let us keep believing

This week was a little rough with our investigators - every one of them is going through really hard things and all we want to do is help, but there is not much we can do. 
Raymond finally came to church with us on sunday! He is hard to read but we hope he liked it and felt the spirit. He has trouble with the fact that we take the sacrement every week instead of twice a year like other churches. He called sister glenn and I his "two little hunnies" at church to someone. Hahahahah he is hilarious. 
We taught him the plan of salvation and told him about temples. We talked about how we CHOSE to come down to earth even though we KNEW how hard it was going to be. BUT, we knew we could do it, and knew it was possible because we have a SAVIOR.
"I believe we all understood that by coming to earth, we would be exposed to all of the experiences of earth life, including the not-so-pleasant trials of pain, suffering, hopelessness, sin, and death. There would be opposition and adversity. And if that was all we knew about the plan, I doubt if any of us would have embraced it, rejoicing, “That’s what I have always wanted—pain, suffering, hopelessness, sin, and death.” But it all came into focus, and it became acceptable, even desirable, when an Elder Brother stepped forward and offered that He would go down and make it all right. Out of pain and suffering He would bring peace. Out of hopelessness He would bring hope. Out of transgression He would bring repentance and forgiveness. Out of death He would bring the resurrection of lives. And with that explanation and most generous offer, each and every one of us concluded, “I can do that. That is a risk worth taking.” And so we chose". (For Thy Good - Richard C. Edgley)
We chose to come down to earth when we could see the complete picture. We chose when we had a clear vision of the savior's rescue of us. If our faith and understanding were as clear as that today, we would choose it AGAIN. The challenge is to have the kind of FAITH, during our hard times, that we exercised when we FIRST chose. We once believed in ourselves and we believed in our savior. LET US KEEP BELIEVING. 

XOXO, sister brinton