September 26, 2009

Well the difference here in the office from the field is taking its toll, and the fattening of the Thanksgiving Turkey (more widely known as Elder Pettit) has already begun, so in his efforts to combat this undesirable event he wrestled (pretty sure that’s spelled wrong) up a willing friend/Elder and they went running this morning, it was a refreshing experience to say the least and early reports are coming in that the running will become part of a every other day routine.

In other news, the one year package was enjoyed by all in the apartment, the blueberry muffin-gone-cake-mix was a hit and I think if you guys are ever wondering what you might send me again... I think blueberry muffin mixes are a berry good choice (did you catch that one?) Due to the impending expiration of said blueberry product we disposed of it all within 24 hours (though with six missionaries I suppose that’s not such an amazing accomplishment) I thank you all for the creativity and thought put into sending numerous "things of one". One might even say that if this one family of mine had entered into any one competition for one of a kind families in giving things of one for one son's one year anniversary, they would certainly have won... one.

In my studies recently, I've repeatedly been coming upon an interesting principle, that of living up to my privilege as a being a Spirit child of our Heavenly Father who was created to act and not to be acted upon and interestingly enough was that Zone conference had a bit to do with this very subject. Pres. Vecchi started off talking about how there are three kinds of people in the world;
1) those who don't realize the changes/things happening in/or around them.
2) Those who know something is happening, but they may not really know why it’s happening or don't care enough to really do anything about it.
3) Those who are behind the changes in their lives and in what happens around them.

Which of the three would you want to be? Hopefully the third. If we settle for being one of the others, we may very well find ourselves drifting on every wind of doctrine and could one day find ourselves in a situation where we don't really want to be. This idea of actively moving through life is essential to becoming a disciple of Christ, we can't just go with the flow and expect to end up in the Celestial Kingdom, be like Christ or other great people that we come to know in the scriptures or in our lives, the natural man is an enemy to God and so are many of the things we may find we naturally do. Let’s stop just existing and let us start just making those changes in our lives today so we can become the people we want and need to be tomorrow.

Elder Pettit