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Callie Horton (callie.horton@myldsmail.net)
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Mon 11/04/13 8:58 AM
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ALOHA!
I hope ya'll said 'aloha' back. Well this week was
absolutely crazy! I will get the bad out of the way. Filiberto unfortunately
didn't get baptized. We were super bummed. Just sooooo much happened and he got
offended about some stuff and he called us Wednesday night to tell us that he
didn't want to get baptized anymore. We were SHOCKED, to say the least. On the
phone he didn't really explain what happened and he didn't have time for
us to meet with him in person until Sunday. We basically spent every single day
ripping our hair out trying to figure out what happened. There were some
complications with the building scheduling and just one thing lead to another,
he was offended, but he's ok now! We talked everything out and he's got all
this stuff going on with his work, but he thinks he will be baptized next
month. Until then he will continue to take lessons from us and come to church!
We know that this was all a part of God's plan. And in the long run, he can
make his testimony even stronger until then! We are sad that he didn't get
baptized Saturday, but we know that God has everything is His hands. (So glad
it's in His and not ours.)
I got to see Jordan's parents and sister and her kids on
Halloween! That was fun! They took Hermana Bingham and I out to breakfast. It
was great to see a familiar face. It was funny though because I haven't had
anyone call me by my first name in forever! Its strange how fast you get used
to being called something else. It was lots of fun.
So at the end of last month we ran out of miles so we did
A TON of walking last week. I felt so much like a real missionary! My feet sure
felt it too. We also bummed a lot of rides from members. It was really
interesting, but lots of fun! We were really grateful for the beautiful weather
last week. I can't even believe how amazing this weather still is! Its chilly
today, but not too bad. And Fall is in full bloom over here. It is sooo
beautiful! Fall had become one of my favorite seasons. Especially if the
weather is this nice!
Dad sent me the talk by Elder Bednar about tender mercies
and I loved it so much! It might be one of my all time favorites now. There are
really tender mercies all around us and we are all worthy to recieve them, we
just need to look for them. Even on the worst one days. Last Tuesday was just
one of those days. Wasn't too bad, but just wasn't the greatest. There was a
member driving us to Ashland and on the way we started talking about this
amazing restaurant in Ashland that we wanted to try. She talked about how good
it was and then when we were getting out of the car she handed us $30 to go and
try the restaurant that day. Day completed. There are so many things like this
around us all the time. Life is going to be so much harder if we can't go about
it looking for the tender mercies about our day. I then started to realize that
the gratitude journal that I keep is more like a book of tender mercies. And
since I've started looking at it like that, I am even more grateful and see the
tender mercies even more. So look for the tender mercies in your life. And I
can promise that as you are obedient to God's commandments you will see them
even more in your life. We just need to try our best and open our eyes. Thanks
for the talk Dad!
I am just so grateful for life. And having a happy life
is totally a choice. Sometimes it is not an easy choice, but if we choose to be
happy and try our best to be happy, we are going to be. At zone meeting on
Friday this girl said a quote that I just loved a lot. It was, "If you
think you can or you think you can't, you're right." -Henry Ford. We CAN
be happy, even through the bad. We have so much to be happy for in this life.
Another quote that I heard that I loved is, "If God is all you have, then
you have all you need." -Elder Holland. If we have God in our lives then
we have SO much to be happy about. I am so grateful for my Heavenly Father and
the love that He has for me.
Well I hope you all have a fabulous week! Try this
week to be a little bit happier and look for the tender mercies more. I love
you all sooo much!!!
And now I close mine epistle. I am Hermana Horton.
P.S. Happy birthday
Laura!!!
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