Good morning, New York!
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| At the Colina/Las Rosas baptismal service |
Or anywhere else you might be. Is anyone actually reading this from New York? The chances are pretty low, but still.
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| Keep your voice down low! (Only true “High School Musical” fans will understand this reference) |
Since March 15th happened this week*, I wanted to order a Little Caesar’s pizza to keep up with the family tradition. I guess I should have given more serious thought into the occasion we were celebrating, because that day, our Uber Eats app stopped working. We asked a member if they knew if Little Caesar’s could do delivery in Guatemala, which it can’t. But! Members can! And so la familia Merida brought the pizza, and and was an Ides of March miracle.
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| We took some pix with a missionary hopeful! |
On Friday, we had a ton of stuff scheduled, but, in typical missionary fashion, it all kept falling through. Even lunch! And lunch never falls through, so that was devastating. One of these appointments was a photo shoot of us teaching members (it’s part of a mission project), but when the office elders finally got there, we had a silly time, because the members ended up inviting all their extended family to be in the photo, so it was around 20 people on a couch and four chairs. I don’t know how we made it work, but we did. I think Guatemalans are just masters at human Tetris.
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| Yes, I did order hot chocolate with marshmallows at the ward council/fancy dinner. |
I was reading in the beginning of the Book of Mormon, and I thought that the comparison in 2 Nephi 2 and 4 was so interesting! In 2 Nephi 4, Nephi says:
17 Nevertheless, notwithstanding the great goodness of the Lord, in showing me his great and marvelous works, my heart exclaimeth: O wretched man that I am! Yea, my heart sorroweth because of my flesh; my soul grieveth because of mine iniquities.
I think we’ve all felt this, one way or another. Our imperfections and mistakes are a heavy load to carry. But when we have the perspective offered to us by Lehi in 2 Nephi 2:
11 For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so … righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. …...22 … if Adam had not transgressed he would not have fallen, but he would have remained in the garden of Eden. …23 … wherefore they would have remained in a state of innocence, having no joy, for they knew no misery; doing no good, for they knew no sin.
It is so easy for us to get down on ourselves for not getting right every time. Even when you’re a prophet! But all of the knowledge and experience we get to have in this life is for our gain! As we learn, we get to choose to be better! It’s a part of the opportunity we have to become. And as we do, we’ll be shocked by where we end up.
* Hermana Newton’s mother is very tardy in updating the blog this week.
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