Ducks

Friends!! Not much to report, same old same old. Sooo heres a spiritual thought! 

Alma 57: 25 reads: 

"And it came to pass that there were two hundred, out of my two thousand and sixty, who had fainted because of the loss of blood; nevertheless, according to the goodness of God, and to our great astonishment, and also the joy of our whole army, there was not one soul of them who did perish; yea, and neither was there one soul among them who had not received many wounds." 

I really like this because not one of these young warriors were killed, but every single one of them had many wounds. Just because we have many wounds and scars and heartaches does not mean God loves us any less. Nor does it mean He is punishing us. God never promises we will get our desired outcome when we trust Him, only that He will bless us. And sometimes those blessings are hard to find, but they are most assuredly there. The Nephites could have easily blamed God for not keeping them safe and for not completely preventing their wounds, but instead they thanked God for the preservation of their lives. Sometimes "our mere preservation is a tender and powerful manifestation of the immediate goodness of God." (Kyle S. McKay, 2019) Whether you look for the good or the bad, you'll find it. So let's look for the good!! Life is better that way 

Love you all, here are some random things: 

☆ We went on a hike today and I had a huckleberry for the first time 

☆ A member made us a monstrous cake with frickin huge berries!!!! 

☆ DUCKS!!!! They're a members. One of them was called Sirius Quack 

☆ We made friendship bracelets for our whole zone 

☆ We painted a fence for some non members in Banks. May have gotten messy. 

☆Old people keep inviting us into their homes... which is fine.... until they tell us WHILE WE'RE IN THEIR HOUSE that they're high risk, have asthma, and have had 3 heart attacks. soooooooo pray that they dont get COVID and die.......