So we (mostly me at first) decided it would be fun to enter the Dirty Dash this year. And it WAS fun! Right up until the moment I broke my leg. I think the reason Alex had to study the scripture in his email this week was for me because I am feeling like I am higher than waist deep at the moment and not being so positive about it :) Then another missionary mom posted about unmet expectations and how that can bring frustration and disappointment but if we really think about it we can change our emotions or I think, attitude by changing our expectations. So here is to a change in attitude and expectations on my part. I am grateful for all the family and friends who support me through the good and the not as good and I love the sweet message of peace the gospel always brings with it if we just listen closely.
Some of our Dirty Dash photos :)
Hola!!
I'm glad to hear that you guys had a
good time at the dirty dash. For the most part... I'm sorry to hear about
your leg, mom. :/ you're not supposed to get hurt!! I wish I could be there to
help out, but I guess that's not my job. Haha so how does it feel? What did the
doctor say?
Well this past week was long, but
really good. Interviews went really well. Probably my favorite interview so
far. I felt like he really cared and it was good. I got some questions answered
and left it feeling like I was doing a good job and knowing what I needed to
improve on.
So my spiritual though is going to
be about yesterday. Yesterday was zone conference and it was awesome!! Elder
Clark from the first quorum of the seventy was there. So yesterday was an
exhausting day. We got up at 5 and then drove to Sarasota. I drove and it took
about 2 hours. Then we had our conference which started at 8:30 and went until
4:00. Yeah, it was long. Haha then we drove back, which took almost 3 hours.
Yeah, it was long, but good. Elder Clark is awesome. He threw down! He was
encouraging us and being nice, then he completely changed and basically told us
that we are not good enough and we have to do a thousand times better if we
ever want to succeed at anything. Then went back to being encouraging and nice.
Haha he did that the whole time. So about have the time I felt like I was doing
well and then the other half I felt like a complete failure. But it was
definitely a learning experience and I came away with a lot that I need to work
on, but also with a knowledge of what I am doing well. He talked about love,
and planning, and faith and prayer. It was good.
My scripture is going to be 1 Nephi
17: 1-2
1 And it came to pass that we did
again take our journey in the wilderness; and we did travel nearly eastward
from that time forth. And we did travel and wade through much affliction in the
wilderness; and our women did bear children in the wilderness.
2 And so great were the blessings of
the Lord upon us, that while we did live upon raw meat in the wilderness, our
women did give plenty of suck for their children, and were strong, yea, even
like unto the men; and they began to bear their journeyings without murmurings.
So this was the chapter that
we were supposed to study before zone conference. So I studied it. However, we
didn't use it or discuss it at all during the conference, but I am fine with
that because I still learned a lot from this chapter. I want to focus on two
aspects of these scriptures. The first, is in verse 1. "We did travel and
wade through much affliction..." I really love that word, wade. It does
to say walk, run, jog, pass through, it says wade. Wading is something
that is not easy to do. It means that whatever you are going through is at
least about knee height, maybe higher. That means it's hard. They weren't just
dealing with trials, they were wading through them. Their trials were extremely
difficult to bear, but they could still do it. The second aspect is in verse 2,
"and so great were the blessings of The Lord upon us..." What?! You
are wading through afflictions, but the blessings are so great? This family
truly understood the atonement. They truly understood how to "take his
yoke upon you that your burdens may be light." They understood that even
though their trials are hard, that God is with you ALWAYS. And they understood
that when they could no longer wade through their afflictions, that Christ was
there to help carry them when it got too deep. They understood how taking his
yoke upon them really does make everything so much easier. He will never
forsake us. He cannot do it. He loves us way too much to even fathom leaving us
alone. He won't do everything for us, but he knows our breaking point and he
knows when he needs to step in. "Some the blessings come soon; some come
late; and some don't come til heaven." - Elder Holland. He loves you.
Never forget that. Never. He will always be there for you, especially when you
feel like nobody else is. And if you don't know that yet, then get on your
knees and find out.
One of the greatest blessings that I
have received while being out here is the opportunity that I have to almost
instantly love people. I truly love each one of you. I cannot express how much
I love you. You are all part of my family and I wish that you could understand
how I feel. God loves each of you and he will always protect you. I hope that
you each have an amazing week and that everything goes well.
Love,
Elder Moyes
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