Well y'all, this week has been a big one. First, thank you to all who wrote me emails on my birthday!! Sorry I couldn't respond I had an early Pday for Utah's Pioneer day the Friday before so they took away my Pday. Anywho... I'm still in a hotel livin the best life! My birthday was pretty chill I didn't do a whole lot except buy a few missionaries some chick-fil-a. I've also put my cooking and baking skills to the test and gotten pretty creative (pictures below). I've had a full 2 weeks here and I'm trying my best to get the hang of things but... it's gonna take a while lol. I love Utah so it keeps things pretty comfortable.
We had zone conference this week and it was amazing!!! If I put in all of the things I learned here then this would be a very long email haha. The topic was recieving revelation and one quote I heard was "God does not send thunder when a still small voice will do." It's not the topic of the email but it is something that I think can apply to us all. I got a chance to perform a musical number in the zone conference which was awesome and kind of the first time I've sung in such a small group in public so definitely something new and nerve racking.
The topic for this email is "Life is Life a Sandbag" simply because it is haha. The meaning for this analogy is this... In life we are given opportunities and experiences that fill our sandbag with sand. Occasionally, things get in our way that damage that sandbag and allow it to get tears but usually we notice that and fix it. Sometimes there are things that tear the fabric of the bag piece by piece and we dont notice it or don't realize it is an issue until there is a large tear that is too large to stop. Without the atonement of Christ and the love of God, the sand in our bags will fall and be lost giving us no choice but to find more sand to refill our bag. But luckily, The atonement of Christ and the love of God act as a bucket to catch the sand we let slip out of our bags so that we can attend to our wounds and reclaim the sand we lost.
I recently had an experience where I let my RIP in the bag get too big and i lost a lot of sand. Thankfully i was able to stitch up the tears and move forward with faith in myself and the gospel I am striving to proclaim. Love you all and hope all is well.
-Elder Walters
PICTURES!!
1. Played some competitive Skip-Bo while my comp was in meetings
2. Got creative and made brownies on the stove because we dont have an oven
3. My comp showed me Mexican Haystacks and they were pretty good
4. The Portugese Sisters made me a cake for my birthday
5. President and Sister McBeth
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