80. Opposition in all things

 So, last week I alluded to some awesome miracles and I'll share some of them, but the reason for the title is that oftentimes with the good comes the bad and it's up to us what to focus on. 

Basketball - I usually have terrible luck when it comes to shooting, this p day was no exception. But last p day was and that was cool. 

Kat - this was on Tuesday, we had a lesson with her and Kayla on temple Covenants. And afterwards we're just talking about their week and then Kat says that she kept getting this prompting about April 29th to be her baptismal date. Both of us were blown away. Last week she was a little uncertain, but now she was so happy and confident and was ready to go talk to her family about it.

Then she called us on Thursday and told us that she told her parents and how they were more calm about it then ever before. Prayers were answered. It was awesome

Chess - Dylan came to dinner on Wednesday, sadly didn't stay til institute but that's okay. He was still able to meet new people. Half the reason being that he challenged me to a chess game before dinner started so everyone was watching us. Despite a lot of bad moves and missed opportunities, I won. He let me know that there will be a rematch though.

Sick - it started Friday on exchanges. I was with Elder Spears in his walking area. He's a new missionary, been out for a whole transfer, and this was his second exchange. The first half of the day was good, but then randomly while walking down the road, I puked in some bushes. And again waiting for the bus, almost on the bus, and then when we got home. I died the rest of that night, we exchanged back and apparently my companion also puked right after taking a bite at a member's house. 

We're quite the pair. But wait it gets better, woke up at like 5 in the morning and had an accident in my bed, that was disgusting, had to wash everything. So we just starved ourselves so we couldn't puke anymore and died that whole day. We were better by Sunday. 

Bam - great lesson like always. We talked about prophets and gaining a testimony of them during General Conference. At the end she gave us these little incense packets from Tai. Super nice. Pic below with Jessica our ward mission leader. 

Spiritual thought - "My dear brothers and sisters, the joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives." -President Nelson

It's a pretty common quote, I've probably shared it before. But it was definitely needed this week. And I just love how it doesn't matter what's happening, because the joy we feel can comes from the focus, and that focus can change the attitude of our circumstances to be better when they normally wouldn't be viewed that way. That's one way we can use God's strength during our trials. I hope you can feel that during your hard times, and just remember, summer is coming soon ;)

Love y'all, here are the pics