Okay... so that sounds normal, right?
Let me explain....
The house we lived in has reputation as the "house of the rats". Yeah... the pictures getting clearer, isn´t it?
Currently we don´t have any more live rats co-living with us.. but we do have the mess that has NEVER been cleaned in our cupboards underneath the fridge and oven... everywhere... for more than a year. I know... pretty :)
So.... today I couldn´t handle it anymore and we started a deep clean. We borrowed the hose from the neighbor (a member and owner of our little house) and sprayed our kitchen down. Yep. We literally hosed down everything... and scrubbed. We HAD to scrub.
It was an adventurous morning to say the least... but awesome! We took advantage and cleaned the whole house basically... which is the size of the smallest apartment that exists in the states (so really it wasn´t that much)... haha.
Afterwards we all took our turn taking a shower a finished the morning with a lunch of delicious pizza in our emacuatly clean kitchen. :D
We are pretty proud of ourselves. :D
The ward here in Santana is small and there isn´t very much unity for various reasons. Countless times I have heard someone say... "I would participate more if so and so did this and that." "I would attend more if so and so wasn´t there." "I would do this if he hadn´t done that."
We´ve been praying a lot this week to truly understand the root of the problem... So where is it?
There are a hundred problems in every ward.... But nothing will get better until we work on ourselves first. We need to strengthen our own testimonies first!
Why do I go to church? For the social crowd? Or because I made a promise with God that I would continue to become a better person and keep his commandments and I NEED the sacrament to help me do that.
Why do I listen to the cousels of the prophets and apostles? Because they´re not just old men who have nothing better to do.
They are men of GOD. And when they speak we are hearing the counsels of the LORD.
When we choose to follow or not we are showing OUR dedication to our Heavenly Father. Our gratitude to be here on earth with a body to make our own decisions. And our humility that says... "oh.. maybe what I think or want isn´t always right."
Would God lead us to do something wrong? Or down a wrong path? No.
Do we do that on accident to ourselves sometimes? Definitely.
So why is it so hard to trust and follow Him when he has never let us down instead of trusting in ourselves who can very easily guide us array. (is array a word? I don´t remember anymore.... :( hmmm)
If we want happiness. That deep happiness with the mysterious source of life and love and peace....
we need to trust in God. Never ending happiness doesn´t come from ourselves. It will always fade.
We need to find our happiness in God. And when we find it... to follow it completely to get results.
I´ve noticed that our own testimonies usually are the ones that are neglected the most.
I love you all! Have a great week!
p.s. last week when i sent pictures my camera card got a virus so i´m not trusting the computers anymore and i might not send anymore pictures until the end.... i want to ... but I feel betrayed. hahaha
alrighty, t´chau!
