Cool Easter fact: Did you know that back in the day they did
not hide colored Easter Eggs, but colored stones? They colored the stones so
they would know which stones they were supposed to find. The stones represented
the stone that covered Christ's tomb. Overtime, they started dying eggs instead
and became Easter as we know it today! Neat, right?
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The Exciting Gummy Bunny!
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This week I got a wonderful Easter package from the family!
Even though this year I couldn't have chocolate, I still love me some Easter
Candy! And I followed tradition by taking a picture showing my age... In PJs!
(I'm getting too old though and moved beyond using toes and even my tongue! I
might not be able to do this much longer...)
This week we have been doing lots of Finding! There have
been so many miracles we've been seeing. We recently met a sweet girl, Kayla.
She saw us once before and felt like she should do a bible study with us, but
dismissed it. Later, she saw us walking and it was hot. I know we looked tired!
She picked us up and we've been able to teach her one lesson so far. She is
incredible though. Another miracle happened similarly... A girl, Leslie, picked
us up while it was pouring outside. She said she never picks people up, but
felt really impressed to. She recently got hit by a drunk driver and has needed
to get surgery. She cried as she told us this. We will be trying to see her
within the next day or so. It seems so evident that the Lord is placing people in
our paths who are ready to receive the gospel. We have been working so hard and
he is truly blessing us!
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| Perfectly Describes Sylacauga! |
Oh! And Justin is still on for Baptism on May 3rd! He is so
incredible! He amazes me!
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| A funny District Meeting where our Assistant, Elder Munns, got bound. Unfortunately, he couldn't break it like Nephi. haha. |
Now, to close, a little spiritual note: Reflecting on Easter,
I love this talk by Joseph B. Wirthlin, called "Sunday Will Come." I
thought I'd share it in light of the season and it gives a very neat
perspective on this time of year for any of you who maybe going through a hard
time right now. It's a quote that gives me much comfort. "I think of how
dark that Friday was when Christ was lifted up on the cross. On that terrible
Friday the earth shook and grew dark. Frightful storms lashed at the earth.
Those evil men who sought His life rejoiced. Now that Jesus was no more, surely
those who followed Him would disperse. On that day they stood triumphant. On
that day the veil of the temple was rent in twain. Mary Magdalene and Mary, the
mother of Jesus, were both overcome with grief and despair. The superb man they
had loved and honored hung lifeless upon the cross. On that Friday the Apostles
were devastated. Jesus, their Savior—the man who had walked on water and raised
the dead—was Himself at the mercy of wicked men. They watched helplessly as He
was overcome by His enemies. On that Friday the Savior of mankind was
humiliated and bruised, abused and reviled. It was a Friday filled with
devastating, consuming sorrow that gnawed at the souls of those who loved and
honored the Son of God. I think that of all the days since the beginning of
this world’s history, that Friday was the darkest. But the doom
of that day did not endure. The despair did not linger because on Sunday, the
resurrected Lord burst the bonds of death. He ascended from the grave and
appeared gloriously triumphant as the Savior of all mankind. And in an instant
the eyes that had been filled with ever-flowing tears dried. The lips that had
whispered prayers of distress and grief now filled the air with wondrous
praise, for Jesus the Christ, the Son of the living God, stood before them as
the first fruits of the Resurrection, the proof that death is merely the
beginning of a new and wondrous existence.
“Each of us will have our own Fridays—those days when the
universe itself seems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about
us in pieces. We all will experience those broken times when it seems we can
never be put together again. We will all have our Fridays. But I testify to you
in the name of the One who conquered death—Sunday will come. In the darkness of
our sorrow, Sunday will come."
Know that this is true. If you do feel down at this time,
hold onto this truth: Sunday will come. I love you all and am praying for you every
day. Happy Easter!
Love,
Sister Salmond
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