So... life is crazy! :) But a good crazy! I don't even know what I need to write about. Two sisters in my district wrote a song this week and I helped! We had an awesome class about the story where Peter walks on the water. We learned about how it was a stormy night and then they see Christ out there and they don't know who it is or what's going on and they're afraid. Then Christ reassures them and tells them that it's alright that it's Him. Then Peter, being the awesome impulsive man that he is, says... Lord, if it's you bid me to come! The Lord bids him come and then Peter starts walking on the water! While his eyes are fixed on the Savior and His power, he is able to do this seemingly impossible thing. It is only when Peter starts to fear and doubt his ability and look at all that is going on around him that he starts to sink. When he takes his focus off the Lord and focuses on himself and the trials around him, he fails. Then as he sinks he cries to the Lord to save him and IMMEDIATELY the Savior comes to his aid and lovingly chastises him and asks why he doubted.
Talk about a power-house story!! Oh my goodness! This is exactly like us in every aspect of our lives. Here we are out there in our little boats of comfort and then when something we don't understand comes up we freak out. Then the Lord reminds us that He is in every one of our trials. If we turn to Him in every hard time, he will consecrate it for our good (2 Nephi 2:2). Then we start going for it! Whoever reads this... keep your focus on the Lord! Always! Don't worry about what you can do! Don't worry about what is happening! Don't focus on the things around us. Do EVERYTHING you can to keep your focus on the Savior. That is the only way we can accomplish anything in life. I repeat. That is the ONLY way we can accomplish anything in life. As to our strength we are nothing. It is only through Christ that we can do hard things. But I testify that through Christ we can do anything. We can even walk on water.
So, that's what the song is about. I'm going to see what I can do to get you a copy of it! It's great! It's uplifting and splendid! We sang it in church on sunday (Me and the Hermanas) and we're going to try out on Thursday... I think... to sing it in a Devotional or Fireside or some other something. We'll see!
I get to Host new Missionaries tomorrow! I'm really excited! But today is freezing cold! So... I hope tomorrow is a bit warmer. By the way... for those who don't know, I get to take new sister missionaries around and help them with their luggage and show them where they live and take them to their first day of class. I feel so old! I only have 2 weeks and 6 days left here! Speaking of which, I have a new goal to read the ENTIRE Libro de Mormon in Spanish before I leave! It's 31 pages a day and it's brutal! But, it has been promised that it's pretty much the best way to learn a language... so, here I go! Also, I have a personal goal to only speak Spanish. It's exhausting! But I really am learning so much! I even had a dream in Spanish the other night! It was really slow Spanish... I could tell my brain was trying to translate everything while I was dreaming. But... pretty cool right?
Hmmm... what else? I hope you're all doing well! I miss you all lots! But I'm so excited to be out here doing the Lord's work! I think I'm almost ready to be out there in Texas preaching the gospel! It's kind of intimidating though! I teach as often as I can here... but I honestly am kinda scared to be out there teaching REAL people! People who don't have the gospel! But at the same time I feel this urgency to go share this wonderful amazing message with the world! Every person needs to hear this message! And I wish I could just go out and tell every single one of them! I'm working so hard to make my teaching simple and focus on the doctrine and help people understand my message so that they really have NO ROOM to doubt the things I tell them. Along with that I'm striving every day to have the spirit more and more in my life and my teaching and just radiate the light of the Savior. I am learning more and more how CRUCIAL this gospel is for happiness. It really is the only way that people can return to their Father in Heaven. It is the source of all true joy and happiness. I encourage all of you to study as often and as much as you can! Especially the Book of Mormon. That book contains power! Even while reading it in Spanish I've received personal revelation of the things I need to do.
I love you all and I can't wait to hear from all of you!
Hermana Lauren Jones
