1. I'M STAYING AND I'M TRAINING! WHAAAAAT!? Yes! I got a
training call! My address is the same and I will pick up my new companion fresh
off the airplane tomorrow! I'm so excited!
2. John got ordained yesterday!
3. We finally saw Jaime this week and he wants to get back
on track so we are helping him work towards a new baptism date!
4. Tino is LOVING church! We saw him almost every day this
past week and he is really grasping onto the lessons.
(John and Tino stole our name tags when everyone was playing
missionary tag at FHE, hahaha. They said they helped them win.)
5. We got a call from a member in the 4th ward during church
yesterday who invited us over for dinner and to meet their friend who wants to
get baptized!? Her name is Misty and she is on date for September 12th!
1. John is officially moving to Las Vegas tomorrow :(
(Normally that would make me happy but I'm in Texas!)
(I got my first pair of cowboy boots! :) Texas does
something to you...)
2. Sister Baker is getting transferred to Hondo Pass to be
companions with Sister McKendrick! Hondo Pass keeps taking my companions!
(And John took us to a sushi buffet last week...don't let my face
fool you, I still don't like sushi, haha but I tried all of it!)
Luke 17:32 says, "Remember Lot's wife." If you
haven't read Elder Holland's talk on it, I highly recommend it! It's sooooo
good and my thoughts today come from it. In D&C 58:42 the Lord promises us
that after we repent, He remembers our sins no more. What a comforting promise.
However, why is it that we remember them, often times with great force? George
Santayana said, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to
repeat it." It is so important to learn from our past experiences but we
should not dwell on them. In the story of Lot's wife, as she leaves Sodom and
Gomorrah, she looks back and is turned to a pillar of salt. Her downfall
was not that she looked back, but that she desired to go back. We cannot let
our attachment of the past outweigh our confidence in the future. Don't miss
here, now, and tomorrow because you are trapped in there, then, and yesterday.
Look back to the glowing embers but not ashes. Leave your summer cottage in
Babylon and do not retire to it again! I testify that our loving
Heavenly Father cares a whole lot more about where we are going than where we
have been and He has great things in store for each of us if we will
exercise our faith and trust in Him. {Philippians 3:13-14}
Have a great last week of summer vacation! I love and miss
you all! God speed!
Love, Sis. Bowen
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