Wet Toaster Part 2
No mail yet. Zone conferences are this Thursday so hopefully we will get it then. *fingers crossed also interviews!!! SO EXCITED I LOVE PRESIDENT CAPLIN.
We had to drop our lyberian friend James. He is getting baptized in another church where he feels more comfortable. It's hard because... the spirit testifies of truth so he still feels the spirit in that church.. and he doesn't understand the apostasy or preisthood. We tried so hard. And the thing is, God is going to keep putting missionaries in his path. He would be an amazing mormon. On the drive home from his house I cried. Really hard. The full truth is being handed to him and he doesn't get it. Slap in the face.
Face book. Well. I've been trying to be more patient with it because it was created for the hastening of the work. I get that. But if we are being completely honest when a young girl randomly dms you on Facebook messenger... ugh idk how to even explain this But I've gotten asked on 5 dates this week. It's so frustrating bc my hopes get all up and then the spirit is like "Izzy, the gospel isn't what they really want" Elder jacobs (one of the elders that shares our ward) photoshopped my head onto this pic (ill send it) so i could set it as my profile pic so people would know what i was about from the start. Hahaha but it felt sacreligious. Also hilarious and i laughed about it for ever and still am. But there are two girls that live here and i think we will meet up with them this week. High hopes for the Facebook mission.. woo. Yay for technology.
Mom: send me my black rain boots? It gets rainy before it gets cold and i need to be prepared! #boyscout :) also, face shavers?!
I can't believe sen gets home this week. *cries for the rest of forever(17 months, don't be so dramatic Izzy) because different timezones again
That's all I'm going to say about that. Don't hold back tho, tell me everything! I'm excited for y'all. And for California and such!!
We had to drop our lyberian friend James. He is getting baptized in another church where he feels more comfortable. It's hard because... the spirit testifies of truth so he still feels the spirit in that church.. and he doesn't understand the apostasy or preisthood. We tried so hard. And the thing is, God is going to keep putting missionaries in his path. He would be an amazing mormon. On the drive home from his house I cried. Really hard. The full truth is being handed to him and he doesn't get it. Slap in the face.
Face book. Well. I've been trying to be more patient with it because it was created for the hastening of the work. I get that. But if we are being completely honest when a young girl randomly dms you on Facebook messenger... ugh idk how to even explain this But I've gotten asked on 5 dates this week. It's so frustrating bc my hopes get all up and then the spirit is like "Izzy, the gospel isn't what they really want" Elder jacobs (one of the elders that shares our ward) photoshopped my head onto this pic (ill send it) so i could set it as my profile pic so people would know what i was about from the start. Hahaha but it felt sacreligious. Also hilarious and i laughed about it for ever and still am. But there are two girls that live here and i think we will meet up with them this week. High hopes for the Facebook mission.. woo. Yay for technology.
Mom: send me my black rain boots? It gets rainy before it gets cold and i need to be prepared! #boyscout :) also, face shavers?!
I can't believe sen gets home this week. *cries for the rest of forever(17 months, don't be so dramatic Izzy) because different timezones again
That's all I'm going to say about that. Don't hold back tho, tell me everything! I'm excited for y'all. And for California and such!!
Went to the mesoniac temple this morning. Hahahaha oh man. I just want to hug Joseph smith now.
I'm glad alli went over to the house. I freaking miss her so much wowza.
I LOVE YOU ALL so much. Pray for you every day. Camping looked so fun! So happy for you all. Nice new car. I know we've had a black car for a while but white cars feel like home. Happy for you all. Cullimores! Always a good time. BOYS I LOVE THE HAIR RIGHT NOW!!! DANG. Keep enjoying July, the heart of summer!! :)
I know mom has always been intrigued by Pilate in the crucifixion story so here's some great stuff for ya. From the 1972 April ensign. It's called "the greate st week in history" if you feel so inclined to read it all. Great stuff.
Thus one of the greatest ironies in history occurred, for Jesus, the divine Son of God, the one person who could not have been guilty of falsely assuming the power of God, was found guilty of blasphemy! Also, the only person since the fall of Adam who had power over physical death was condemned to die! However, the power to pronounce capital punishment had been taken away from the Jewish council by Roman decree; thus the leaders of the Sanhedrin had him delivered to Pilate so an official decree of death could be issued.
The Savior was thus brought to trial before Pontius Pilate, the procurator of Judea who lived in Caesarea but who happened to be in Jerusalem for the Jewish feasts. There, Pilate came outside to hear their charges. The charge was now changed to that of high treason, the most serious offense in the Roman law. To back their charge of treason against the Savior, the members of the Sanhedrin falsely claimed the Savior had forbidden the people to give tribute to Caesar (his actual words were, “Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s”—Matt. 22:21), and they also accused him of making himself a king. (Luke 23:2.) When Pilate asked the Savior directly, “Art thou the king of the Jews?” (Luke 23:3), the Savior answered, “My kingdom is not of this world” (John 18:36).
Thus finding no fault in him, Pilate was about to let the Savior go free when one of the priests claimed that Jesus had been teaching treason “beginning from Galilee to this place.” (Luke 23:5.) As soon as Pilate was reminded that Jesus was a Galilean, he sent the Savior to be tried by Herod, the vassal ruler of the province of Galilee, who was also in Jerusalem for the Passover season. However, when the Savior refused to answer any of the questions put to him by Herod, he was taken again before Pilate by the members of the Sanhedrin, who were determined to have a death sentence pronounced against him.
Pilate could still find no fault in the Savior and so declared, saying, “I will … chastise him, and release him.” (Luke 23:16.) Pilate also reminded the Jews that it was the custom during the Passover season to release one of the prisoners from prison and that he was willing to invoke this precedence for the release of Jesus. However, the people cried, “Release … Barabbas” (Luke 23:18); thus a murderer and one guilty of sedition was released, while the innocent one was retained.
When finally Pilate asked the people what they wanted him to do with Jesus, their awful cry was, “Crucify him, crucify him.” (Luke 23:21.)
Pilate’s reply was that he found no fault in the man, and that he washed his hands of his blood. And then came the awful condemnatory cry, “His blood be on us, and on our children.” (Matt. 27:25.) Even then, Pilate was about to let the Savior go with just a scourging and a chastisement, when a person cried out the barb, “If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend; whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.” (John 19:12.) This taunt proved to be too much for Pilate, who had received what power he had from Caesar.
Thus Pilate finally agreed to the crucifixion and turned Jesus over to his soldiers to be scourged.
Then followed the torturous walk to Golgotha, where the tired, physical body of the Savior was given the assistance of Simon of Cyrene in carrying the cross.
Pilate had earlier ordered that the words “JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS” should be inscribed on the cross in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin characters. When the Jewish leaders tried to get him to change the inscription from “The King of the Jews” to “he said, I am King of the Jews,” Pilate replied: “What I have written I have written.” (John 19:21–22.)
It was about the third hour (9:00 A.M.) of the sixth day (Friday) when the Savior was nailed to the cross. Despite the pain of the nailing, the Savior later could still look upon the Roman soldiers and say, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34.)
I'm glad alli went over to the house. I freaking miss her so much wowza.
I LOVE YOU ALL so much. Pray for you every day. Camping looked so fun! So happy for you all. Nice new car. I know we've had a black car for a while but white cars feel like home. Happy for you all. Cullimores! Always a good time. BOYS I LOVE THE HAIR RIGHT NOW!!! DANG. Keep enjoying July, the heart of summer!! :)
I know mom has always been intrigued by Pilate in the crucifixion story so here's some great stuff for ya. From the 1972 April ensign. It's called "the greate st week in history" if you feel so inclined to read it all. Great stuff.
Thus one of the greatest ironies in history occurred, for Jesus, the divine Son of God, the one person who could not have been guilty of falsely assuming the power of God, was found guilty of blasphemy! Also, the only person since the fall of Adam who had power over physical death was condemned to die! However, the power to pronounce capital punishment had been taken away from the Jewish council by Roman decree; thus the leaders of the Sanhedrin had him delivered to Pilate so an official decree of death could be issued.
The Savior was thus brought to trial before Pontius Pilate, the procurator of Judea who lived in Caesarea but who happened to be in Jerusalem for the Jewish feasts. There, Pilate came outside to hear their charges. The charge was now changed to that of high treason, the most serious offense in the Roman law. To back their charge of treason against the Savior, the members of the Sanhedrin falsely claimed the Savior had forbidden the people to give tribute to Caesar (his actual words were, “Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s”—Matt. 22:21), and they also accused him of making himself a king. (Luke 23:2.) When Pilate asked the Savior directly, “Art thou the king of the Jews?” (Luke 23:3), the Savior answered, “My kingdom is not of this world” (John 18:36).
Thus finding no fault in him, Pilate was about to let the Savior go free when one of the priests claimed that Jesus had been teaching treason “beginning from Galilee to this place.” (Luke 23:5.) As soon as Pilate was reminded that Jesus was a Galilean, he sent the Savior to be tried by Herod, the vassal ruler of the province of Galilee, who was also in Jerusalem for the Passover season. However, when the Savior refused to answer any of the questions put to him by Herod, he was taken again before Pilate by the members of the Sanhedrin, who were determined to have a death sentence pronounced against him.
Pilate could still find no fault in the Savior and so declared, saying, “I will … chastise him, and release him.” (Luke 23:16.) Pilate also reminded the Jews that it was the custom during the Passover season to release one of the prisoners from prison and that he was willing to invoke this precedence for the release of Jesus. However, the people cried, “Release … Barabbas” (Luke 23:18); thus a murderer and one guilty of sedition was released, while the innocent one was retained.
When finally Pilate asked the people what they wanted him to do with Jesus, their awful cry was, “Crucify him, crucify him.” (Luke 23:21.)
Pilate’s reply was that he found no fault in the man, and that he washed his hands of his blood. And then came the awful condemnatory cry, “His blood be on us, and on our children.” (Matt. 27:25.) Even then, Pilate was about to let the Savior go with just a scourging and a chastisement, when a person cried out the barb, “If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend; whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.” (John 19:12.) This taunt proved to be too much for Pilate, who had received what power he had from Caesar.
Thus Pilate finally agreed to the crucifixion and turned Jesus over to his soldiers to be scourged.
Then followed the torturous walk to Golgotha, where the tired, physical body of the Savior was given the assistance of Simon of Cyrene in carrying the cross.
Pilate had earlier ordered that the words “JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS” should be inscribed on the cross in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin characters. When the Jewish leaders tried to get him to change the inscription from “The King of the Jews” to “he said, I am King of the Jews,” Pilate replied: “What I have written I have written.” (John 19:21–22.)
It was about the third hour (9:00 A.M.) of the sixth day (Friday) when the Savior was nailed to the cross. Despite the pain of the nailing, the Savior later could still look upon the Roman soldiers and say, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34.)
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