Palermo

Week 59

(written on 27 March 2017)

Hello friends and family!!

Two big items of the week: 

The angel Moroni has been placed on top of the Roma temple!!!!! Progress!!!  

Here's the video:

And two, I'm staying in Palermo with Sorella Oehler for transfer number four! I'm excited to see what's in store for us this transfer. :)

This week, Heavenly Father has blessed me with many opportunities to serve. Some expected, some unexpected, some big, some small. It's been humbling and wonderful all at the same time. 

I gave a talk in P3 on Sunday, and shared this story from a talk by Elder Uchtdorf:

"An old Jewish legend tells of two brothers, Abram and Zimri, who owned a field and worked it together. They agreed to divide both the labor and the harvest equally. One night as the harvest came to a close, Zimri could not sleep, for it didn’t seem right that Abram, who had a wife and seven sons to feed, should receive only half of the harvest, while he, with only himself to support, had so much.

So Zimri dressed and quietly went into the field, where he took a third of his harvest and put it in his brother’s pile. He then returned to his bed, satisfied that he had done the right thing.

Meanwhile, Abram could not sleep either. He thought of his poor brother, Zimri, who was all alone and had no sons to help him with the work. It did not seem right that Zimri, who worked so hard by himself, should get only half of the harvest. Surely this was not pleasing to God. And so Abram quietly went to the fields, where he took a third of his harvest and placed it in the pile of his beloved brother.

The next morning, the brothers went to the field and were both astonished that the piles still looked to be the same size. That night both brothers slipped out of their houses to repeat their efforts of the previous night. But this time they discovered each other, and when they did, they wept and embraced. Neither could speak, for their hearts were overcome with love and gratitude.

This is the spirit of compassion: that we love others as ourselves, seek their happiness, and do unto them as we hope they would do unto us." 

I am grateful for the opportunity that we have everyday to serve and be filled with compassion for those around us. I know that as we pray and seek for chances to serve God's children, he will guide us to them. 

I love you all and hope it's been a good week! Happy General Conference weekend by the way!! 

Love,

Sorella Carver