Just a Little Insight

Hello Again!  WOW! P-day again.

Todays p-day was so great.  We went to Avilon Zoo as a zone today!  I was able to feed aralpaima fish!  They were maybe 5-6 feet long and only eat meat/blood!  We fed them chicken heads!  It was so cool.  I'm really sad that I'm not able to send pictures....but, I was also able to take a picture with a monkey named Trixy.  She held my hand and even kissed my cheek.  It was SO cool!!  Then I pet a tiger, yep, the cages are that close, and they arent like our tigers in the zoo back home where they just sit and are boring.  They were up and playing and would talk to us!!!:)

So there were some other really good things that happened this past week and other not so good...not so good first.  One of our less actives has been really sick and just found out that she has breast cancer so if I may I would ask that you keep her in your prayers!  She is such an inspiration though.  She told us that "she knows Heavently Father will not put you through anything that we can not handle." 

Now for the good things....Elder Shane Bowen from the seventies came to visit our mission this last week and gave some amazing talks.  We discussed the oath and the covenant of the Priesthood, the Abrahamic covenant and so forth and we talked a lot about who we are.  He said that he believes that when we remember who we are we will act differently.  To illustrate this he talked about fleas....crabs...and a runner.  He told us how fleas, like the ones you find on dogs, do not crawl or run, they jump.  If you put them in a jar with no lid they will jump out.  But... if you put them in a jar with a lid they will eventually learn to jump just below the lid..he then talked about how when you catch crabs you can put them all in one bowl and they wont get out because the crabs will pull each other down.  Then he talked about the runner who broke the 4 minute mile... At the time even doctors said it wasn't possible. 

As people we will often look at others and copy what they do...if someone thinks that this is the best they can do then otheres will only reach that height.  Along with all the other runners..until the record was broken.  After the record was broken many people have been able to get even better times...the secret...its all in your head...it all in what we want to do....whether we believe in ourselves and have faith or we dont... he challenged everyone to repent and to gain a better view of who they can become and the things that they can do..

After conference Elder Bowen, his wife, President Bertin and his wife, and the AP"S came to our apartment to just look around and what not....President Bertin before they left offered a prayer and then something special happened....They paused before they left then offered us an invitation and a challenge.  They asked if we 4 sister would be willing to change our mission..  To set the standard higher and to become like the runner...YIKES!!!  This is a disciple of Christ personally inviting me in my apartment to break records....Of course I said yes!! 

This means that we will be talking and contacting more then 20 people a day....planning more effectively and waking up just a little earlier.. But the extra work will only bring extra blessings!!

I'm excited for the challenge. There you go!  Just a little insight into my week

Well I hope you are all having a great week and things are gong great Remember Heavently Father loves you and is proud of you!!