So This week has been Work Work and wait for it More Work! Which is great!
On Tuesday we where able to do some work on the temple grounds. We pulled out old tarps and planted a bunch of bushes. It was a little chilly. Low 40's maybe. plus its humid. The next day we had Zone Conference which was good...Freakin Eight Hours Though! But we received some really cool news. The Church is doing a really cool Initiative called "Share The Gift!" On November 28 visit Christmas.Mormon.org! It's Gonna Be Great! We where then took one of our investigators, RoseMary, to a Temple Tour! She is so great! has a Baptismal date for December 14! We had exchanges on Saturday and Elder Jennings came over to Conway with me! We spent the Day doin Less Active work. trying to contact and set up appointments. We where on our bikes and we totaled 45 miles that day! Plus it was Raining all day! Whoooo! Missionary Work!
So the Thanksgiving season is coming up so that means we get to gather with our loved ones, Eat some turkey, and be thankful...But what are we thankful for? Now I am not going to go in and Rebuke all of you because of how "Ungrateful" we are, or What we should be grateful for. I figure we got enough of that at church Yesterday.
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf said,
"Perhaps focusing on what we are grateful for is the wrong approach. It is difficult to develop a spirit of gratitude if our thankfulness is only proportional to the number of blessings we can count. True, it is important to frequently “count our blessings”—and anyone who has tried this knows there are many—but I don’t believe the Lord expects us to be less thankful in times of trial than in times of abundance and ease. In fact, most of the scriptural references do not speak of gratitude forthings but rather suggest an overall spirit or attitude of gratitude."
I am sure all of you have heard the saying "Have a Gratitude Attitude" But what does that mean. Do we have to Go through our days Expressing our thanks for every little thing, Yes, but it is more than that. We all have hard times and I am sure you would all agree it is hard to be grateful for trials or hard times. But that is where Gratitude comes in. Gratitude brings Hope. We Hope that good will come. We hope that we will be strong enough. And Gratitude for What we have now or what will come in the future gives us hope to endure our trails well. I have seen this on my mission. Not every day on the mission do I feel like singing "Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel". It gets hard but it's my gratitude for the things I have and the Blessings that Will come if I Endure and Press on! As times get hard don't look back at what once was good, but look instead at what now and will be good.
I hope you all have a good Thanksgiving! And as always I wish the Best!
Elder Herrin
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