Beware of Pride

5.9.16

Hey there!

Well first off you are probably wondering what my Subject is all about. But first I am going to say that I had a lovely Mother’s day yesterday! The talks in church were pretty great and very powerful, the men speaking did a wonderful job for attributing to everyone in their own circumstances! We hear a lot from the talk given by Elder Jeffery R Holland, "Behold thy Mother," go check it out if it is not ringing any bells to you, because it is pretty amazing. We also we able to get a non-member to church yesterday. She is not an investigator because she is only 7 years old and her mom was not able to make it because she was up all night with her other kid, who is teething. Nonetheless this 7-year-old is one of the most in tune with the spirit kids I have ever met. While partaking of the sacrament, I always say a little prayer and when she watched me fold my arms she did as well and it looked like she was praying and after all the boys sat down from passing the sacrament she prayed again. She loved church so much and cannot wait for us to come over tonight for another Family Home Evening. Whenever we go over there and the house is a little contentious, she always goes and turns off the TV and she asks her mom if she can watch Mormon Channel. There really is a lot you can learn from a little kid! Seriously though!

This past week a member from my first area that had moved while I was there, has family that lives in my current area, her parents to be exact and she was coming down to the area and so she and her family took us out to eat Tuesday and it was crazy to see how big her kids had gotten in just a year. Yes that was over a year ago that I had seen them last and I just can’t believe how fast time flies. I really have recognized as I get further and further into my mission how important it is to not take our time for granted and how we really need to make the most of our time, for me especially now when I am on the Lord's errand but in all honesty we only have a short time here on this earth in comparison to the rest of eternity, so what are you doing with your time here on Earth?

Also My companion and I had signed up a few months ago to do a family history booth at Wal-Mart and were able to do it yesterday and it was a pretty cool experience. It went pretty well!:) We were able to talk to a lot of people about the importance of family history. An experience that we had that I learn a lot from came from someone that recognized our tags. This guy said that he had read the Book of Mormon and said there were too many difference between "our book" and the Bible. So I asked him what one of the biggest differences is. He said one book said that we have to work for our salvation and one says it is free. I was so sad to hear that. WE ARE saved by the grace of Christ and everything has been paid for, no matter what we do we will be resurrected but whether we live with Heavenly Father and Christ and if we feel comfortable in their presence with the decisions that we made is the difference. The Bible and the Book of Mormon are both the word of God and support one another, I will never question that.

Now back to the title of this letter, so our president gave us a talk to read and I loved it, it was in preparation for out next zone conference but I thought I would share it with you. In the next chance you get look up the talk called "Beware of Pride" by Ezra Taft Benson, givin in 1989 and make some goals so that you can change to be more like Christ and be less prideful. I hope you all are doing well and that you have a great week! Love you all and keep up the great work!

Love Sister Mauck