It is such a blessing to have nice weather. I even got outside and mowed the lawn this morning. You can go ahead to look at the picture I attached to see what the back garden is like. It took me a total of 7 minutes tops to mow it. Also, can you see the lawn mower? They all have electrical cords. How strange is that? Know that I am doing well and enjoying myself.
This week we had another sisters' conference because Elder Hanks' parents came to pick him up from his mission. I actually served with Elder Hanks when I was in Manchester South. He is a great elder and always so cheerful. He's a good singer as well, not that it has a lot to do with missionary work, but it is true. His mom is Julie Hanks. She is an lds singer and also owns a therapy clinic for lds women. It was wonderful to hear her sing as well as have her bestow her knowledge upon us. One thing she talked about is the difference between selfish and selfless. Often times we think we are being selfish, but she pointed out that we don't actually know the definition of selfish. Selfish is making a choice or decision without regard of others. If we make a choice or decision with regard of others, it is not selfish! Julie went on to explain how the root of selfless is self. We need to regard ourselves in order to be selfless. It is important to recognize if you give too much of yourself, you eventually won't be able to give as much and be selfless. When we take care of ourselves, we actually have more to give. These are just a few of the ideas we talked about, but I loved our discussion. I can't explain exactly why I liked these concepts so much, but I did and wanted to share them :)
Here is an excerpt from my weekly letter to president that I thought you may enjoy as well:
David is doing great! He has now lived the Word of Wisdom for a week and is continuing to progress. My favorite part is he texts us usually on a daily basis expressing his love and interest in the scriptures about what he is learning. His developing love for the gospel is contagious, and I love being part of it all. We had a particularly good lesson with him on Saturday. Unfortunately, we were not able to find any fellowshippers; however, I think it was a blessing in disguise. The day was beautiful, so we taught him outside. As a result, David was able to ask a lot of questions he had on his mind. It was fantastic because we turned to the scriptures to answer each of his questions. For example, he mentioned how he took the gospel a lot more seriously than probably a lot of people at church. We went ahead and read Mosiah 3:19 and talked about how each of us are at different stages of putting off the natural man and progressing in the gospel. I cannot remember the specifics of his questions, but I know for a fact that we were able to teach from the scriptures and meet his needs. David even let us know later that day that it was the best lesson so far. This experience testified to me of two things: let the scriptures do the heavy lifting (the scriptures have the answers to our questions, so help investigators to understand that) and I don’t know everything, but I know enough (I do not consider myself a scriptorian, but as a companionship we had enough knowledge to answer all of David’s questions using the scriptures).
"You Know Enough" is a talk given by Elder Andersen that President Preston has used as part of the 2012 mission plan.
Those are the updates I have for you from these last few days. Let me know if you have any questions about things and I would be happy to answer. It is great to hear from you as usual and I am continuing to enjoy all that I am doing.
Love, Becca
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