Imagining Myself in the Sandals of the Nephites

It was super hot this week, and super humid. It was only in the high 20s and I was starting to die, I will probably just melt when it gets warmer. Thankfully the end of the week it got nice, Its about 16 right now (60F) which feels super good. Yesterday it rained for most of the day, and walking in it was pretty fun. Yesterday we walked to the church for a youth devotional thing and we knew that it ended right before our curfew, but we just hoped that someone would give us a ride. Thankfully a member came in clutch and drove us home. It was raining pretty hard so we would have gotten soaked haha.

For district meeting, we talked about why we do what we do and why we need to work hard, that there is an urgency to the work. Some answers were about having no regrets, not wanting to look back and see all the work you could've done, all the people that you didn't share the gospel with. Other answers were about the Savior, Since He atoned for us and was resurrected, we should want to give back to him as much as we can and follow him to the best of our abilities. The last answer was because our personal conversion is so much more than when we left on our missions. If we are truly converted to this Gospel, then we should want to follow our leaders and the Savior to the best of our abilities.

We had a pretty good week, nothing too crazy or out of the ordinary happened. We ran to the Zoo and back last P-day and Elder Moulin trashed me. He was a fireman/runner back home so needless to say I am not in nearly as good of shape and he is. It was still nice. Super warm but the Zoo is cool, we have heard that it is the biggest free Zoo in North America.

We got to help out with a big city wide food drive Saturday, it was super cool to see the community come together like that. Idk how much food but I think it was somewhere around 15,000 pounds. It was a lot haha. A lot of people got to see our tags and we talked so some cool people, so all in all a cool experience.

Spiritual thought comes from 3 Nephi 11. (Verses 14-15, for example)
14 Arise and come forth unto me, that ye may thrust your hands into my side, and also that ye may feel the prints of the nails in my hands and in my feet, that ye may know that I am the God of Israel, and the God of the whole earth, and have been slain for the sins of the world.

15 And it came to pass that the multitude went forth, and thrust their hands into his side, and did feel the prints of the nails in his hands and in his feet; and this they did do, going forth one by one until they had all gone forth, and did see with their eyes and did feel with their hands, and did know of a surety and did bear record, that it was he, of whom it was written by the prophets, that should come.

I read that chapter imagining myself in the sandals of the Nephites. It was a powerful experience being able to imagine feeling the prints in the Savior's hands and being able to see Him so close and worship Him there. I am so grateful for the Savior and all that He has done for me.

Elder Talbot

The family visiting the elder Elder Talbot and Sister Talbot in Nauvoo this week!