Folks,
The first part of Lyndsay's letter this week was some stuff addressed to Lisa and I, which I edited out for this blog post. So if it seems like you're coming into the middle of a conversation ... well, you are.
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OH MY GOODNESS mission age change?! We were so
close to jumping up and down in our seats when we heard that! Crazy exciting. I
think/hope that we will get so many more missionaries, esp sisters, because of
this! So great. And i loved ALL of conference. I almost
didn't care what was said--I just loved the familiar and comforting presence of
our prophet and apostles. I know that they are truly called of God. All week I
just couldn't wait for conference so that I could drink in some light and
knowledge and get a spiritual tune-up. I loved every single talk, and am so
grateful that we got to watch all 4 sessions. … All of the questions i brought
to it were answered in some way or another. I missed having conference
casserole and having purrcy help me take notes though! But it was wonderful to think that we were
connected in some way because I knew we were doing the same thing at the same
time (we watched it at 12 and 4 here so it was the same time as you). :) My
favorite talks were probably Elder Holland, Pres Eyring, and Pres Uchtdorf. I
just loved the way that Elder Holland made that story come alive and relate to
us. I've read that story so many times and even have a special love for it from
Savior of the World but i had never thought about it in that way.
One thing that stuck out to me was what he
said about loyalty being the crowning characteristic of love. If we truly love
the Savior, we will defend Him and be loyal to Him at all times, in all things,
and in all places--and we will sacrifice whatever we need to in order to do so.
Also, the Savior knew that Peter loved
Him...but Peter needed to know and realize just how much he loved Christ and
how well he was following Him. I think that we can and should do a self-check
on that every week as we take the sacrament. That is when we renew our covenant
to follow Him and take His name upon us--but how well are we doing it?
Something that a music teacher once taught me
is that if we get 1% better at something each week, in a month we will be 4%
better and in a year we will be 52% better--and so on and so forth. It's
gradual change but it all adds up. and that's better than practicing for 6
hours on a saturday and not touching your horn the rest of the week. I think
that's perfectly applicable to anything else in life. if we can just become 1%
better at being a disciple and example of Christ each day or each week, we will
make so much more progress than trying to become 100% better all at once. Just
like you always say, eat the elephant one bite at a time :) Will you all try to
become just 1% better each day? Consistent baby steps make more progress than
you think. I'm trying to become 1% better as a missionary each day. and every
night when I kneel down to pray, I review my day with my Father in Heaven--what
I did well, what I became 1% better at, and what i want to improve on for the
next day. Thinking about being here in terms of 17 months or even 1 month is
overwhelming...but I can always do just one more day :) I also really
loved what President Eyring had to say about not creating pavilions that
obstruct our view of the Lord. He can always see us, and is always there to
help and bless us--but if we feel that we can't see or feel Him, it is probably
something on our side that we need to change. monitor and adjust, …
OH and speaking of other people. there's a
sister here who's from the Isle of Man. hurst europe together my 2nd uam
tour and he and mary nelson and I (both from AF) were MB staff buddies that
fall and had a grand time. I can't believe it's been 2 years already! I have a
letter for him but now need his home address since he won't be in mexico
I'm glad that you got the pictures. The brick
wall is just the wall of one of the houses we live in. but the yellow house is
the Whitney Home
Love and hugs and snuggles and smiles,
sister lyndsay wygant
I love this girl so much. She makes my heart burst.
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