This one'll be short

So this was a great week and I loved it, but nothing out of the usual happened that I can write about except for branch council! That was actually super good though, it was super cool to be with President Youngberg for a long time. We talked about joy for Sunday school, and dissected 2 Nephi 5 to figure out what we need to do to be happy in our lives, it was really good! President Youngberg has such a strong testimony and understands the scriptures very well, I loved listening to his lesson. It was exactly what the branch needed.

Here's the recipe for joy though:

2 Nephi 5:1 -- prayer

5:6 -- Listen to God and His servants

5:10 -- Keep the commandments!

5:11 -- Work!

5:12 -- Read the scriptures and follow the spirits guidance

5:15 -- once again, WORK!

5:16 -- Participate in the Temple

5:17 -- WORK!!! WORK!!! WORK!!!

5:24 -- what not to do

5:26 -- The establishment of church

Put that all together, and 2 Nephi 5:27 will be said of you as well.

But wait, what about all the people that do those things and cannot afford to live in a nice home, drive a car, eat food that tastes good, or eat at all, or that are lacking the things that are needed to be happy? Well that's the problem, no "thing" is needed to be happy, just God! (Mosiah 24:13-15) I've seen plenty of people here in Sweden that witness their families get slaughtered in the middle east, abandon everything they have to flee to a country with nothing more than the cloths on their backs, no friends, and not able to speak Swedish. Surely if there is anyone who lacks the "things" needed to be happy, it's these people. But they are happy, because they have God.

I to have God in my life, and that blessing is the greatest I've been given. However, what I don't have in my life is pictures of this week, so hopefully you will all be able to be happy with out those :,^(

Mycket kärlek,

Äldste Wilson