November 24, 2008

There wasn't a whole lot that went on this past week but I'll tell you about some of the more interesting points. Well, last P-day we went to the Thompson's house to help them some more with their house. That was fun! A lot of the time we were just messing around with the kids! Ha ha! They are a fun family! After we finished putting up some walls we ate dinner and had FHE with them. We had the spiritual thought. We taught them the principle of S.M.I.L.E. from the scriptures. 2 Nephi 9:39 at the end says "Spiritually Minded Is Life Eternal"... SMILE! Haha! . . .

So lately the principles of Faith, Hope, and Charity have been sticking out to me from many different sources. I've been learning of the importance and connection between them. This past week I read Elder Uchtdorf's talk: The Infinite Power of Hope. It's such an amazing talk! It's definitely one of my favorites! I learned more fully what hope is and what role it plays in my life. More than a feeling or desire, hope is a trust, a state of mind. And many times we must choose that state of mind. "There may be times when we must courageously make a decision to hope even when everything around us contradicts this hope. Like Father Abraham we will 'Against hope believe in hope.'" As I read his talk I was so very grateful because I feel as though I have been greatly blessed with hope throughout my life.There are very few times, if ever, that I have been in the depths of despair and thought that there's no point in going on. I have always had the trust that I'd get through it and everything would be alright. Most of the times I've given up in life is because of lack of diligence, not because I didn't think it was possible. I have been able to help and comfort many people because of this hope. I believe I have this hope to strengthen God's children around me. I'm so grateful the Lord has blessed me with hope! . . .

Well, Tuesday was a very interesting night at the spanish class! Ha ha! Every so often they have an activity night and they were teaching everyone how to do the Cha Cha Slide. Anyway I know the dance so I helped out. Then they had each of the classes perform it for the other classes. There was about 50 people total. Then they decided that they were going to have a competition and the winner would get a $10 gift card to Wal-Mart. Well, my companion and I were both broke for the month so I really needed that $10 giftcard! Ha ha! We needed to buy food with it the next week! Ha ha!so each class (there were about 7) picked their best dancer. Then those ones picked who would compete against each other. Guess who was picked from my class? Yup... it was me! Haha! So at that point I was determined to win! I took off my jacket and rolled up my sleeves. It was on! Haha! I sure put on a show! When everyone voted it came down to me and another lady. So we danced again. Now I really had to impress the crowd! I heard the other lady's classmates telling her to throw in some Salsa dancing thinking that this Gringo doesn't know any latin dancing. So I threw in some moves I know and I also threw in the worm, handstands and a front hand spring! Ha ha! Well, I won the competition! Ha ha!