Turn On The Light!

High 5!

1. Wednesday we got to see Raven and do some service out at their new property!

2. Friday we got to have dinner with Anna. I love her. She will get baptized one day.

3. Our ward had a "rescue night" this week where we all were assigned less-actives and recent converts to invite over to the Petty's house and we played games and had a BBQ. We had a really good turn out!

4. Remember Laura!? Her and Diego are getting MARRIED on Saturday so we've been helping with that :)

5. Mysty is getting baptized on Saturday!!!

Down Low, 2 Slow.

1. So many people cancelled on us this week so we tracted a TON!

2. We find more lizards than investigators...hahaha!!!

Hello hello! I feel like I just wrote an e-mail but here I am again! This week was so good! My thoughts today are about the light of Christ.

Every person who has lived, is living, or will live on this earth is born with the light of Christ. Throughout our lives we go about making choices, some of which can brighten our light and others which can dim our light. Many of us, I'm sure have had the experience  where someone asked, "What's different about you? There seems to be a light in your eyes." When we actively strive to brighten our personal light of Christ others notice. Some of us might look at this as a large task to accomplish but we can brighten that light by doing the simple things- praying, reading our scriptures, repenting, and serving others. Most of the time it is these simple things that we overlook. When we continue to do these things and use our agency for good, our light becomes brighter and doing so makes it easier to make the right choice the next time.

The same is true for the contrary however. When we make a wrong choice, or simply ignore a prompting to assist someone in need, our light dims, again making it easier to do the same the next time. We know that Satan works by degrees, so if we keep following this pattern, eventually we could end up in complete darkness.

What happens when you sit in a dark room with no light for a long period of time? You get used to it, right? Your eyes start to adjust and you get comfortable. And when someone turns on the light, it hurts. For a few seconds, the light hurts our eyes and in that moment we want to go back to sitting in darkness. But again, our eyes adjust to the light and we realize how much better we can see with the light on.

I plead with each of you who are struggling to adjust to the light or who are still contemplating whether or not to turn it on...the Atonement of Jesus Christ is the healing power on the earth today. It's going to hurt at first and it's not going to be easy, but I promise things will get better and you will adjust. Your eyes will be opened to a clearer picture of what God wants for you and your life will improve. Trust Him. He gave you the light of Christ so others could glean from it and also make the choice to turn their light on. I have sat in darkness before and it is my prayer and testimony that each of you will believe in the saving ordinance of the Atonement and make the choice to turn on the light.

God Speed!

Love, Hermana Emilee Bowen