week 68

 

Mom this one is for you! That was in Ajusco this week! BEAUTIFUL, Mexican fall :)



Elder Cardenas and me



​So the Familia P_____ told us that they were not going to be able to go to church Sunday because of all the around the house chores... so we decided to go up there Saturday morning and help them out.

It was so awesome! a GREAT service opportunity



I gave their sons haircuts!



So Sunday we went to eat with la hermana Margarita... it was an experience. We were there enjoying a nice conversation when la hermana Margarita gets up to check the mixotes that she was pressure cooking. We were all sitting in a row and she stood up to check the pressure cooker behind us. The instant she touched the thing , BOOOM, the lid shot off and sent mixote juice all over us and the ceiling! It was memorable :) hahah



 

 



 

 

That is a year and a half!!!

( Don't worry mom, I am not wearing them anymore!)

This reminded me of Anthony and Sharon and the train museum we went to!

 

Connecticut train museum, February 2012 trip he is referring to


Lord is is I? Elder Uchtdorf

WoW!!! my favorite quotes

This business of beams and motes seems to be closely related to our inability to see ourselves clearly. I’m not sure why we are able to diagnose and recommend remedies for other people’s ills so well, while we often have difficulty seeing our own.

 many of us have a difficult time seeing ourselves as we truly are, and even successful people overestimate their own contribution and underestimate the contributions that others make.⁵

we blind ourselves to blessings and opportunities to improve ourselves in significant and profound ways.

 Such terrible and often unnecessary things happen when members of the Church become disengaged from gospel principles. They may appear on the outside to be disciples of Jesus Christ, but on the inside their hearts have separated from their Savior and His teachings. They have gradually turned away from the things of the Spirit and moved toward the things of the world.

 In this age of self-justification and narcissism, it is easy to become quite creative at coming up with excuses for not regularly approaching God in prayer, procrastinating the study of the scriptures, avoiding Church meetings and family home evenings, or not paying an honest tithe and offerings.

My dear brethren, will you please look inside your hearts and ask the simple question: “Lord, is it I?”

, none of us likes to admit when we are drifting off the right course

So how can we shine the pure light of God’s truth into our souls and see ourselves as He sees us?

May I suggest that the holy scriptures and the talks given at general conference are an effective mirror we can hold up for self-examination.

As you hear or read the words of the ancient and modern prophets, refrain from thinking about how the words apply to someone else and ask the simple question: “Lord, is it I?”

We must approach our Eternal Father with broken hearts and teachable minds. We must be willing to learn and to change. And, oh, how much we gain by committing to live the life our Heavenly Father intends for us.

Those who do not wish to learn and change probably will not and most likely will begin to wonder whether the Church has anything to offer them.

But those who want to improve and progress, those who learn of the Savior and desire to be like Him, those who humble themselves as a little child and seek to bring their thoughts and actions into harmony with our Father in Heaven—they will experience the miracle of the Savior’s Atonement. They will surely feel God’s resplendent Spirit. They will taste the indescribable joy that is the fruit of a meek and humble heart. They will be blessed with the desire and discipline to become true disciples of Jesus Christ.

And isn’t that what the gospel is all about and does for us? It is the good news, and it helps us to become good

Brethren, we must put aside our pride, see beyond our vanity, and in humility ask, “Lord, is it I?”

And if the Lord’s answer happens to be “Yes, my son, there are things you must improve, things I can help you to overcome,” I pray that we will accept this answer, humbly acknowledge our sins and shortcomings, and then change our ways by becoming better husbands, better fathers, better sons. May we from this time forward seek with all our might to walk steadfastly in the Savior’s blessed way—for seeing ourselves clearly is the beginning of wisdom.

As we do so, our bountiful God will lead us by the hand; we will “be made strong, and blessed from on high.”¹⁴

My beloved friends, a first step on this wondrous and fulfilling path of true discipleship starts with our asking the simple question:

“Lord, is it I?”

I lOVE this talk!!! it will for sure be one that I refer to throughout my life!

Elder Quinn

Elder Quinn