Just Thinking,,,,

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Hey everyone!  

So this week wasn't too crazy or anything. Although I felt like we met some of the meanest people in Nederland. One woman told us that all Americans are brain-washed and another gave us the middle finger and then said that we were stupid for believing that God exists. Sooooooo, yeah, Hanny and I have had to learn a lot of patience this week

The weather was just ALL rain but we survived. I'd say the highlight of the week was when we (sis. hanny and I) got to go to the temple. The mission has this new rule now where we can go 4 times in a year instead of 2. So it was really great that we got to go together.

It was incredible, exacty what I needed. Also, a couple there was getting sealed as asked if we could be a part of it. It was really cool, I've never seen a sealing before. It was really beautiful because the sealer said that this room was the most important room in the entire temple.

Just a few minutes before it started an elder was talking to me about how the interviews when with our mission president and he said that his 10, 15, 25 year goals were all about his future wife. He told me that since he was 16 years old he began studying and then gained a testimony that the most important thing that you could do in this life is be sealed in the temple and raise your children up in the Lord, "that's the only thing that will bring meaning to our lives in the end," he said.

That was something I've haven't thought too much about. But it made a huge impact on me, I can't really explain how or why at the moment.

For the past few weeks or so, I've been reading the in November 2015 Liahona, General conference because I didn't get to watch them in October and it was just amazing. Every talk had something that I needed in it. So I read the one, ( I can't remember by whom it was or what the name of the talk was) that talked about "ponderizing" the scriptures.

So I decided to do it and the scripture that came to mind was in 1 Timothy 6:7 - "For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain that we can bring nothing out." I've been thinking about it all week, "ponderizing," you might say, and the conclusion that I came to was  that that was absolutely true.

And the only thing that you can take with you out of this world is the type of person you became during your life on earth. Which got me thinking about who I was when I come in contact with situations that I do not like or even with people of whom I am not so fond. To know and believe that I am a kind person and truly changed is to see what I am like under stressful situations.

How will I react when someone is yelling at me and I don't think that I am in the wrong? That, come to think of it, was actually put into practice this week. I've learned that when people are attacking me after I've just asked of question of if I could just talk to them, to pray. oh, how I've learned to have prayer as my immediate reaction when faced with difficult circumstances. I pray to know how to respond, I pray to see how Heavenly Father sees this person, I pray to be able to have the strength to go through it and still make the choice to be happy for the rest of my day.

That is really really really really hard. And I also have a testimony that as you try to become better, (better in terms of your character and habits) 9 times out of 10 things feel like it's getting worse. But that's okay, that means you're doing something right. The right path is always uphill...as I've been told.

Love you guys! Hope you have a great week :)