D&C 4:5

Dear Family,


Since yesterday was Memorial Day, everything was closed and we couldn't find anywhere to email, President gave us permission to email today. Just an update on the eye--it's doing much better with only occasional redness and irritation. The week was a bit of a struggle a first since it was really hurting and giving me headaches, but things got better toward the end : ) But in other good news or random information, I learned that applying the goo from the aloe vera plant to your hair makes it grow faster. When I come home it's going to be like Rapunzel from Tangled. Watch out Camber <3>
This week we worked hard to find new investigators and we knocked doors for hours some days. We found several potentials and the weekend provided the chance to find lots of people home for the holiday weekend, but few willing to take time from their holiday. Sometimes I wish I could just share with them how much we are trying to give them. But they have agency. Darn that agency thing sometimes, but we chose and fought for it in the premortal life so I'm so very grateful for it.

Sunday we had a fireside for the youth that we coordinated about good friends and the importance of friendship. We studied the stories of Alma and the sons of Mosiah and of David and Jonathon to help illustrate the principle as well as a game (a maze in the dark having to follow the person in front of you) and then personal stories. I shared about Emilee and about my family ( you guys : ) This week has been all over the place, but here are a few thoughts from studies:



D&C 4:5 "And faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the glory of God, qualify him for the work." It's hard to have an eye single to the glory of God when you have a mote, much less a beam, stuck in your eye. That's why we have to work to remove those little things that obstruct our vision of Heavenly Father's plan for us.



Ether 3:4-5 "And I know, O Lord, that thou hast all power, and can do whatsoever thou wilt for the benefit of man; therefore touch these stones, O Lord, with thy finger, and prepare them that they may shine forth in darkness; and they shall shine forth unto us in the vessels which we have prepared, that we may have light while we shall cross the sea. Behold, O Lord, thou canst do this. We know that thou art able to show forth great power, which looks small unto the understanding of men." As I was studying I compared this to our journey in mortality. Heavenly Father showed us how to build our "ships", how to get air- follow the prophets, yet we still needed light to cross the waves. And so He gave us his Son, our Savior, the light of the world. But we must do all we can- hike the mountain, cut out the rocks, have the faith to ask the Lord, so that the light can shine in our own lives. He always stands at the door to knock and we must open to let the light in.



Next week we have planned to go to downtown Houston to the zoo and several museums so my email might be a little short, but I will follow up with pictures.

All my love,

Hermana Kristi Koerner