I don't even know what I can say about this week. It was just incredible.... Words just aren't good enough, so pictures will have to do.
One of the MOST AMAZING PEOPLE IN THE WORLD was baptized this Saturday!! Getting to know Fermina and teach her about Jesus Christ and the Book of Mormon has been an absolute pleasure. This woman is such an inspiration to me. She has the most loving, kind heart ever. And one last hike for Sister Zenger and I before she flies on home to America on Friday! Have a great week y'all! Love, Sister Wahlquist Only about a quarter or so of the trains were running this week, so that made traveling around a little interesting. A lot of times we can't choose the situation we are in, but we can choose how we respond to it. Let us take a little example to understand this better.....
We start with a pot of water and we heat it until it begins to boil. This boiling water will represent our lives, or the trials and hard things that we have to go through. Now we take both a carrot and an egg and put them both into this pot. The carrot and the egg represent us, or our hearts. Now we leave both of these in the water for 20 minutes or so. As we take them out, we notice that both have changed after what they have gone through and experienced. The egg has become solid and hard, whereas the carrot has been softened by what it has gone through. The egg and the carrot, they are objects, they didn't have a choice as to what their circumstances would be or how they would react. But you and me, we are agents. We may not be able to choose the things that we go through in life, but we are able to choose how we will react! We can choose to become hard and closed off, or we can become soft, humbled and loving. So, my friends, what do you choose? Will you be a carrot or an egg? And because everyone learns differently, here are a few more examples of this same situation. One from the Book of Mormon: But behold, because of the exceedingly great length of the war between the Nephites and the Lamanites many had become hardened, because of the exceedingly great length of the war; and many were softened because of their afflictions, insomuch that they did humble themselves before God, even in the depth of humility. (Alma 62:41, The Book of Mormon) And one in video form: https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2014-11-010-the-refiners-fire?lang=eng Love ya! Sister Wahlquist Celebrating Cinco de Mayo on a train back from Frankfurt with Burritos! |