My Thanksgiving list

The things I am grateful for, would probably take too much time to time, and be boring for you to read. 

So here is a shortened version.

1. My family- the ones that wrote me consistently, a refuge, my cheer squad, and the ones that have my back. always. 

2. The gospel- The answers that I have.  The peace I feel.  The Happiness I enjoy. 

3.  America- I am blessed to live in a country, where I can be who I want, say what I want, do what I want.  Thanks to those that keep it this way. 

4.  Those wonderful people in Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming- The ones that fed me, took care of me, encouraged me, listened to me, helped me, housed me, befriended me. You made all the difference. Thank you!

5. Education- I am getting a top-notch education, for really cheap, in a wonderful, enriching, gospel environment.
6. Food- The ability to eat and the ability to make.  I love both.
Happy Thanksgiving!

~Linz

Time.

Lately, I have been thinking about the word time.  

It encompasses so much. 

It's what runs our days.

We measure our life by it. 

It runs whether we want it to or not. 

It goes by quickly.  

In 4 days, I'll have been home from my mission for 3 months.  

Um What? 

Sometimes, It feels like that was a lifetime ago. 

Did I really just accomplish serving a mission?

How did I get old enough to even do that?

My family...we are older now. 

My brother is now in Peru, on his mission. 

Time is just going. 

It's exciting, scary, confusing, thrilling. 

It's humbling to know that amount of time is not in our hands. 

The only thing we have control over is how we use the allotted time. 

So here's to living life. 

Take risks, be happy, love those around you.

~Linz

Mission Series: Daily Study

If you don't have time for prayer and scripture study, 
you are busier than God intended you to be.

I have been home a little over 2 months now.  

I know I said the same thing every missionary says before they go home:

I want to keep studying the scriptures everyday. 

Wow.  I forgot how busy and insane life is. 

I do know this, when I read my scriptures before my day starts, it goes much more smoothly.  We have an opportunity to gain knowledge and revelation 
on what God wants for us that day.  

We also have an opportunity to use our studies to help those around us.  

As missionaries, one of the neatest things was reading something that morning and then being able to go out that day and share it with someone else.  

Our studies can be used to help others around us. 
If you are bored from your daily studies
Find a study structure that helps you. 
There is power that comes from Prayer and scriptures study!

Prayer and scripture study should be daily non-negotiables. 

~Linz