Sept. 23, 2011

I hit 7 months yesterday! That's a really long time!! But, it was a really good week.

 

 OH!! So, Dynamite by Taio Cruz is playing right now and it's making me super baggy. Anyways, on Monday there was an EARTHQUAKE in Guatemala! But not even CLOSE to where I am. It's like living in Las Vegas and saying "There was an Earthquake in Salt Lake!" so not close at all. BUT, we were in the office and I felt the after shocks! It was the first time I had ever felt ANYTHING of an earthquake and it was pretty cool, but I did NOT like it at all.. the building kind of swayed back and forth and made me feel kind of sick. I wasn't worried about the building falling at all, but it definitely made my body feel weird. (Now "Papa Americano" is playing and it is a REALLY annoying song! Nvm, it just ended. Score!) Elder Spilker and I have done a TON of contacting this week too. In my change before this one we did like, 15 contacts in the entire 6 weeks! This change, we have over 300 I think! It's crazy! But, if you don't talk to people, then no one can ever learn about the gospel.

 

  I don't think there is really anything cool to say about Tuesday... the Church's money that we use is divided into a whole bunch of different sub-accounts like transportation, food, utitilities, rent, and also whether it is transportation by the president or by the missionaries and so and and so forth. So, on Tuesday and yesterday Elder Spilker and I spent like, 6 hours going into the computer and checking a TON of receipts to reclassify things into the right account to try to balance the mission budget. Talk about exciting.

 

   Wednesday has some GREAT stories though. Well, a great story. I got to drive the mission truck again, all the way to the office this time, which was pretty legit. So, here comes the part where everyone can make fun of Elder LaPray for becoming the class awkward missionary that everyone becomes... we went to see some inactives and the children (17 female, 15 male, 13 male) aren't members because after the husband left the wife she stopped going to church (more than 10 years ago, probably closer to 13). So they children have no idea what it's like to have missionaries over, what our purpose is, nothing at all! So we talked to them, shared our testimonies and set up an appointment to go back the next week. (We were with 2 members, Willy and Hna. Rosario, that's how we got to this family). So, in Guatemala it is very customary to give a hug and a kiss on the cheek when you say goodbye to someone of the opposite sex, regardless of age or marital status. So as we were saying goodbye I saw the daughter, 17, give Willy a hug and a kiss (one of the members who is like, 30) and then give Hermana Rosario a hug and a kiss (Sister Rosario, another member who is about 50+). I thought to myself "oh crap, she is totally gonna try to hug me and give me a kiss". So as she was coming over I tried to stick out my hand and she came right in for the hug and kiss! I started to back away as I said "As missionaries we don't hug!!". LUCKILY, she didn't kiss me and she only kind of sort of hugged me. It was SUPER awkward and I felt really weird afterward. There you go... go ahead and laugh everyone.

 

  I'd like to share my journal entry from Thursday with you all. I didn't write ANYTHING about what we did, but I think it's very helpful in life... "Today Elder Spilker asked me what I think my purpose is here in Martí(my area). I strongly believe, or rather, I know that we receive our area and companion assignments by revelation, and thus, from God. As Doctrine and Covenants section 100 says (paraphrased) that I have "been allowed to come to this place; thus... it was convenient for the slavation of souls". It's no accident that I am serving a mission, that I'm in Guatemala, that I'm in the norht mission, that I was companions with Elder Nelson and Elder Chavarría in La Leyenda 3, and it's no accident that I'm here in Martí now with Elder Spilker. I just don't know my purpose here in this area yet. I don't know when, or if, I'll know. It's been 8 years since I moved to the Caribbean and I STILL don't understand the purpose! But, I know it's where the Lord wanted us to be because like all big decisions in life, I meditated it out in my mind and went to God seeking His guidance and I felt the Spirit witness to me that we needed to go. I wasn't exactly thrilled or excited. I had to leave behind everything I knew, but we all followed the promptings of the Holy Ghost. When we follow the Lord, there is a purpose behind where we are and what we're doing. We may not know it right away, and it may be difficult, incomprehensible, but know that Heavenly Father is aware of us".

 

   I forgot to write about Elder Williams's birthday party! Elder Williams (one of the APs) turns 21 today, but the APs left the capital this week so we celebrated on Monday night. His mom sent him a package with some birthday stuff.. BATMAN birthday stuff. It was sweet! Elder Francks and I went on divisions last night and we had a good time, and a really intense lesson that ended in us not going back there anymore. Not that they don't like us or anything, but like most people, they just couldn't accept another book of scripture. It's really frustrating when people judge a book by it's cover. The Book of Mormon in and of itself testifies of Christ, His divine nature, and how we can be saved through him. It doesn't discount or discredit the Bible. Quite the contrary, it supports and uplifts the Bible and even QUOTES the Bible. Why? Because the Bible has important scriptures that we need to understand, but the Book of Mormon expounds upon certain doctrine that may be left unclear in the Bible. For example, Matthew 3:14-17. What does it mean "to fulfill all righteousness"? 2 Nephi 31:5-7 answers that question and gives FURTHER TESTIMONY of Christ's baptism. It was really hard to see them reject the Book of Mormon without even touching it, but that's life, and all we can do is invite. But, I promise you with all of my being, that the Bible is the word of God. The Book of Mormon is also the word of God, and the only reason I know that is because the Spirit testified to me of it's truth and power (Alma 5:45-47, Moroni 10:3-5), and you can know too.

 

Love,

Elder Andrew A. LaPray

Week 3 of last transfer - 9.17.11

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I can't believe that week 3 is already gone!! That is so crazy. Time is just flying by here in the office. And I have a couple of stories to share this week, hooray!

 

So, like I said last week, on Sunday weren't allowed to go out and work. So, we went to church like normal, and then we came home. Ya estuvo (which means, that's it, now it's over, done, etc.) So I took a nap on Sunday afternoon, I wrote in my journal, wrote a letter, studied with Elder Spilker, and a few of us played Bancopoly!(The Guat version of Monopoly) and I had an awesome game plan and won. It wasn't really a game plan, but I ended up with 3 of the transportations and then I got a monopoly of Jutiapa and Jalapa (They are like James' Place and Boardwalk of Monopoly) and I just OWNED everybody. Needless to say, I won. I'm the finance elder, what can I say ;) (Totally kidding about the last part, but I did really win). 

 

On Monday night we went to a baptismal service for the 8 year old son of a member and it was really good, but we were there until 7. Cool story though, my CCM teacher Hna. España was at the baptism because the boy who got baptized is her nephew. Crazy, right!?

 

Oh boy, Tuesday! Tuesday morning I had a really great study from Preach My Gospel and the scriptures about Obedience and I classified my scriptures into 3 catergories - What does it mean? What blessings come from it? and Examples of obedience. To me, obedience isn't just complying with rules or something that is mandated of you, but it is submitting oneself to the will of the Father. It is an outward expression of our love for Him and our desire for eternal life (Mosiah 15:7; Matt. 26:29; John 14:15). It is also a manifestation of our committment to God and an act of faith. Office story. Elder Spilker and I had to go to the CCM to pay a bill for when a missionary stayed there. Do you know who is in the CCM right now? My best friend, Brock Joseph Andersen. I had the chance to see my very best friend! and you know what? He WASN'T THERE! Twice in six weeks the missionaries in the CCM go out to the central plaza to go contacting. The ONLY two days I show up to the CCM are the ONLY two days that he HAPPENS to be out contacting. It was really disappointing. *Sigh*

 

On Wednesday night there was a civic activity in the church because Independence Day was Thursday so there was an activity celebrating Guatemala and a running of the torch (I don't know why). So they posted the flag, sang the national anthem (which is SUPER long), did the pledge of allegiance, and then explained about the flag and the national flower, tree, etc. It was a really cool activity, but we ended up walking home and it took FOREVER. We usually take a taxi home every night but not Wednesday, we spent over an hour walking home. It was a LONG walk.

 

On Thursday we were the ONLY people in ALL of Europlaza. It is a 4 tour business building with 18 floors in each tower and we were the ONLY ones. It was super legit! So, we went up on the roof and took pictures (along with our other office duties!) Elder Spilker and I did a LOT of walking on Thursday night without much success, but we don't give up easily!

 

On Friday Elder Hogan and I did divisions (He is our district and one of my 3 companions, sort of. Like I explained, we are 4 in the office. Elder Hogan and Elder Franks(mail elders) and Elder Spilker and I (finance elders) but technically we are one companionship). Anyways, so Elder Hogan and I went on divisions and we did a lot of walking too. But, we taught a recent convert of about 4-6 months Cesár Guzmán (you can google him, he's a famous writer in Guatemala as well as the Guatemalan diplomat for Turkey). Anyways, we went and saw him and I shared the following question after he asked me what I do when I get depressed. Firstly I told him I cry and I pray (Lloro y oro [they sound very similar in Spanish]). (more or less, it goes like this) About 5-6 weeks ago I was having problems with my companion. We were arguing and not getting along. We had differences of opinion and we weren't both alway obedient and I didn't know how we could change that, because I was sick of the way things were. One night it pretty much just all got to a head and I didn't know what to do to help him or help us. I felt like I was alone in a worthless cause. One night I went up on the roof where it was a little more quiet and I could be alone. At first I just sat and meditated, and then I started to pray, and cry, searching for the guidance and direction I needed - what I could do to help the situation. After I prayed as I was meditating again, I could feel a peace come over him, as if I had received a hug from a loving Savior, Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ suffered through everything so that He would know how to giv us the perfect help and comfor that we would need, if we would trust in Him and seek His help(Alma 7:11-12). I promise you, that if you trust in Him, and seek His help, you too can be comforted by a loving elder brother, Savior, and Redeemer. That is the testimony which I bear to YOU and to Guatemala.

 

Love,

Elder Andrew A.LaPray

PICTURES

He's just sleepin' away!

Poor chicken... :(

Lets get ready to bowl!!!

He's kind of a goof ball

Presh (:

Andrew and Joshua!

September 3, 2011

Friends and Family who follow Andrew's blog: As Andrew's mom I have neglected posting Andrew's emails and I know that if any of you write and tell him I may be in real trouble.  I read his emails at work and then forget.  So I have posted the last month of emails today - enjoy.  Thanks for your support!!  

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I'm in the office! That was what my interview was all about. So as an office elder I have Pday on Saturday, so you all will have to write me BEFORE Friday night, please!! I logged on today and had a grand total of 5 emails... all of them from old conversations last Monday. SO.... I'm kind ofbored right now. I don't have any emails to read or anything. But that's ok!

 

Nothing happened on Monday night, sorry to disappoint. Tuesday was my very last day in La Leyenda 3! I was really sad to have to leave! I spent the whole morning packing. I was more effective than I expected, but still not amazing. I was in La Leyenda for longer than I was at BYU last fall, and it seems like it went by 3 times faster! Really, a blink of an eye. If the rest of my changes are like that, I'll be home next week! After we ate lunch we went to visit everyone so that I could say goodbye. We tried to visit familia Beltran, and I was very disappointed when we arrived and they weren't home. They live in a dangerous area so we couldnt go back later. I really hope that everything pulls through for them and they can achieve an eternal marriage. We also went to visit fam. Ortiz and I am grateful to have known them. They are wonderful old Nicaraguan women whom I love! I also tried to go see Jessica, but she wasn't home. I was bummed, but I am super grateful to have been able to be a part of her journey in the gospel and I know that she will be a wonderful member! I also was able to say goodbye to fam. Hernandez (Elsa, Alejandro, Boris, and Carlitos). I was also able to say goodbye to a member family who has helped us SO much with Maynor. They have become really great friends with Maynor and Paty and I know it has helped Maynor in his progression in the Gospel! Saying goodbye to Maynor and Paty was also kind of hard. I love them so much and I am sad that I won't be able to see Maynor be baptized, but I hope to see them get sealed in the temple a little over a year from now! That would be absolutely incredible!!

 

 Wednesday was a crazy day! I woke up super early to leave for the change conference, and we didn't even leave until 7, which sucked because I had myinterview, but it all worked out. Obviously, I found out my change - Finance Elder. My companion is Elder Spilker and he is from St. George! He's been on his mission for ALMOST a year and he's been in the office for 2 changes (this is his 3rd). The first day in the office was good. I learned how to do some stuff and I think I'll like it a lot. (BTW, my cousin Colton is companions with Elder Plata, who I had been living with for the last 4 months, so it was pretty hilarious!) Our area is absolutely HUGE. It is ALL of zone 2 of Guatemala city. I was so lost walking around with Elder Spilker (Spilk). But we met a guy named Fito who has great potential to progress. He has a crazy life story. He is a martial arts expert (10 different arts!)and he also plays the accordion and the organ and has traveled ALL over the world. Good day.

 

 Our house is pretty awesome. We live in what is called "Martí Manor". It is the 2 APs, Elder Spilker and I, and the 2 other office elders living together. It is WAY better than my house back in La Leyenda (obviously) and we live in a really nice area. I'll send pictures next week maybe. It's legit.

 

Thursday was day 2 in the office! I woke up at 5:30, which is going to be a regular thingfor probably the next4-6 months while I'm in the office so that I can study and exercise before we leave for the office. It's rough getting up that early, but adding that extra hour to my awake time makes so much difference and you feel like you accomplish a lot! We had weekly planning and district meeting through the morning, so we didn't get to the office until about 1 or 1:30.  Proselyting time was pretty good, we had a third elder with us. We did a lot of walking again, but we went to visit an old contact and taught him for the first time. It was a really good lesson and he has potential to progress, except he works on Sundays. His name is Julian. We also had our weekly activity called "Noche Mormona" or "Mormon Night" where people come to the church and we give a spiritual message and then play a game. This week we acted out 1 Nephi 3-4. Hooray.

 

Friday was SUPER busy! After study and what not, Spilk and I left the house at about 8 am to go talk to the landlor of some of the sister missionaries about a problem that turned out to not be a problem at all. It was weird. Then we went to the office, made some checks, organized somechecks, talked to President about a project we are working on (Top Secret, sorry), and then we went back on to run more errands! We had to go pay rent bills at different banks and pay some other bills in different places and then go talk to ANOTHER landlord for some different sisters. There was a problem there though. I felt more like a lawyer than a missionary talking to people about legal contracts and negotiating business deals. This morning I was talking to one of the APs, Elder Williams, and we talked about how bizzare we feel sometimes as 19-21 year old kids bossing people around who are in their 30s, 40s, or even 60s or 70s. It feels strange to be the one telling other people what terms of contracts are going to be and dealing with finances and what not and all of it just seems bizzare for some 20 year old kid to be doing, let alone in Guatemala! I love it, don't get me wrong, but it feels strange sometimes.

 

Today is Pday. On Pdays we leave the house at about 5:30ish to go play basketball for a couple hours with some elders from our zone(They do it as exercise, we do it as a pday activity) and it was tons of fun!

 

Unfortunately, that is my entire week and I don't know what else to say. Elder Davis and Elder Williams are the assistants, Elder Spilker and I are finance elders, and Elder Hogan and Elder Francks are "pouch elders". So that's all of us. Sorry for the future boringness of my emails, cause more than half of my day is spent in an office and I can't always talk about what I'm doing, but I'm learning and loving it! Maybe I'll be an accountant one day ;) JK. I'm still going to be a doctor!

 

Love,

Elder Andrew LaPray

August 29, 2011

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So I officially made it past the 6 month mark! I was going to burn a tie, but it was raining so I wasn't able to burn the tie, because I wasn't able to go up on the roof without getting totally soaked, so ya. But, I wanted to burn a tie. Oh well. FYI, everyone, I am getting changed! My companion, Elder Chavarría is staying in La Leyenda 3 and I am going... somewhere else? More to come next week! The suspense is killer, I know.

I'm trying to remember what we did on Monday night, and not a whole lot is coming to my mind... sorry? Tuesday was a great day though! Elder Chavarría and I got to go to the temple! Just the two of us. It's a long story. To make it short, he got permission to see his mom who was coming to the temple (from Nicaragua) so we went to zona 15 and Chava got to spend a few hours with his mom, which I'm sure was just absolutely amazing for him! We also go to enter a session with his mom and grandparents. I love the temple! And more importantly, Chava was thrilled to see his mom and get some stuff he needed. (We didn't get lost in the Red Light District this time, thank goodness!)

I'm having a hard time remembering what happened on Wednesday as well... I don't think I wrote much in my journal either. Although, speaking of my journal, I did finish off my first journal last week. I made it 6 months (and a couple days) with my journal! I was stoked to make it all the way through 6 months with it, I cut it pretty close though.  Before my mission I NEVER wrote about what happened to me, but I can really see the value of it now. Granted, some of the stuff is meaningless to anyone but me, some stuff might help someone else with something they are going through, I don't know. Good news is that we have a copy center right next to our house (it's literally part it the house) and so I copied my ENTIRE journal and got it bound (nothing special, but it is "bound") and it only cost Q30, which is $4.50 so not expensive at all, considering there were like, 80 pages. (I'm sending the original home in the mail so that it doesn't get damaged here in the mission).

Backwards to Wednesday night, we went and saw Maynor and Paty with Miguel and Brenda (Maynor and Paty [familia de Leon] still can't get married, but hopefully soon). We had no idea what we were going to talk about, but after the prayer Chava started talking about the Priesthood and it was absolutely perfect. I hope that Maynor prepares to receive the priesthood and comes to understand it's great value in our lives and it's great importance. Brenda shared a story that whenever her daughter has any sickness or problem, she goes and asks her dad for a blessing because she KNOWS it helps and makes a difference. She has an unwavering faith in the priesthood power, and faith makes a HUGE difference in how the priesthood works in our lives!

Oh, so on Friday morning I was reading in the May 2007 Ensign and while reading a tallk by Susan Tanner (former young women's general president) I had the not so profound but deeply meaningful thought that "there is power in knowing who we are". Knowing that we are children of God who have a divine potential to become like our Heavenly Father, gives us power and ability to resist the temptations of Satan as well as strength to overcome the trials and difficulties that face us in this life. It was really cool. I absolutely LOVE conference edition!

Sunday was mostly a good day. (Nothing to write about from Saturday). Church was normal. Maynor came to church, which is baller! (Ya, I can still say baller if I want!). Our only teaching cita (that's appointment in English, but cita is what I say, even when I'm speaking English) was with Maynor and Paty. We talked to Maynor a little bit more about repentance because that was the theme from Principles of the Gospel, and it was a very spiritual lesson, and I wish I could be around for when Maynor gets baptized. But, more importantly, it would be awesome to be able to attend his temple sealing a little over a year from now! After the lesson they fed us Hot Dogs, Guatemala style! (Called "Shucos" which translated means "Dirties"). They put Guacemole, lettuce, ketchup, mayo, and mustard. We all know I'm not THAT adventurous... but I did have the Guacemole and ketchup and it was absolutely AMAZING! I don't really like Guacemole or Avocado, but Paty makes it good!

I also cut my hair last night, but myself (mostly) and I must say it looks pretty good! Changes are on Wednesday, bright and early, so I'll let you know next week what happens. Love, Me Elder Andrew Anderson LaPray

August 22, 2011

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I really don't have a whole lot to write this week... Unfortunately not a whole lot happened.

Monday was one of the good working days after Pday. We only had one lesson but we went to see Maynor and Paty de León to have FHE with them and a member family. It was a really good FHE and I was the one who did the spiritual thought about the Atonement. Afterwards we played a couple of silly games, but one of them was really fun! Unfortunately, it required me to stand up and dance like Shakira. For anyone who knows me he or she would know that I cannot dance at all. It was rather embarrassing, but it was fun! Paty made what are called "rellenitos" which are plátanos (plantains) filled with mashed black beans(I don't know what they're called in English...Colton told me they are refried black beans, IDK) and then you fry them. They were actually REALLY good. And that is coming from Andrew Anderson LaPray. I eat so many things I would have never though of before the mission. It's crazy. We also had some delicious watermelon! (That reminded me of the song Chariot by Gavin DeGraw because he says "and seedless watermelon"). So that was my Monday night!

Now comes the boring section. I was sick with "gripe" which is really just a cold but it drained me of ALL energy and I slept almost all day Tuesday (we didn't leave the house) and all day Wednesday. We left for District Meeting and then for like, an hour that night. On Wednesday night Chava got sick and so we stayed in the house almost all day Thursday as well. BUT... on the good side I did a TON of reading in the Old Testament. I made it all the way through Deuteronomy in like, a day! I went from Numbers 30 somthing to Joshua 3 in two days! It was legit and kind of boring, but oh well!

On Friday we didn't really have a lot of lessons and we had weekly planning, but it was just nice to be outside again! Other than that, not much.

On Saturday I watched someone kill a rooster with her bare hands and ate it about 1 hour later. It was crazy cool! I also climbed a wiskil tree to get some wiskil for lunch (there is no description for this vegetable) and while I was up there I broke a branch I was standing on... oops. Anyways, the soup (caldo in spanish) was really good, but the meat was really tough. We had a few other lessons that afternoon, one with Jessica and we talked about Patriarchal Blessings and how we would like her to prepare to receive hers when she feels the time is right.

Sunday was just a good day. Church was really good, I don't know what made it so special, it was just a good day at church. After lunch we went and saw familia Ortiz and gave Hna Mercedes a blessing (the Fam Ortiz is the previously mentioned "Angry Nicaraguan" family). It started raining like crazy while we were there and so we waited a while and then we went up to see Maynor and Paty de Leon. We had a nice talk with them about The blessings of Eternal Marriage and an Eternal Family and then we ate some fruit, mostly watermelon (I think that was it...) oh!!! And we ate some corn on the cob. Delicious.

Today we went to a mall called Tikal Futura and we went bowling! It was cool. Ok... so yesterday I was writing a letter to a friend and I randomly started talking about forgiveness, offense, and the pride cycle and it got me thinking about the Pride Cycle of the Scriptures which is Blessed State, Pride, Bondage, Humility/Redemption, Blessed State, Pride, etc. etc. Sometimes we fall into another pride cycle. I call it "The Guatemalan Pride Cycle" becuase that's where I first noticed. It starts with "Happiness". Everyone is happy. Phase 2 is "The Offense" someone says or does something to offend another. Phase 3 "Pride" Both parties refuse to ask for forgiveness and apologize. Phase 4 is "Forgiveness" which leads to Happiness. There is a very easy way to avoide Phases 2 and 3. When someone says or does something "offensive" you must CHOOSE NOT to take offense. This means automatically forgiving someone for what he or she said or did which leads immediately back to happiness. We lose so many opportunities in blessings in the phase of pride that we are the exact opposite of happy. It is terrible and I hope we can all avoid this pride cycle by CHOOSING NOT to take offense and forgiving others their trespasses IMMEDIATELY.

Love, Elder Andrew Anderson LaPray

August 15, 2011

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I think I hit a lot of weeks tomorrow. and one week from tomorrow I hit SIXTH MONTHS! That is so crazy! Can you guys believe that? Because I can't. Maybe it was the MTC and CCM that made the first two months go by way fast but I can't believe that I have been out in the field for almost 4 months! It doesn't feel like it's been that long! But it's true, Santos was baptizd over 3 months ago now! That is hard to believe.

I don't remember a whole lot about this week, so my email might be REALLY lame, I'm sorry! But, I want you all to know that I'm doing wonderfully and I love being on my mission! On Tuesday we had Zone Conference! It was only our zone too so it was even more legit! I know I've said it before and I will say it again, I LOVE President and Sister Watts. They are the best in the world. Honestly. They talked about a lot of things and it was just a really incredible, spiritual experience. We even got Little Caesar's Pizza for lunch(half a pizza each)!! Delicious! But, I realized it is better in America... Zone Conference lasted from 9 a.m. until after 4 so we didn't really have any lessons that night. I think we might have had one, I'm not 100% sure...

Wednesday... We had district meeting and talked about desires, determination, actions, and faith. It was a really good meeting and our district leader, Elder Wadsworth is great! I think it's the Idaho thing ;) We also had another lesson with Maynor, if I am not mistaken and it was a great lesson! The members we take with us our good friends with Maynor and his "wife" Paty and it makes the lessons so great and powerful! I love it! Members can help SO much in the conversion process if it's a member that can actually be a true friend to the investigator!

I don't think that much happened on Thursday or Friday, except that on Friday we did weekly planning and we also cleaned our apartment as well as other lessons, but nothing out of the ordinary.

There isn't a lot to add from Saturday or Sunday either... I'm sorry. It's just been kind of a boring week, I don't know what else to say. The Church is true, share your testimony, and read the scriptures! Elaine S. Dalton once said to be happy the three things one needs to do are 1) pray every day. 2) read your scriptures every day. 3) smile! It's easy to be happy with that formula!

Love, Elder Andrew Anderson LaPray!