Psalms 107:1

Sorry that this is so late. This is from October 28. Sorry about that. 

Aloha Ya'll!  President Hanks loves to say that from the stand in all of our meetings.  Haha. Because in Hawaii they say Aloha, and he says this is the southern version.  (: haha.

It has been a great week!  We were able to get a lot of work done!  This morning I was reading in 1 nephi 13 where Nephi's bow breaks.  I am marking every Christlike attribute in a different color, and as I read over that story I realized that every line was either blue (obedience) or orange (diligence).  Nephi was obedient in all things.  That in itself is amazing and so so important.  I think that obedience is so vital because if you are obedient than everything else just falls into place and you are happy, so so happy!  But then I thought about diligence.  In preach my gospel it says that diligence is continuing to work even when you are tired.  Think of how tired nephi was!?  First, they were traveling through the wilderness and he was the primary hunter.  That would make me tired.  Second, his bow broke so they had no food for a while.  That would make me really weak.  Third,  he made his own bow AND arrow!  Do you think that was easy in 600 BC with no tools?  Fourth, he went hunting again.  And last but not least, he CARRIED the beasts back to his family.  I have never lifted one dead animal, not to mention multiple.  Think about how tired and hungry he was, and imagine the stench of those dead beasts!  I would probably REALLY want to give up and complain!  That is what everyone else did, but Nephi was obedient and diligent!  And he did everything that he did because he had charity.  He loved God and he loved his fellow men.  

Think about Nephi this week.  Are you as diligent as you could be?  I know that I have a lot to work on, and I love studying the Book of Mormon and noticing these attributes!  I would invite you all to try it!  There are 9 Christlike attributes in preach my gospel:

Faith - yellow

Hope - light green

Charity and Love - pink

Virtue - Purple

Knowledge - dark green

Diligence - orange

Humility - red

Obedience - light blue

Patience - dark blue

I know that you will become more like Christ as you study these 9 attributes.  

The work is going great here!  We are working to find people to teach!  On friday we had a trunk or treat and we wanted to get a lot of people there.  So we made flyers and set a goal to hand out 60 in one day!  (That is a lot!  and I was a little bit nervous)  We set the goal in faith and we went to work!  We went up to campus and in about 2 hours we handed them all out AND had to print out about 10 more!  That right there is a miracle!  And it shows me that Heavenly Father is aware of our righteous desires and if we set a goal to do it in faith and start working that he will help us. Six nonmembers came to the trunk or treat that we met that day.  MIRACLE!

The work is better than ever.  You can do hard things. Share the gospel.

Sister Casperson

Give thanks. Psalms 107:1