Adversity

Why is there adversity in life? In  2 Nephi 2 we learn that there must be an opposition in all things, “ …it must needs be that there was an opposition; even the forbidden fruit in opposition to the tree of life; the one being sweet and the other bitter. "Wherefore, the Lord God gave unto man that he should act for himself. Wherefore, man could not act for himself save it should be that he was enticed by the one or the other. " God gave us the ability to choose right from wrong, however, we need two different options to choose from in order to practice that ability.  But why is it important for us to have that opposition, and the ability to choose?  Because these choices that we make through that ability to act for ourselves lets us see the good from the bad, and helps us understand that we want to make those good choices so we can be happy. In verse 23 of the same chapter in 2 Nephi we read, “…wherefore they would have remained in a state of innocence, having no joy, for they knew no misery; doing no good, for they knew no sin.”

Eternal Families

The first few weeks in the MTC

I have been in the Referral Center Mission for about a week now, and it has been amazing! all the other missionaries are awesome!