1. Empty Bowls: So there is this thing that they do here in Oxford,
well all around the world from what I understand, called Empty Bowls. It is a fundraiser
that is seriously awesome!!!!!! So a group of people locally organize it, and they
get bowls from all over. There is a do it yourself pottery shop here that is owned
by a member. They donated about 200 bowls. And then they got donations from local
artists, schools, and such. They bring them in to the place of the event, and then
they sell the bowls, and a meal for $10.00. So you get soup and bread and desert
and a drink. All the food is donated by people in the community. So our Empty Bowls
was held at the local Methodist church. Friday night, we went and helped wash the
bowls. We washed about 900, at least. Then the next day, the people come to the
event. They came in and it was awe-inspiring to see that many people out. All the
funds, and I mean all, go to the Oxford Community Choice Food Pantry, where Sis.
Savage and I volunteer regularly. It was great. Oh, and you get to keep the bowl.
They set them all out and you get to pick the one you want. Mah, it was great. And
you can do this wherever. It's not an Oxford thing. It's all over apparently.
2. Judy: She picked a date. Yay! She decided that she is going
to work on December 7, 2013. Now she just has to make it happen. God will be with
her, and so will we. I realized last night that I have honestly done everything
possible to make it happen, including house hunting, and now I am not responsible
for her. She is going to have to do it. I will be there to help, but she has to
find the strength to make it happen. It can't come from me.
3. Light bulb: Ok, along with the thought listed just above,
I came to another point of understanding.
I was talking to my dad's secretary one day and we were talking about how
people shelter their children and when they get out into the real world, it will
slap them in the face. She made the comment that what happens in the temple is what
the real world really is. At the time, it didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
Now it does. Every time I see someone who is in pain or having doubts about life,
or families that aren't sealed, or when they don't understand how amazing the Gospel
is, it always makes me think of the temple and the things that happen inside. We
learn the most important things for us to know inside the temple, and without the
temple, we cannot progress. When others don't want those blessings, or don't understand,
they are then missing out on what the real world is really like. Without those temple
ordinances, we cannot have Eternal Life, which is the greatest of the gifts of God.
4. Our Purpose: I also learned some stuff about what I am doing
here, on a mission. I learned it this morning, to be exact. It was really cool.
We took our purpose, and broke it down and defined words using both a normal dictionary
and the Bible Dictionary. So, when we re-wrote it using the definitions, mine turned
out like this:
Our firm intention is to ask others to arrive at the feet of
Christ, and to support them as they react to the restored Good News that Christ
has made and Atonement for us: by way of confidence in Jesus Christ; by them becoming
one with Him and no longer being estranged from Him; by way of a change of heart
and mind-a fresh view about God, themselves, and the world; by the sacred ordinance
of baptism, so that they may remember their personal commitments to God; by way
of receiving the power and capacity of the Holy Ghost in their lives; and by lasting
to the limit of mortality and the eternities.
I know that I am called as a missionary so that I may help others
do these things. I know that, and I am striving daily to fulfill my calling. In
the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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