So heres what happened, this week on tuesday we had around 30 new elders come in and we had them all stay in the hotel, but us as office elders it was our job to do orientation and then help president make their first city call letters, so we knew where they all were going before they did! But then on wednesday their trainers showed up to pick them up and so we had to deal with that and to ad to it I lost Elder Huff! I'm now in charge of the finances and its a little scary but I'm getting through. No major problems.
So family, one more week has gone by and I have learned a lot once again, but I don't know what to talk about really. Something that comes to mind is sacrifice... Sometimes we need to sacrifice some things in order to have better things. One of my favorite examples of this is the father of Lamoni, the king of the land of Nephi. He was a very powerful man will lots of money and authority, and at a moment when Ammon had the power to kill him he pleaded for his life, offering Ammon up to half of his kingdom if Ammon would spare his life. Half his kingdom! I can only imagine how much that would really be, seems like a reasonable sacrifice in order to survive. Later this same man is being taught by Arron, Ammon's brother and as Arron is teaching him he asks what he must do to receive the blessings of the Lord and says that he will give up is ENTIRE kingdom! His life is only worth half but the gospel to him was worth his whole kingdom! I love this thought. We are asked to sacrifice things for the Lord. I guess the question it comes down to is, how much are you willing to sacrifice for the Lord?
This is a question we all must ask and I will be studying up more on it this week. I love you all and I love this gospel, I would not be able to survive without it!
Love,
Kevin
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