Jesus' Love.

This week was awesome.  We had some nice weather Tuesday, so I went out to work in the yard.  I often like to plug into my ipod and listen to one of the sessions of the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Tuesday was one of those days.  So as I am listening to the first session I hear one of the speakers I hear one of the speakers talking about how much he loves missionaries.  Well I love them too, so I listened a little more carefully.  One thing he mentioned was about the commandment to love one another as Jesus loved us.  For the first time this scripture really hit me in a very different way.  Jesus took upon Himself my sins, so that I wouldn't have to suffer their consequences, Jesus died for me.  Can I love someone as Jesus loves me?  Wow, that's a tough one, I'm not yet that good.  But you look at these missionaries, you see a little of this, in that these fine young men and women, (and senior couples, and sisters) give up their lives for people they don't even know yet.  They are sacrificing time, money energy and a very important part of their lives to serve others.  That's a lot more love than I am showing.

Wednesday the district leader had exchanges, so Elder B went with the Spanish speaking elders and the district leader came here.  Wednesday evening I got a text from them asking if I was home.  I said yes, and they asked if I would be able to go with them (Elder T and the district leader) to a lesson.  They need a priesthood holder to go with them to the lesson.  I was glad for the opportunity and I am so amazed at how cool it is to hear them teach the basics of the Gospel to an investigator.  They taught the first lesson about prophets, the apostasy and the restoration.  What sweet testimonies were shared in that lesson and what a great spirit was felt. 

Lately I have been wondering when the blessings were going to come for having the missionaries in my home, I have had two vacuums break, a the water heater went out and on and on with the day to day average challenges of life.  Why should I feel entitled to anything?  So, finally I got this opportunity to share in this lesson taught by Elder T and the district leader and I realized that I couldn't be more blessed.  The spirit these elders bring to my home is so much more that a vacuum or two, and so I have changed my attitude and have begun focusing on the great blessings I have.

When I was driving the district leader home he asked Elder T what he learned from the exchange.  Elder T said that he learned to be more bold.  So now he spends more effort on not losing contact with the people he teaches and tries to teach at least two lessons to them a week and to set specific dates, not open ended times.  What a great district leader they have. 

While the district leader was here Elder B was with the Spanish elders and kind of got lost during some of the lessons (he doesn't speak Spanish).  But he said that he learned something during the exchange too.  He said that he learned a more simplified way to explain and understand the Ward Mission Plan.  These guys are great.

Life here is not totally serious all the time.  The other night as I was getting ready for bed I heard a noise in the hall.  I didn't think too much of it because this house can be noisy, so I continued on.  Pretty soon a nerf bullet whizzed past my door.  Okay, so it's time to burn off some energy and that's what happened.  It was fun, but as always it ended too soon.  (please don't be offended and think that I distract the elders from their work, it doesn't happen that often).

The Lord loves us more than we can know.  Try to think on that love and how we can love one another in a Christlike way.

As always be awesome this week.  Thank you for reading my blog.