Sunday Musings

During church today, we were talking about the spirit and started listing blessings we receive from the Holy Ghost.  Several people mentioned how the Holy Ghost can increase our capabilities, whether it's our ability to love someone, or our happiness, or physical strength, or whatever. 

 It made me think of how enabling and strengthening the Holy Ghost can be to us when we allow him into our lives.  Our lives and abilities are truly enhanced by having the spirit to be with us always.  I can think back on specific times in my life when I did things that I shouldn't have been able to accomplish- through the enabling power of the Holy Ghost we are able to access the atonement of Jesus Christ and use that power in our lives to accomplish the things which are before us.  He brings the power of the atonement into our lives and allows it to enter our hearts and strengthen us in whatever we are struggling with. 

Elder Nunnally Mach 2

Another email from my brother!  He's loving England and all its beautiful countryside!  This past week included a trip to the emergency room due to some paint getting in his eye.  Apparently, they were helping someone paint their house and some paint fell into his eye.  He immediately washed it out, and they went to the emergency room just in case where he was given some eye drops.  All is well!

My Brother, The Missionary

My little brother, whom I love and adore, is in England for the next two years!  As members of the LDS faith, young men who are age 18 or older and who have proven themselves clean and worthy may be recommended to serve a full-time mission for two years.  (Women can also serve, but at age 19 and for eighteen months instead of two years.)  My little brother was called to serve in the England London South Mission!  He has now been out for a little over a month and he is loving every minute of it!!  We get weekly emails and these are some pictures from this week!

 Words of Wisdom from My Brother on Encouraging Others to Serve Missions:

"Tell them that this is a once in a life time opportunity and that they will never regret the decision to serve a mission. It is the biggest learning experience they will ever have, and not just spiritually. They will learn and grow so much on a mission. Its unreal. I have only been out a little while and I have already seen how much I have grown and how much I have learned. It's incredible."