For God Loveth a Cheerful Giver

Romans 12 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. One of our amazing new members Dayzl.. gave me these scriptures 💕 Quote of the week: We need to make sure that everything we say and everything we do involves having that person come closer to christ, repent and want to make the covenant of baptism. And if it's not doing that, we're not doing our job. You can't be serious every second of every day. No one is that way its a delicate balance in just knowing that am i working my very best and doing everytjng i can to help others come unto christ? Am i doing everything to love my companion? If you can say yes both those things the fun just naturally happens along the way. Lol STORY TIME: imagine this... its dark. Its been a long day biking and raining its cold. The plans had not gone t he wya you had expected. You just finished up visiting some members for the first time and you expect the next one to go the same you knock on the door and this lady answers and she seems kind of confused, kind of tired, maybe struggling only for her to start breaking down crying and we go in and we're just there. I'm trying to comfort her, it's quiet and she opens up to her struggles and we're able to get her priesthood blessing, but she is struggling with addiction, and it was all with.. divine timing! Lows - no one pulling up to our bball night - Our neighbor is a less active we just found out - actually trying to work with the members has been so rough lately we try so hard in our ward meetings to get them involved especially with our friends and returning memberes.. so we are trying to find that unity between the ward get activities going, and addiction recovery class, and strengthen them so they can actualy support missionary work not super sure how to go about this. struggle is real we have 200 people coming to our ward but 400 on record - traveling to and fro places just having it take a long time and trying to be patient and not get frustrated ** Work: - our new member family doing bible studies x scrapbooking (our goal is to help ALL of them get to the temple as they all need to go :) - getting to counsel with our AMAZING senior couples (legit my parents age) and they are just the most wonderful people ever - Zone con / english class with the chinese elders and passing off our lit friends from China - Weekly planning.. ward council - Media refferal mathew coming to church :0 haha he got church sleep lol - Splits comp study with some future missionaries - Walking bussing biking.. - missionary meeting about family history only to finally meet one of our refferals so we thought.. turned out it was the son his mom had just passed away which is why he was home we were able to share with him how he will be able to see his mom again (we had just been invited to find someone who's ancestor could go to the temple) - spirit led lesson with zach only 2nd time meeting him we found out he was vaping wanted to quit and taught the word of wisdom all while awkwardly stadning outside his door since we couldn't go in - met some more members - reffferalllssss Finding Joy.. ironically a lady named Joy found us hahaha This unique time and opportunity to serve will never come to you in exactly this way again. So take time to be present and to soak in the joy of being a full-time servant of the Lord. Appreciate the spiritual experiences you are having, as well as the sights, sounds, smells, and people where you are serving. Take some deep breaths, and look for the simple joys that are all around you. THIS WEEK I LEARNED: So back story.. the same week we gave a chapel tour and this lad from india asked me if Christ was the last name for Jesus I wasn't sure... In the Church we say Jesus Christ so often it can stop meaning anything. His last name feels like it's just His last name. It isn't. It's His office. And understanding what office means changes everything. In ancient Israel, three offices required anointing: prophet, priest, and king. The prophet spoke God's word into the world. The priest stood between the people and God — offering sacrifice, mediating the relationship, making it possible for imperfect people to approach a perfect God. The king ruled with divine authority, ordering his people toward their proper destiny. No single person ever held all three. Until Him. Jesus is the Anointed One — consecrated by God Himself, set apart before the world was made, to fill all three offices simultaneously and perfectly. He speaks the Father's word — prophet. He offers Himself as the sacrifice and stands as our mediator — priest. He will return to reign — king. So think Jesus Christ, you say: I believe in the one who was set apart by God to speak, to sacrifice, and to reign — on my behalf, in my place, for my sake. The title contains the whole mission.Yeshua. In Hebrew: God saves. God is salvation. — saving is His nature, not just His activity. It is what He is before it is anything He does. It is a covenant declaration. Every time you speak it — in prayer, in testimony, in the sacrament prayer — you are invoking a name that means God is salvation. You are reminding yourself and declaring to heaven: the one I am trusting is the one whose very identity is the saving of people like me.. " Make the most of it. See that your difference makes a difference. Don’t die with your own music still in you." Love Sister Talbot Below you'll find pictures: Among us x samoan kids Lights for bikes Mt everest review our friend Joy from China and brother T from Haiti trollies at night