The Dish on the Mish: Rot Schwarz Gold

just kidding.

this week it was red white and blue!

the problem was that germany played france on the 4th of july so that wasn't the most popular color combo around here... :)

here is a cool story from this week:

We had an experiance this week teaching our Indian family again. This time we were teaching the grandma R. We wanted to talk about God. So we asked her some questions to find out what she believed. Then we started to explain what God was and our relationship to Him. She seemed to be understanding that He is our Heavenly Father. Then we went on to explain that he loves and blesses us and that he is all powerful. She had some questions about the creation. We explained that God and Christ created the people and the earth and the animals and the plants and the heavens. She didnt understand the concept of heaven. We tried our best to explain but she wasn't completely understanding.

Then we had some inspiration!

The scripture story of Ammon teaching King Lamoni came to our minds becuase we had just studied it. We turned to that chapter and were able to read together. She understands better when we read straight from the book of mormon becuase it is in Hindi. So she was able to understand it a lot better. It was more clear and it bore testimony and backed up the converstaion we had just had.

There is power in teaching with the scriptures!

24 And Ammon began to speak unto him with boldness, and said unto him: Believest thou that there is a God?

25 And he answered, and said unto him: I do not know what that meaneth.

26 And then Ammon said: Believest thou that there is a Great Spirit?

27 And he said, Yea.

28 And Ammon said: This is God. And Ammon said unto him again: Believest thou that this Great Spirit, who is God, created all things which are in heaven and in the earth?

29 And he said: Yea, I believe that he created all things which are in the earth; but I do not know the heavens.

30 And Ammon said unto him: The heavens is a place where God dwells and all his holy angels.

31 And king Lamoni said: Is it above the earth?

32 And Ammon said: Yea, and he looketh down upon all the children of men; and he knows all the thoughts and intents of the heart; for by his hand were they all created from the beginning.

33 And king Lamoni said: I believe all these things which thou hast spoken. Art thou sent from God?

34 Ammon said unto him: I am a man; and man in the beginning was created after the image of God, and I am called by his Holy Spirit to teach these things unto this people, that they may be brought to a knowledge of that which is just and true;

35 And a portion of that Spirit dwelleth in me, which giveth me knowledge, and also power according to my faith and desires which are in God.

Sister Jensen wanted to go meet our neighbors. So we made them cookies and took them around to the people in our house. We must have picked a bad time becuase not many were home. We just left the cookies on their doorstep becuase we had other things to do.

the next morning we had a little sticky note on our mailbox thanking us for the "bagels".