Week #90.4 - Corona Days: neat findings

04-17-2020

Tonight, I soaked me feet in the tub for 20 minutes, while reading, "A Marvelous Work and a Wonder" by Legrand Richards, with soft classical music in the background. It was VERY relaxing ☺️. I feel so at peace now haha.

So we made some sweet goals in our weekly planning session yesterday. One of those was to say our morning companionship prayers at the little pond next to our apartment, instead of next to our beds. So that's what we did this morning haha. It was neat to say a morning comp prayer with birds chirping all around you and the crickets chirping still. I think we're gonna keep doing it 😏. 

(Pictures from last entry)

We talked to some cool people today. One of them was trying to low-key bash us, but we were so nice that we all ended the call as friends, instead of feeling contentious. That right there was a testimony to me that the spirit can soften any heart. I don't like it when people bash me, so I'm not gonna bash them. He was very nice, at the end.

We got in contact with Tonya today and she was very happy to talk with us! She wants to read the Book of Mormon tomorrow at 11am, so that is gonna be sweet! We may have to move her date for baptism back (sidenote:  there was totally thunder just now ⚡😍😎) a couple days because of certain things she’s gotta start living. But she's really wants to be baptized still so that's AWESOME. She is super prepared.

We've been working with a lot of less active members too.  I think it's starting to pay off because we're getting a lot of positive responses from us inviting them to get more involved with gospel living.  We basically treat them as any active member and leave them with the same commitments to be missionaries, as we would with an active member because we know they can receive inspiration from the spirit just as well as Elder Nash can eat 50 burritos in 5 minutes (he's a super-fast eater and is good at it. No messes involved here ladies and gents. Straight FACTS.) I think they really appreciate that. We've been meeting with them consistently and reading scriptures to strengthen their testimony again. It's cool to hear the light come back into their voices over the phone.

Spiritual thought!!!!!

1 Nephi 8:7-10

7 And it came to pass that as I followed him I beheld myself that I was in a dark and dreary waste.

   8 And after I had traveled for the space of many hours in darkness, I began to pray unto the Lord that he would have mercy on me, according to the multitude of his tender mercies.

   9 And it came to pass after I had prayed unto the Lord I beheld a large and spacious field.

   10 And it came to pass that I beheld a tree, whose fruit was desirable to make one happy

I love Lehi's vision of the Tree of Life. It's so cool! I wanted to focus on this part because it wasn't until AFTER Lehi prayed that he was able to see his end goal with the help of Heavenly Father. It's his prayer, which was an act of humility and faith that caused direction to come to him. He was lost in the dark, tried to go on his own for many hours, but couldn't. When he turned to God, the lights turned on. 

Think about this in our OWN lives... 

Sometimes, we try to go in the darkness (life in the world) for as long as we can. We might even think we know the way and how to navigate the darkness. But we can't. We NEED to have God with us! It isn't until after we pray that God can help us. Praying for help shows 1. Humility and 2. Love. We recognize our weakness and ask God to help us through the darkness. And He will.

I love y'all!

Have a great night, 

Elder Furphy 🌃😘😎😎