Hey!
This week has been a pretty good one but has flown by! Nothing new and exciting really. It was a pretty normal week lots of visiting and trying to drag people to church, which was somewhat successful! C. is doing alright we weren't able to get a hold of him this week due to him being really busy and going out of town.
On Friday and Saturday night we went to the county fair over in Powell which was a blast. On Friday we went with the A's who are a part member family and we watched monster trucks and on Saturday we went with the V's (another part member family) and watched the demolition derby which was way sweet! S. V. who isn't a member, had 2 brothers that actualy drove in the derby, so it was great to talk with him and learn all about how the derby works. There were a ton of members at the fair which resulted in a lot of free food which was really cool and nice!
Church was good but going for 6 hours every Sunday has got a little exhausting. We found out not this transfer, but the next one, Cody 2nd Ward will be getting Sister Missionaries which will be interesting.
Not much else to report to you. We are going to go up the north fork to the Yellowstone Gate and then maybe up to Sunlight Basin for p-day today. We are also golfing this afternoon with the A's! Should be fun!!
Sounds like you guys have been busy! Hope you can find some time to relax this week! I love you guys!
-Elder Richardson
P.S.- I got your package on Saturday! Thank you so much !!!!!
My challenge this week is the bucket story:
One day, a time management expert was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget.
As this man stood in front of the group of high-powered overachievers, he said, "Okay, time for a quiz." Then, he pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouthed Mason jar and set it on a table in front of him. Then he produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar.
When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?"
Everyone in the class said, "Yes."
Then he said, "Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. Then he dumped some gravel in and shook the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks.
Then, he asked the group once more, "Is the jar full?" By this time, the class was onto him. "Probably not," one of them answered.
"Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in and it went into all the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?"
"No!" the class shouted. Once again, he said, "Good!" Then, he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then, he looked up at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?"
One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard, you can always fit some more things into it!"
"No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all."
What are the ‘big rocks’ in your life?
A project that YOU want to accomplish? Time with your loved ones? Your faith, your education, your finances? A cause? Teaching or mentoring others?
Remember to put the BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in!
