I wanted to share some fun moments that I have had here in Lake County. As well as share some things that I have learned over the last 6 weeks!
First off, I was officially welcomed into Lake County!! Here we go!
We went to Bro. van der Boon's home and he plays accordion. If any of you are wondering, it's a lot harder than it looks! D&C 60:13 "...Neither shalt thou bury thy talent that it may not be known."
I got a new bed!!!! It is a small thing, but made a huge impact on my rest!
1 Nephi 16:29 "...And thus we see that by small means the Lord can bring about great things."
Sometimes you don't know what to expect. We found a frog on the toilet seat in our church!!! "The nearer we get to our Heavenly Father, the more we are disposed with compassion on perishing souls. We feel we want to take them upon our shoulders and cast their sins behind our backs." Joseph Smith
There were many, many funny signs found throughout our area, but this one is pretty funny. We didn't realize until later that it is a code message from Hank to Don...
Alma 32:21 "And not as I said concerning faith- faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true."
Christmas was a lot of fun here. A member of our ward gave us a 7 ft tree to decorate to have the Christmas spirit in our apartment.
Luke 2:10-11 " And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."
This is Clearlake, the largest lake in California!! This is Hidden Valley Lake and the
view of the valley.
We decorated a gingerbread house with 2 of the girls from our ward. We had a blast!!!!
3 Nephi 14:24-25 "Therfore, whoso heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon a rock- And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock."
We opened presents, and discovered Silly string in our stockings. We decided to have a little fun with it and decorated the Elders Christmas Eve.
2 Timothy 1:7 "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love and of a sound mind."
We got the chance to go to the Oakland, California temple together!
Psalms 122:1 "I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord."
I found my MAN!!! haha, just kiddin'! Genesis 2:24 "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother,
and shall cleave unto his wife [companion]: and they shall be one flesh."
We may have gotten turned around a few times here and there...
Matthew 10:39 "He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it."
Our district is the best!!! The elders even made us pancakes for our last district meeting! YUMMY
Mosiah 2:17 "And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God."
We celebrated New Year's Eve with a member and roasted hot dogs and s'mores!!
3 Nephi 12:47-48 "Old things are done away, and all things have become new. Therefore I would that ye should be perfect even as I, or your Father who is in heaven is perfect."
We went to this County jail in Lower lake... It was the first jail in Lower lake. By reading the bottom sign, the first inmates and escapees were the men that built it! Yes!
Jacob 6:12 "O be wise; what can I say more?"
We were on Cobb mountain and it was so pretty with the fog. And of course the beautiful mountains. It is very pretty up here!
And in all, I learn everyday that "He that loveth not knoweth not God; GOD IS LOVE. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son... If God so loved us, we ought also to love one another." 1 John 4: 8,10-11
