So this week has been crazy!!! (I know I say that every week but this Ghana life is beyond anything I imagined - something new every day and an adventure every minute). Before i go into what I really want to share today I need you all to know a few things. For one, I have come to the realization that I live in a minecraft world...... Yes that is right a minecraft world. It is a perfect comparison: the land, the layout, and even the houses are all similar to minecraft houses and cities!!! Me and my companion came to this conclusion some time ago I just forgot to tell you all, but now you know that I live in the world of Minecraft, so that is good. For those of you unfamiliar with the game, everything is made of building blocks and looks very choppy and pretend. Dunkwa is similar to this because everyone builds their homes, stores and other buildings with materials they find laying around. So everything looks very pretend, very clumsily put together and very much like building blocks.
Best story ever: Last Monday after I got finished emailing and finished my proselyting for the day, we started walking home. On the way, we saw a car drive into a huge gutter ( There are giant gutters that line the sides of the road - often people park their bikes in these gutters because it makes them harder to steal - the gutters are probably four feet deep). We, and a few other guys (there were a lot of us) picked up the car and pushed it out of the gutter!!! It was so cool!!! It was my super hero moment for the week! Okay, well those were just some cool moments and ideas I wanted to share.
I didn't have something prepared to write about which wasn't smart.... Hopefully I can say something inspiring.
I want to concentrate on 1 Nephi 7 and 8 ( you can find this online if you don't have a Book Of Mormon) It talks about how Lehi returned to his house after receiving a vision (I suggest reading those verses and their footnotes). He returned home and cast himself on his bed because he was overpowered by what he had been shown but as he rested he was again shown another vision. I want to talk about how this relates to homes. If His home had not been a place where the Spirit of the Lord could dwell, he couldn't have received more, he would have been left with what he had already seen. It was only because his house was clean and invited the spirit that he could have received more. We must strive to have a home where the Spirit can be, if it is not the environment where that could happen how can we expect to feel anything in our homes. We have to keep it prepared to feel the Spirit. Now I am not saying it has to be a perfect house, at my home there were still arguments and disagreements, but love was always there (even when it didn't seem like it was). We don't have to be perfect just make sure that your home is a place the Spirit can be if you will let it.
I miss you all so much, and love hearing from all of you.
-Elder Butters
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