Elder Jaxon Howes
Updated 11/7/2024
Hi
These last 2 weeks have been so great! Isn't it just so cool to have a Father in Heaven who knows exactly what we need and where we need to be? I've spent a lot of time this week thinking about that, I'm right where I'm meant to be and so are you! Take advantage of that and learn from where you are right here and now.
-I learned that the green flash on Pirates of the Caribbean is real, apparently you can see it at one of the places by the beach we went to. This is also your sign to go watch the 3rd Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Unless you haven't seen the first two, then it's about time you had a movie marathon.
-We also saw a TON of seals at that same place, just piles up on top of each other on a bunch of rocks. Check out my Google photos and you'll see it.
The rest of the last little bit hasn't been too crazy but we DID have the wonderful blessing of an Apostle of Jesus Christ named David Bednar, coming to visit San Diego and teach all the missionaries in a big giant mission conference. It was awesome! It was a testament to me that he really is a "special witness of Jesus Christ." So here's just one of the many things the Holy Ghost taught me while Elder Bednar was speaking.
Faith is when we act on some kind of assurance, expectation, or hope that something or someone is real. Many days we wake up in the morning before the sun because we hope and expect the sun to come up at some point. That's a very basic kind of faith. And you might think "but I KNOW the sun will come up, it always does." But that's the same with the Son of God. He's even more reliable than the sun in the sky. But here's what I really learned. It takes faith to have faith. I truly believe that all of us have been given the ability to have faith, even if just a tiny bit. So when we're first deciding to try following Jesus Christ, we're testing our little bit of faith, which once tested will always increase our faith in some way at some point in time. So my point is, no matter what's happening, how big, frustrating, or horrible our challenges, when we have the faith to have faith, God will bless us with the faith to overcome them.
I really hope that all made sense! If not, just know God loves you, I love you, and Jesus Christ can help you with ANYTHING.
-Elder Howes 🤟