Una Casa de Bastantes Ventanas

Just wanted to share a quick story this week, a testimony that has strengthened mine. One of our recent converts here, Guadalupe shared this with us the other day. She was working with her son cleaning this house. A house with so..so many windows. Just a ton. Here's a picture of the Bangkok Temple for an idea.

That's a whole lot of windows. Wow. Alright, I'm not sure it was exactly like this, but now you've got a picture in your mind. your welcome. She was there cleaning this house, and was really tired, exhausted, from the work of the week, taking care of the family at the house, and a surgery she had had recently. She was exhausted from the things of the world, and part way through looking at this house, it looked impossible to finish the job, to clean it all. That's when she had an idea, an impression. She paused for just a moment -- took out her phone -- and hit play. As she started to listen to the Book of Mormon on her phone, she continued to work. She said that for the rest of this day, the rest of this time cleaning an endless amount of windows, she found the strength and energy to keep moving forward. She didn't feel tired. God has promised that as we follow his commandments, even his simplest ones, including edifying ourselves upon his word, we will find blessings espírituales and temporales. Including the energy to keep pressing forward. As we look first for his Kingdom, the rest will fall into place. As we do the little things to read, to pray, and to take time in our days to remember, and take time for Him, his light will enter into our lives. The Savior is the Light of the World, and can make this change in each one of our lives, as we do what is needed to let Him into our lives. As we do, we will find the strength to press forward. He will help us to meet our needs, overcome our obstacles, and press forward. We have lots of needs in this world, lots of troubles, challenges in our minds, it's part of life. I'm sure you and I could think of a larger list than we would like to of these things. But He has said - 32 For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But aseek ye first the bkingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. God knows that we have things we need to do and things we just need in this world, he understands that more perfectly than we could ever know. But He also loves us perfectly and if we put Him first in our lives, show this love we have for Him, those things will fall into place. It does not mean we will live a life without trials, without difficulties, or maybe without a huge house just full of glass windows to clean. But as we come to trust in Him, His strength, and let the light of the Savior enter into our lives, we will have the strength to press forward and to accomplish these things, with His help. It is tremendously special this opportunity that we have as missionaries to share the light of the gospel with all, and to this light enter their lives, and their families.