The End Of An Era - (Week 5)

Hej hej mina venner! 

 

 

What a beautiful week. Might I say, a beautiful life! 

 

 

My beautiful mother got to head to Disney World this last weekend, and she had the time of her life. While she was gone, my dad put me to work on some projects in the house and the garden.

 

 

Here's one thing about gardening, I love it. Here's a second thing about gardening, there are spiders. I braved the mess of tomato plants by blurring my eyes so I couldn't see any movement that wasn't huge. It was honestly really smart (joking). Unfortunately, after 30 minutes I had to focus more on pulling the plants out, and one by one I noticed not one, not two, BUT THREE SPIDERS WITHIN INCHES OF ME. Needless to say, my loving brother Jayden finished the task for me. 

 

 

Thankfully I had planty of time to recover (hah, get it?) by listening to General Conference this last weekend. I could sit here and type for hours about what stood out to me, but I will spare you all and just share one quick thing. (Copy/pasted from a post I made on Facebook) :) 

 

 

I absolutely LOVE sunrises. What a beautiful way we have to start each new day.

These photos were taken 6 minutes apart.

What is not shown in these photos are the small gradual changes that our eyes can't notice in the moment. Yet these photos look like completely different skies!

Just like the sky gradually changes each morning, so can we! We can think of one small change, pray for strength, then go to work!

The beauty is that God will ALWAYS help us in our efforts to become more like his Son, and faster than we think our lives become filled with brighter light and beautiful colors.

To learn more about small changes every day, you can listen to this wonderful talk by Elder Michael Dunn!

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zodzgwEWYUE)

Jag vet att Gud har stora förhoppningar på oss. Han ska hjälpa oss med våra prövningar. Vi kan be till Gud att få veta vad vi kan göra varje dag att förbättra.

 

 

T-15 days until I can go and spread the good news of Jesus Christ, I am so stoked. 

Oh yeah, I got my flight plans, I leave for Sweden on the 21st! Yay! 

 

 

Please keep sending me emails and letters! They bring me so much joy! If you need my address, let me know... I am more than happy to share it! 

 

 

Med kärlek, 

 

 

Syster Helquist <3

 

 

PHOTOS

1/2:  The sunrise in question :) 

3: My wonderful district repping the name of Jesus Christ 

4: Our ADORABLE new teacher Syster Davis! She is so sweet. (Also my Econ 380 friends, she is Warren's sister!)

5: #paintnight (I am not an artist lol)