Hi family! I'm so glad to hear that everyone's doing well. Michael, it sounds like you're getting the right idea when it comes to basketball. Never forget that it is a game and, so I have heard, the original purpose of games is to have fun and make people happy. Keep up the good work! How tall are you now? Sorry to hear about that school district. Maybe I should change my major....I'll think about that later. What a stupid way to run education. Maybe they should redo the standardized tests. If all the students do poorly I think it says something about the test. I love Heavenly Father's tests! He made a way at least for everyone to pass. I didn't get the valentine's package yet but I'm sure I will soon. I did get the mad-lib valentines from James and it was hilarious.
I love you all so much!!!!!
Hi everybody! Nothing much to report, it feels like. The week just flew by. We're getting lots of exercise riding our bikes everywhere while the elders wave to us from a car. I don't know why they're smiling, we're the ones enjoying the blessings. :-) It seems like whenever we set a goal that we are bound and determined to reach, Heavenly Father has other plans. The past few days we were determined to invite someone to be baptized and to find some new investigators. I don't know where everyone was this weekend. No one was home or at least answering the door and the people we did talk to were either drunk or just not interested. But after the trials come the miracle right? We're expecting something amazing today.
I never really notice how tall I am until I serve in a Spanish ward. There's one family we went to visit and the first thing out of the 4-year-old's mouth was "Esta grandota!" They were all very impressed when I changed a light bulb without the assistance of a chair. I lost count of the times we ask people if we can do anything for them and they ask if I can reach something. My companion, comes up to about my shoulder and she's taller than many people in this area. So you can imagine how I look. If anyone knows my brothers you'll understand this is a new experience for me. :-)
There is an optimistic and a pessimistic way to look at everything. One member shared with us a concern. She is changing callings after only a brief time and she was feeling like she doesn't ever do a good job so they keep switching her around to find where she works. She is a very capable person. I told her I think she just does a good job everywhere so they CAN switch her around. Satan is ALWAYS trying to make us feel less than what we are. Take the optimistic route because those are the thoughts that come from the right source.
We have an investigator who told us that her husband wouldn't give her permission to go to church but we could still teach her. We asked if we could talk to him so she told us to call when he was home. We did and he said he had no problem with her going to church. When we told her that, she confessed that she just didn't want to go. I wish people would just be up front. If you really don't want to listen, just tell us. We don't mind. Well, of course we are sad that you won't accept the gospel but we do appreciate honesty and we will respect your agency. That's part of Heavenly Father's plan.
Some good quotes for today:
Deiter F. Uchtdorf...."Work is an antidote for anxiety, an ointment for sorrow, and a doorway to possibility...let us do the best we can and cultivate a reputation for excellence...When our wagon gets stuck in the mud, God is much more likely to assist the man who gets out to push than the man who merely raises his voice in prayer."
"retirement is not part of the Lord's plan of happiness." (We shouldn't be looking forward to rest. We should be looking forward to greater capacities to accomplish more things.)
"It is often in the trial of adversity that we learn those most critical lessons that form our character and shape our destiny."
I have had hard times, especially on my mission that I don't necessarily want to relive but I wouldn't trade those experiences for anything.
Everyone have a wonderful week!
Hermana Evans
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