great things. But we have to do the small things with a lot of sincerity. Read your scriptures but really read them!! Say your prayers, but really talk to your Heavenly Father! go to church, but pay attention! soak it all in. The gospel of Jesus Christ is the sweetest fruit we will ever taste and the most priceless treasure we will ever have. I love you all so so so much and I pray for you. Keep it real, fam!

Hermana Christensen