Charity Foundation

Jason is fishing on Saturday with C.A.S.T. for kids. It is a charity foundation that takes mental and physical challenged kids to the lake for a fun filled day of boating and fishing. He is so excited to be able to share his love of fishing with these kids. I get to have a break and do some house work.

Fishing Tournament on Saturday

We left on Friday night to go to Lake Alamo. We lefton Friday night so we did have to get up SO EARLY in the morning on Saturday and drive there. It is about 2 hours away. We slept in the back of the truck on a air matress. We had a fun tournament on Saturday. It was a tough day. the wind blew about 25 mph til about 12 when it almost died, weigh-in was at 3, and we had 1 fish in the morning, but as the wind calmed down we were able to fish Jason's hot spots and finally got on a good bite. Lake Alamo has a rule that you can only keep one fish from 13 to 16 inches per person, which are called slot fish. The rest of the fish need to be over 16 inches or under 13. We found lots of slot fish but could only keep 2. Jason caught an over just 15 minutes before weigh-in. We had ended up weighing 4 fish. We weighed 5.446. The first place winner was 10.84. It was a tough day for us and just about everyone else. We are the youngest couple there fishing. I have only been fishing for 6 months and Jason has only been fishing the lakes here in AZ for a little less than 2 years and only 7 months with a boat, he is working hard to find fish, but it is alot different than fishing in WI. It has been a fun experience. We have one more tournament in May at Lake Roosevelt and a championship two day tournement in September. We have learned lots and continue to learn each and every trip.

This is a picture of my first time fishing. Jason has taught me so much about fishing, but there is just so much more to learn. It has been fun and a great experience.

Things Learned on Sunday:

This week at church:

1. Blessings that come as we sacrifice our lives in serving the Lord. We sacrifice many things to serve a mission. Sacrifice- doing without something or giving up something. Giving your life to the Lord to be able to preach His gospel and have His spirit. We need to rely on Him guide us.
2. Learned more on the story of Joseph that was sold into Egypt by his brothers. What are some things to learn of his trails that he went through?... 1)He was hated by his brothers, they were jealous of him, they didn't speak peaceable to him. 2)they wanted to kill him/ sold into Egypt. 3) unjustly imprisoned/ law of chastity. 4) he was forgotten by his associates in prison. Some things to learn from this is Joseph attitude towards hat happened to him. He looked to the Lord. He had a eternal perspective- His behavior depends what happens later. HE forgave, looked at the positive things, he arose to the top. In Genesis 41:15-16 He gave credit to God for his trials. Genesis 45:5-8 How does this change the way I look at my trials? What was his attitude? What should our attitude be? We need to look at the story of Joseph as a reminder to look to God through our trails He is there for us and wants to to LEARN, GROW, LOVE, FORGIVE, have CHARITY, have a greater FAITH, in Him. How do we know that Christ is the center of my life?
3. The Fall of Adam and Eve was a good thing. It brought forth the Atonement, to be able to be clean from our sins and to be able to live with Him again. We were able to come to earth to receive a body, we were able to experience joy, pain, heartache, happiness, sorrow, peace those things that Adam and Eve weren't able to experience in the Garden of Eden.

Things Learned on Sunday...

I am going to start Things Learned on Sunday post on Sundays. This is what I learned or was impressed upon today at church.

1. Missionary work- you give the best 18 months to 2 years of your life to the Lord in serving and teaching His gospel. The Lord will place you in a location where He needs you to serve. Even if we are not serving a mission we can still be an example of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
2. We need to have a humble heart to receive revelation. As we receive revelation we need to write it down and then go and do. Then blessings will come as we do what we were prompted to do. We are given certain promptings to help others. We need to be open to reach out to those in need as we are prompted. "Don't listen to me, listen to what you feel as we learn the doctrines of the gospel".
3. God created the earth for us to enjoy. He the Creator LOVES us so much that He made birds, grass, trees, bushes, flowers, clouds, fish, dolphins, animals, insects, water, light, darkness, stars, moon, sun, me, and you.

I know that this things are true. I know that He knows and loves me. I have felt it. I know as we reach out and do what is right he will bless us.

Spring

I am so glad that it is getting to be spring. A new life.