Frog Legs and Coke

This week was just sad. Sœur Hiltunen and I were afflicted with the common cold and therefore had difficulties contacting people without them knowing we were diseased. Fact about missionary work: If you can't find people to teach, you won't teach anybody. True story. We taught a cumulative of six lessons this week. Hahaha……………….yeah…………

On the bright side, we've seen some cool miracles among the less active members in the Clermont ward. We passed by a woman who hasn't been to church in a couple years and she invited us right in, sat us on her couch, gave us coke and chocolate, and told us her life story and how much she wants to come back to church. Yeah, don't know how I deserved that one.

FACTS I LEARNED:

-Finnish fact: Santa was born in Finland. 

-Frog legs…..taste like chicken. 

-Seriously, who thought to take a frog, cook it, and eat it? 

-Humans are capable of making strange discoveries.

Great scripture: Alma 37:44-46. 

44 For behold, it is as easy to give heed to the word of Christ, which will point to you a straight course to eternal bliss, as it was for our fathers to give heed to this compass, which would point unto them a straight course to the promised land.

45 And now I say, is there not a type in this thing? For just as surely as this director did bring our fathers, by following its course, to the promised land, shall the words of Christ, if we follow their course, carry us beyond this vale of sorrow into a far better land of promise.

 46 O my son, do not let us be slothful because of the easiness of the way; for so was it with our fathers; for so was it prepared for them, that if they would look they might live; even so it is with us. The way is prepared, and if we will look we may live forever.

Can I just tell you how frustratingly easy it is to get lazy? Lazy in studies, lazy in concentrating on the people, lazy in prayer. I stumbled upon this scripture and immediately was drawn to the phrase, "do not let us be slothful because of the easiness of the way." 

The first implication to consider is how easy it is to listen to the words of Christ. The other is that is it also easy to fall away. Everything is so EASY, yet it takes initiative on your part to choose which direction you want to go. I have a testimony of both points made by this scripture. We all have a choice in who we are, what we think, what we feel, and what we do. It is an active and simple choice to listen to Christ, and, in the end, makes you happier. The gospel is so SIMPLE, folks. Don't you love that? Makes my job so much easier :) I hope that each of you see the blessings in your life and are happy. Take care this week.

Sœur Green

Adventures in Royat