It's a beautiful summer morning, with a slight breeze blowing and we got a nice rain last night. It's supposed to be in the 80's today. We just thought we would make you envious of us here. We welcomed the Caron couple from Canada this week. They live in Montreal and she was an Art History lecturer and he was a professor in electromechanics. They will be serving in a coastal town called Tomatave as Member Leadership Support. We had a welcome dinner for them on Thursday and they left Friday morning. Today we have a couple coming from West Jordan, the Richards. They will serve here as the Humanitarian couple.
We have a brown Gecko that is living in our bedroom. It startled both of us as it ran across the floor. We like them because they eat the bugs. We have several living around our house that are green and brown. The tomato plants that we planted in our yard had to be pulled up because they were all rotting. So that was a disappointment. We do have corn and cucumbers growing however. The pineapples are in season and are so sweet and delicious that you can't get enough.
President Adams shared a talk with us on Wednesday morning called "True Believers in Christ" by Elder Neal A. Maxwell. This is just a few of the points that he shared with us. :Two virtues of the meek are that they are not easily offended and they do not resist counsel. Nor are these lowly in heart inclined to see themselves as being "above" all the seemingly routine duties of discipleship. duties are not to be rejected on the basis of "I've done all that before," as if God were required to supply us with new thrills. Mortality has been described by the Lord as being like working in a vineyard--never as an afternoon at a carnival. Besides, how could we pretend to be true believers in Christ, if we shunned the chores of the kingdom!" "Furthermore, we will find that when we have personal spiritual experiences, which keep us close to the Lord, these will almost always occur in the course of carrying out the specific duties named earlier, since it is not enought for us to have once been close to the Savior. Alma said, if we have once "felt to sing the song of redeeming love," can we "feel so now?"
We send our love to all of you and hope you are having a great week. Love Elder & Sister Cornelius
The road we drive every day.
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