Happiness from Change

That is just it, isn’t it? Change. This week, I have two experiences to share. One is something that happened to me, and the other was with Members.

So the one with me, Briefly stated, I continue to learn the process of humility. The process of not only accepting correction, but applying it. This time, it was with regards to excuses. I love to give excuses for almost anything. For anything I am asked about, I have a excuse, as we all do. Whether it is “You were Late to work” to “Don’t do this”. We all want to give excuses  I was late to work because ______. Or I did this because _____. It was interesting, mainly because I read this article while we were having dinner. The Author shares “… We’re inclined to excuse in ourselves behavior that we find unacceptable in others. When our employees are late for work, it’s because they’re irresponsible and have no interest in their jobs. When we’re late for work, it’s because we were attending to necessary details that had to be taken care of…” (Nido Qubein, The Toastmaster Febuary 2004). So, What I am going to try learning, that I was informed on, is to not instantly generate a excuse. Firstly, admit that you did it. If they ask why, then you may proceed with providing a legitimate excuse for what occurred. This is exactly what I feel I need to work on.

The second, and one that has brought me immense Joy is the Following. We, as in most areas in This Mission, have a lot of Less active Families. We, of course, continue to try and visit these families and invite them to church. They are really great families that are awesome to work with. This past week, we visited all 3 of them, and all 3 of them showed little to no interest in coming to church. The First Family, is a family who, when I came here, was on path to go to the Temple and be sealed as a family. Things came up and they stopped coming to church for a few weeks. They, as we were waiting by the door, showed up! Then, as we waited, we saw our Investigator coming down the path. Since she lives above the Church, we could kind of watch her as she came down the rugged Terain to attend church, in High Heels none the less! Anyways, we then went inside. As I was sitting their, getting ready to pass the Sacrament, a few people come inside. The first, Was a daughter of another Less Active Family. She comes in, followed by her brother, Mom, Dad, and Older Sister. Directly After this, we had one last less active family come inside, one who told us that they would not be able to attend due to the Sister being sick.  I was soooooo Happy when I saw them come through those doors. Like, If my smile had been any bigger I think it might have broken my face. People who did not seem like they were going to come, ended up coming. I realized something: If I was that happy when these families went to church, I can not even imagine how happy our Heavenly Father is. This happiness was them coming to church. Something that seemingly was not important. It made me realize that our heavenly father is happy over the little things we do, the small changes we make. Whether it is going to church, or reading the Book of Mormon. he is happy over EVERYTHING. This was awesome 🙂

I hope that everyone has a marvelous week, I know I am grateful for mine 🙂 #TheBestTwoYears

Sincerely,