Semana 26

Elder Lutze,

I’ve been anxiously awaiting to hear how this week has gone for you! Tell us about your new area and companion!!! 

I’ve been working of course! I also spent time with the YW on Tuesday. We decorated Valentines cookies and made notes for the girls that weren’t there. I went out to eat with my new ministering sister on Friday.  Rachael and I did some initiatories on Friday as well followed by cookie and cake making for Hunter’s baby blessing today! Saturday dad and I went out for a late Valentines dinner to Edna’s! Delicious! I’ve been living my study of the New Testament! This week I was really impressed with the scriptures about becoming as a little child.

Scriptures record that other desirable qualities of little children include being submissive, meek, patient, full of love, alive in Christ, and without sin (see Mosiah 3:19; Moroni 8:12; D&C 74:7). President Henry B. Eyring of the First Presidency taught: “To be like a child is not to be childish. It is to be like the Savior, who prayed to His Father for strength to be able to do His will and then did it. Our natures must be changed to become as a child” (“As a Child,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2006, 15).

President Howard W. Hunter taught that true greatness is a daily process of giving one’s life to the Savior and doing one’s best to live the gospel. It is doing well “the things God has ordained to be the common lot of all mankind”:

“[Such things include] the thousands of little deeds and tasks of service and sacrifice that constitute the giving or losing of one’s life for others and for the Lord. They include gaining a knowledge of our Father in Heaven and his gospel. They include bringing others into the faith and fellowship of his kingdom. … To do one’s best in the face of the commonplace struggles of life, and possibly in the face of failures, and to continue to endure and persevere with the ongoing difficulties of life—when those struggles and tasks contribute to the progress and happiness of others and the eternal salvation of one’s self—this is true greatness. …

“… Let us remember that doing the things that have been ordained by God to be important and needful and necessary, even though the world may view them as unimportant and insignificant, will eventually lead us to true greatness” (“True Greatness,” Ensign, May 1982, 19–20).

I love you! 

Mom

PS Speaking of little children, I got after Diver for touching a picture frame the other day, and he immediately came over to me and gave me a kiss to make things all better. He’s already charming himself out of getting into trouble!!!