"Small and Simple Things"

Hello everybody!

        This week has been quite the week! Honestly so much has happened that I can't remember. Racking my brain right now... I'm struggling too hard to do this right now so I'm doing going to list the best parts of the week. 

• District meeting on Tuesday was really, really good. The missionaries in our district are so close together. 
• We got an oil change and tire rotation on Saturday. It was supposed to take an hour. It ended up taking 3. So Elder Hibbert and I sat outside on a bench and studied and talked about the gospel. It was beautiful, windy, and cool. And we were reading scriptures. The Gospel+Florida autumn = heaven. 
• We had a lesson with the Khandakar family! They're from India and are the coolest people ever. We got them a Book of Mormon in Bengali and they love it! Because of their amazing upbringing in Indian culture, they always force us to eat food when we're over, even if we adamantly say, "we just ate dinner and aren't hungry."
• Some of our investigators fed us boiled peanuts and it was the best thing on earth.
• A lady we did service for last week called us out of the blue at 9:40 Thursday night, asking if we could come answer some of her questions about God and religion. We went over the next day and had an amazing discussion with her - we'll be able to keep meeting with her and she will be able to come to church in a few weeks.

+ many more things. I'm grateful for how all of the small and simple things add up. There's a scripture that I love from the Book of Mormon - it teaches us that "by small and simple things, great things are brought to pass." That's true for everything. Music, athletics, the gospel, living a happy life. I'm so grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ and the "small and simple things" that just make me look back and say, "This was a great week." Hence, this weeks poem is "Small and Simple Things". Sounds like the next Taylor Swift album or something, but whatever. 

A smile over here,

A laugh over there,  

A bite of chocolate,

A breath of fresh air.

The singing of birds,

The bright autumn sky,

The rustling of wind,

The sun way up high.

Your stoplight turns green,

Your bed has been made,

Your shower was hot,

Your car's in the shade.

A dozen small things,

That slip through our day.

Now could there be more?

Let's look, if we may.

A home full of love,

A roof overhead,

Some food we can eat,

Pillows on our bed.

A million small things,

We have and let go,

Now turning to God,

Our thanks we may show.

Love you all! Have a wonderful week!

                                 

This is a picture of our wonderful district.