I don't know Heavenly Fathers plan for me....but

Hello again,
Email time just seems to go by to fast!  I don't get enough time to write anything good!  Our workshop is the workshop President gives the missionaries going home since they are going home....the workshop....about families and finding an eternal companion.  Needless to say we were all a bit trunks!  But we quickly got over it.

So he first started talking about the creation and how the earth was truly made for us to come and create families.  Then we talked a bit about how important family sis..and we can see how important family is because of the greatness of Satans fight against it.  Some ideas given was same sex marriage, the degradation of the importance of children, the attitude of spouses to one another, shellfish ness, and the pleasures of the world and then the kicker, hanging out!  You know, having personally gone through the affects of Satans temptations I can say  just how powerful and harsh they are, and they aren't going to stop!

President Hinckley once said that Satans attack is now on the family!  Why?  Besides Christ, family is central to his plan.  We see many ways satan is attacking the family, but as eternal law requires there is equal and greater tools and happiness available to families!  Like prayer, family home evening, making and keeping covenants, being honest, setting family goals, clinging (not just holding) onto your spouse, and allowing him in your daily life!

We examine the examples of Nephi and his family!they went back to Jerusalem to get wives (Nephi 7:1) and they even had weddings! (Nephi 16). Then the big day came when Nephi was done building the ship and they set sail to "the promised land". As the scriptures tell in Nephi 18:9 Laman, Lemuel, and their wives began to make themselves merry and became exceedingly rude.  They even bound up Nephi to eventually lol him.  This is when we see the faith and love of his sweet wife in verse 19.  It says that not even tears and prayers of his wife and children could soften their hearts!  Nephi was, "large in stature" obviously a faithful, righteous man.  What kind of person was his wife?  Did she honor the priesthood?  Support her husband in his calling and seek help from The Lord?  It seems to be this way!  Nephi got the kind of wife that was comparative to himself....Laman and Lemuel as well.  So.....what kind of person do you want to marry?  Or if you are already married what kind of relationship do you want to have?

I know I am not married yet but I have seen lots of examples of how a good relationship works and how a not so good one works and the good and especially best relationships aren't easy and they include 3people ALWAYS, the husband, the wife, and Heavenly FatherM. We must always rely on him to lead and guide us.

I am so grateful for my family.  I know I knew them before we came to this earth and I pray every night that we may each become worthy to continue our journey together as an Eternal FamilyM. It is absolutely possible.  We were once broken but by carefully applying the teachings of Jesus Christ and using the atonement we have found happiness and hope for a brighter future.  The family truly is central to his plan and there is a way to be sure of an eternal companion and to know how to raise families in this ever changing and dangerous world.  But as with all the commandments of god we must first exercise faith!  I don't know Heavenly Fathers plan for me after my mission but I'm excited to find out!