May 11, 2015

Hello!! Guess what!? I saw my family yesterday!!!! Wahoo!!!! :) Happy Mothers Day Mom!! :) In case you were all wondering, my family is cooler than yours.

This week while studying Mosiah 18:27-29 I thought a lot about the different trails we are each given. Some are born to rich families, some to poor families. Some have opportunities for education and good jobs, and some do not. Some are born into families who have the Gospel of Christ, some will have the opportunity to find the Gospel of Christ, and some will have to wait until the next life. Many people ask why God loves some more than others, or why God let their baby die, why God lets bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people, why some are more blessed than others. While studying I thought about our lives before this world. We each have very unique personalities. We each are at a different level of progression. We each have our own strengths and our own weaknesses. God knows this, we are his children and He knows us perfectly. He knows exactly what we need to do and need to learn in order to progress. Those who have a weakness of Pride are given trials here to help them overcome their pride and become Humble. They are given situations where they will have to ask for help. Where they will have to rely completely on God to help them. Maybe those with the weakness of Greed are given opportunities to have money and nice things, and will need to choose to share in this life. I know that God does not love some children more than others. He does not give money to those he loves and lets the others suffer. He gives us exactly what we need to learn and to progress. We all have the ability to pray to Him and ask for strength to learn and strength to continue onward. God shows us our weaknesses so that we can make them our strengths. We are here to learn and to grow and to become like our Heavenly Father. He loves us. :) I have been given so many blessings in my life, and through these blessings, I have been shown my weaknesses. And I am grateful to my Heavenly Father for His patience and willingness to allow me to fix them and to improve and to be forgiven through the Atonement of my Savior Jesus Christ. :)

I hope you all have a fabulous week! Love you lots!!! :)

Hermana Markle. :)

Bedroom in our new apartment in San Francisco

Our desk - we have to share. Not a lot of room for sharing!

Our front door

The outside of our apartment

Our new kitchen. (The hot plate is our stove, oven and microwave all in one!)

The other side of our kitchen - with our mini fridge.

Shower. We don't always have hot water . . .

Bathroom.

Street view.

Bridge near our apartment

Same bridge, new view.

Street view - in the other direction.