Today in personal study I read in Ether chapters 7-10. It's one of those parts where they start out righteous and then go wicked and then go righteous and then wicked.. it's pretty frustrating. It's kind of funny to see how quickly they get prideful, but then once they realize that they actually DO need God (for example, when He sends a famine or poisonous serpents to kill them) they'll shape up. It's like reading about a group of spoiled little kids! Anyway, that's been a theme that's been on my mind a lot - being humble enough to always rely on the Lord, even when you've grown a lot. 

It's funny, there's this cycle of dependence I kind of feel like - He asks us to set goals or do things that are hard to do, but are for "His service" (fulfilling new callings, raising a family, etc) and so it's kind of like we're serving God, but in all reality we still need His help desperately to complete it, and then even though we're serving Him he's serving us, and then we grow up a little bit, but we still need His help, and then we get to use our newly acquired strength to serve in another way. And even though we're growing up, it's all through the mercy and grace of God. We just have to see that. 

Crazy, right? We're so dependent, but sometimes we just don't see it! I definitely don't always see it.

Anyway, the new transfer is here and nothing is changing :) We'll both be here for at least 6 more weeks - hopefully 18!! 

Love you all!

Love,

Hermana Reynolds