4th of July!*

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY! :) WHAT A FUN DAY! Yesterday at church, we sang O Canada and the Star Bungled Banner. It was so nice. It was very thoughtful.

This week was So good. The humidity has gone out...and it is HOT. Today it’s about 40 degrees c. hot, hot, hot, way too hot.

Samantha came to church yesterday. It was perfect. She LOVES church. She told us that she doesn’t ever want to miss a day of church. She loved fast and testimony meeting. She turned around towards the end and asked us if she could go up there herself. OF COURSE. :) It was too late...but she said that next time she is doing it for sure. She loved it. We talked about fasting in Sunday School which was perfect and she loved that idea. She is going to be fasting this weekend to have the strength to give up smoking and that will be her first day without smokes. She is so excited about it. She loves being able to sacrifice things for the Lord. She loves doing what she is asked to do. In Relief Society we talked about our divine potential as women in the church and she LOVED that as well. The teacher was going around telling everyone a compliment or something they are good at...and she interrupted her when she got to her and told her how much she appreciates the lesson and the ward and the gospel and how true happiness comes from the Book of Mormon and living the gospel and that God gives us things to help us become stronger and happier, that all the commandments are there for us. She talked about her baptism and is so excited. It was an amazing Sunday. She loves the gospel and can see all the happiness that has come into her life from living the commandments and learning about the gospel. She is so happy. It has been such a blessing. She is exactly right God gives us commandments to make us free. The commandments make us happy and allow us our freedom. They keep us clean, they keep us happy. They allow us to receive all of the promised blessings that God has for us. She is amazing and has been a huge testimony builder to me.

I hit my 7 months this weekend!!! 7 months come and gone. It has gone so fast. When we put our faith and our trust in God, He makes everything work out. He blesses us and knows exactly what we need when we need it. Blessings come after the trial of our faith. If we always got everything...we wouldn't have a testimony of faith or a testimony of blessings. I am overwhelmed with gratitude this week. I am just so thankful for all of the blessings I have in my life.

I hope you all had a great week. Hope you have a fun holiday!

Remember who you are. Live it. Love it.

Love you!