1-30-2012

Critter of the Week!

Very Loud Crickets

¡Buen dia!

Well... there´s not a whole much to talk about this week except Bryan did get baptized and comfirmed, which was awesome!! Also, Lucas was able to make it to the baptism which was also awesome.  Even though Lorena is still living with her aunt, we are seeing big changes in their family.  When she´s not there, they are happy and really act like a family.  Then all the drama comes when she shows up, haha.  She just needs a little growing up to do I think.  But all is well!  

This week, Hermana Heyman (our president´s wife) sent us a little gratitude exercise to do. Sooooo, I have a little assignment for all of you! :) If you are reading this right now, you now have the duty to take a couple minutes and make this list.  I promise it will be worth it!  Here it is... (I have a changed a couple of them but it´s even better now!)

GRATITUDE--100 things

1) Write 10 things of NATURE for which you are grateful

2) Write 10 MATERIAL things for which you are grateful

3) Write 10 THINGS ABOUT TODAY for which you are grateful

4) Write the names of 10 DECEASED PEOPLE for which you are grateful

5) Write 10 PHYSICAL ABILITIES that you have for which you are grateful

6) Write 10 FOODS OR DRINKS for which you are grateful

7) Write 19 PLACES for which you are grateful

8) Write 10 POSITIVE EXPERIENCES for which you are grateful

9) Write 10 DIFFICULT EXPERIENCES for which you are grateful

19) Write 10 THINGS OF THE GOSPEL for which you are grateful

Ok... now the real test.  You have to email me your list!  I want to read them all!  Send it to Linsey.Hunt@myldsmail.net .  After making this list, my companion and I shared ours with each other and talked about how it is so easy to forgot how much we have to be grateful for.  It has motivated me to now write 10 things everyday for the rest of my mission... things that I´m grateful for.  Seriously... take a couple minutes to do it, and send me your lists.  :)  

We have SO many things to be grateful for.  Life is absolutely incredible.  The gospel offers SO MUCH for everyone.  I am so grateful for this opportunity to serve and be a representative of Jesus Christ.  This week I was reading in Mosiah 5 which is one of my favorite chapters in the Book of Mormon.  If you have a minute you should read it, it´s only 15 verses.  But it talks about entering into the covenant and taking Christ´s name upon us... just like we all did in our baptism and we all do each week when we take the sacrament.  And it talks about being his children.  Because we take his name upon us, we become his children, and his name is like our last name.  On our name tags as missionaries we carry our family name and the name of Christ.  Each one of us carries the name of Christ on us... we are his disciples, his followers, his ´children´, his representatives.  Later on in the chapter it talks about the name being removed by transgression.  Lets make sure in every decision we make, we are honoring his name, and not causing ourselves to lose his name.  

Thank you all so much for your support! For real... I will be waiting your gratitude lists next week. :) I promise you it will be worth the couple minutes it takes to do it... our Father in Heaven has given us so much and we need to take the time to recognize all that we have and thank Him for it.  Love you all!  Have a fabulous week!

--Hermanita Hunt