April 20th, 2015
This week, we went to the visitor's center with a returning member and his mom. We wanted to watch "Meet the Mormons," but it was too late to start it, so we watched the "Treasure in Heaven, the John Tanner Story" instead. It was really weird watching it in English....we wanted to watch it in Spanish, but they didn't have it, so we watched it in English (he speaks fluent English, so it's ok) and there's a quote at the beginning of the movie that I had never seen before! It said, "Consecration is the only surrender in which there is also victory." By Neal A. Maxwell. I'm still pondering about what it means, but so far, I found out the word "Surrender," if you go back to it's old English meanings, literally means "giving back above or beyond, to hand over to cause to be." I thought that was interesting. So, by consecrating ourselves, we are giving back to the Lord above and beyond what we normally give, and we're handing over whatever it is we have to cause to be and to become something better. But, this surrender is a victory because God blesses us and gives back to us what we need. (See also the Mormon Message "the Refiner's Fire", last line spoken). So, consecration is the only surrender where we give up ourselves and everything we have to the Lord and the Lord gives everything we need back to us! It's a win-win! But, I also thought it was interesting that the movie said John Tanner gave an equivalent of $250 million to the church. Wow. That's a lot.
This week, we went to the visitor's center with a returning member and his mom. We wanted to watch "Meet the Mormons," but it was too late to start it, so we watched the "Treasure in Heaven, the John Tanner Story" instead. It was really weird watching it in English....we wanted to watch it in Spanish, but they didn't have it, so we watched it in English (he speaks fluent English, so it's ok) and there's a quote at the beginning of the movie that I had never seen before! It said, "Consecration is the only surrender in which there is also victory." By Neal A. Maxwell. I'm still pondering about what it means, but so far, I found out the word "Surrender," if you go back to it's old English meanings, literally means "giving back above or beyond, to hand over to cause to be." I thought that was interesting. So, by consecrating ourselves, we are giving back to the Lord above and beyond what we normally give, and we're handing over whatever it is we have to cause to be and to become something better. But, this surrender is a victory because God blesses us and gives back to us what we need. (See also the Mormon Message "the Refiner's Fire", last line spoken). So, consecration is the only surrender where we give up ourselves and everything we have to the Lord and the Lord gives everything we need back to us! It's a win-win! But, I also thought it was interesting that the movie said John Tanner gave an equivalent of $250 million to the church. Wow. That's a lot.
Other than that, life has been a blur of activity! We decided we get more done as a trio. But it's been good. Hna. Tate drives the car, I drive the GPS, and Hna. Pettit drives the phone! It all works out! And then, when you're in a crowd of people, you can talk to everybody! It's great! They've helped me to laugh at my mistakes and get better with being social and Spanish-just about everything, really.
We almost have a date for the wedding for our investigator and we're going to help her with the shopping on Thursday. My companions are excited to go shopping. I'm not, but that's ok. I'll come along to support them, anyway. :)
Cherry Blossom pictures:
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