grumpy morning, happy days

January 19th
So every morning at 6:30 I roll out of bed extremely grumpy…I get it from my dad. All I can think is, “Ugh! It’s morning already? Noooooo. Its not fair! Life isn’t fair!” and the dramatic monologue continues on and on. And every morning when I roll out of bed in my super grumpy mood, Sister Davenport laughs at me in her sleep. Haha. I’m only grumpy for about 20 minutes and then I get back to my normal hyper happy self.
This week Juliette, Bonnie, Joanne, Justin, and Keeley have decided to get baptized. It’s been a good week. It is incredible how much the Spirit is guiding and directing us right now. I’m trying to figure out if I’m noticing now because it happens way more with missionaries or if I’ve just been blind because of my own faithlessness before I got out here. I’m leaning toward the latter, but I definitely think the former has something to do with it. Anyways, there has been time after time where Sister Davenport says we need to do something and then we do it and then something miraculous happens.
The scriptures are fabulous. I love searching for all the multiple layers of meaning. I used to think the old testament was completely whacked out, but now….no wait…it’s still completely whacked out, but I understand the other scriptures a lot better now. And from a sociological standpoint, it’s fascinating how government and regulation had to be carried out due to the social “maturity” of the nomadic tribes. But that’s neither here nor there.
One thing I learned was that in the old testament sacrifices had to be made for sins that people committed unknowingly. But for these sacrifices, instead of the person herself offering it, the priests were supposed to offer it for her on her behalf. I thought this was really significant. Even when people are unaware that they are committing a sin, a sacrifice still has to be made on their behalf. Christ sacrificed for all sin, even sins that the sinner was unaware they were committing. It makes me think of how children and mentally handicapped people are saved. I guess it could also be interpreted as those we have stewardship over are under our responsibility and if they commit a sin while under our care their sin is upon our own heads.
I love you all!