Re: Good one.

pictures: antonia at the bus stop 

and missionary selfie (this is Sister Brundage´s cute cute dress.)

On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Eliza Shumway <eliza.shumway@myldsmail.net> wrote:

Hello! 

Wow this week flew by!! 

Our baptism fell through after he showed up as a drunken sailor to a ward activity the day before he was supposed to be baptized. Sad but funny at the same time. He was doing so well! But dang it SATAN has a big hold on him with the alcoholic beverage and smoking too. I felt at peace about him all week though, so I know with whatever happens all will turn out right. 

 We´ve been having a great time calling people to repentance this week. So now it´s your turn.  

 27 But wo unto him that has the law given, yea, that has all the commandments of God, like unto us, and that transgresseth them, and that wasteth the days of his probation, for awful is his state!

So yeah. If you´re not living your life as you KNOW you should, don´t postpone your true happiness anymore. I KNOW that living the gospel of Jesus Christ is the way we are guaranteed to have pure happiness. It´s sad how so many people here (Portugal) and there (U.S. and everywhere) think they need to find their own way to happiness. Humble yourself and get back on the only track that has already been proven and prophesied to bring happiness. Give up something bad or even something okay/good for something BETTER: The peace that Christ can give you in knowing He has forgiven you and that you are trying your best.  Ask Heavenly Father for forgiveness for whatever it is that you have done or are doing or are NOT doing and then LIVE ACCORDINGLY. https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1989/04/beware-of-pride?lang=eng

On a happy note, we had a fun ward activity on Friday! On a sad note, i tripped on a little INVISIBLE step during it and bruised my foot and pulled a muscle in my calf. On a happy note, I am almost better now and it didn´t really take much time out of our work to rest. 

Update on Luis: He is not too gun-ho on the whole "other testament of Jesus Christ" idea. He said he´d read it that one day but he hasn´t yet, because he says he doesn´t feel a "pull" or "force" or "flame" coming from the book. He´s a weirdie. He thinks he´s being open-minded but he´s not. We love him anyway. His mom said that she wouldn´t go to another church even if God Himself appeared to her telling her to go somewhere else. Haha. At least Luis understood and said he would. But he´s not acknowledging the Spirit he felt when he met us or when we went back the first time before we mentioned the Book of Mormon. We´re going to bring a member that he liked when he went to church to teach with us.

 

K well this is my mind ___________________________

so I love you all! Keep the Commandments! Read the General Conference Talks Again! Do It! 

Sister Eliza Shumway