This week is insane I have been non-stop busy so I have been able to do very little study, I hope that changes but i do have a message to send this week that I thought about yesterday.
In the hymn "if the Savior stood beside me" there is a line that talks about if we would change if we could see the Savior standing by us. I want to concentrate on the part "if we could only see" (or something like that). It implies that the Savior is standing by us! He is there to guide us, lead us, and Love us. It seems strange that this is the truth but it is. I want to cross reference it with the Scripture verse "when ye are in service of the least of these my brethren , ye are only in the service of your God". The people around us are those that learn from us. They are the ones who can teach us, lead us and show us Gods love. When we take this into consideration what does that really mean when we are walking around school, a park, or just with friends. We may always think of it as we are constantly being judged but I like to look at it a different way: we are being given the opportunity to let others feel closer to God in all we do. Every action we take brings others closer or further from the path they need to be on. We must understand our role in God's plan. We are important and we are essential, you can never forget that. We each have something we need to do, so be brave and make someone else smile. But remember you cannot give what you don't have. I love you all. I hope this letter makes sense. I know a lot of what I type isn't what is in a usual email from a missionary but I really do hope you can get something from this.
Life is hard at times but remember no matter how hard it gets, you are a child of God, nothing is hard enough to keep you down if you want to stand. So do not decide to let life hit you down, don't let life be in charge. Get up and hit life in the face!!! You are stronger than you could ever know. No matter what anyone tells you be ready for life, your value is not based on what others see. It is not even based on what you see. God Loves you, someone who is perfect, someone who is greater than any on Earth right now has decided that you are worth loving. Never forget that. You are loved by God
Yesterday we went to a members house for a meeting. They told us they wanted to prepare food, which was fine the only issue was when we finally got there she hadn't started preparing the food. This was an issue because we had a full day planned. We ended up having to cancel a few appointments and re-scheduled some because it is seen to be rude to deny a meal. After three hours the food was ready. It was the largest amount of FUFU I had ever seen!!! I about died. I think a picture will come with it this week. It was way too much but we had to finish. It took us close to an hour with both of us rushing it. When we finally got out we had one last appointment scheduled with more members!!! They prepared us more food. I nearly threw it all up twice and ended up not being able to finish but they understood. I swear it was one of the hardest things I have had to do my entire mission.
Do your best this week and I will do my best here in Dunkwa. Happy Thanksgiving! I will be using mashed potato mix sent to me by my grandparents and cooking two chickens for the special day. The four missionaries in my District will eat together and I will share my precious mashed potatoes with them. Another hard thing to do on my mission...ha ha!
Love, Elder Butters
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