The Week Of Patience

Hello friends! Hope all is well! Hope yall are having a good summer. This week was another crazy one. I spent so much time in meetings for the two zones we are over and trying to train my trainer at the same time. its a STRUGGLE. 

There isnt enough time in the day for everything and alot of days end feeling like i failed. But its good learning experience. We dont have a ton of friends right now we are working hard to find. The work is pretty slow paced when only one of us speaks spanish! Its good for me though. 

I am learning lots of patience with myself and others which is good! This week will be another crazy one but I am excited to see the miracles. 

This week I started the Book of Mormon over again. I was reading in 1 nephi chapter 3: 30-31. 

30 And after the angel had spoken unto us, he departed. 

31 And after the angel had departed, Laman and Lemuel again began to murmur, saying: How is it possible that the Lord will deliver Laban into our hands? Behold, he is a mighty man, and he can command fifty, yea, even he can slay fifty; then why not us?

When I first read this my orginal thoughts were WOW Laman and Lemuel were so bad. How could they see an angel and right after deny it and lose faith and hope. I continued reading the next chapter when the thought came to me... are you Laman and Lemuel? 

I realized how quickly and easy it is for each of us to see Gods hand in our life the miracles he provides everyday and then quickly forget them and focus back on the hard or what seems impossible. 

In that moment I related to Laman and Lemuel. I realized how natural it is to forget the good. To lose the hope and faith and to genuinley let the fear of unknown take over. I wanted to know how to avoid this how to better be at keeping the faith from my spiritual experiences. 

The path may not be easy but dont lose the fsith that cane from oast experiences. God doesnt change. He is always the same. Which means he is always loving and watching out for us. Remember all the times he had your back. Don't assume your next hardship will be different. He is always there and preparing us for what is coming. 

When God Commands He Provides. 

I know that is true. I know that his way is perfect and that doesn't mean perfectly easy or perfectly smoothe but its perfectly fit to help you return and become like your savior jesus christ! 

Love Like Jesus 

Love, hermana peterson 



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