Longer days

The time is winding down rapidly and each week I am amazed that another seven days have passed. In the Book of Mormon it talks about the Lord giving power to one of the prophets to make the day move slower. I feel like that would be pretty useful right about now. haha. 

Conference was wonderful as always! I love being able to hear from our prophet and the apostles. What an incredible blessing we have in our lives! I was also moved by some of the sacrifices that people made to be able to attend conference. There is only one chapel here in La Vega that has a satelite so if you live further you must walk to get there (and believe me...it´s far). The conference starts at 12 here so that means that a lot of people went without lunch to be able to attend. One of our less actives (Ariadna´s grandma) walked there for all 4 sessions with her non-member husband and her 4 young granddaughters. I was impressed with her dedication and desire to hear the prophet and greatly admire and respect what she sacrificed. 

I have also learned during this past week that no matter what others say about us we must always love and respect them and speak nicely. Sometimes it is hard to do the right thing and many times there will be opposition. I also feel that many times the best people are those some of those with the worst reputations. Why? Because good will always be tested. Even Christ was told that his power came from the devil. The only perfect person to ever walk this earth was also opposed by those who would have said that he was nothing more than a crazy man. As His disciples we can expect to pass through the same. No matter what happens it is our calling to love and lift. It does not matter if those around us recognize the good that we do or are. The only thing that matters is what our Heavenly Father thinks and knows of us. 

I hope each of you will take time to review the conference talks and apply what they say in your lives. Remember that the Lord knows and loves us and is aware of our good works. Keep the faith and keep the light in all that you do!

Have a great week,

Sister Ewell