Well, things are good here in Kiribati. The weeks are really starting to blend together. Time goes by so fast. I am sure that before I know it, I will be boarding that plane to come home. But, for now, I am focused on doing what the Lord wants us to do. Not really much to report from this week. It was business as usual. But, I was thinking this week, while listening to some music, of an analogy for this life. All of us, everyone in the world is in a big high school orchestra. Right now, we are all performing in a concert. Our piece that we are playing was written by God. Each one of us has a unique part to us, that is still part of the bigger piece. We are all trying to perform to the best of our ability and knowledge. The problem is, not everyone is prepared. Not everyone has been practicing, and others didn't even bring their music. They are everyone who has not received the gospel, or are less active in the church. We as members in the church have our parts, and we have been practicing, at least a little bit, but know one is completely prepared for everything that is in the piece. Luckily, even though all of us are a little confused at times or we don't know exactly what is in store for us, God has given us some help. We have all the first chair players. The apostles and other general authorities, with the prophet being our concert master. With their help and example we can hear our parts, and see how they fit into the bigger piece. Then we have our conductor. Jesus Christ. He knows the piece perfectly. He knows all of our parts, and he knows exactly how to help each of us overcome our struggles. But we have to watch him, and pay attention to his... uh... stick/wand of power/ I don't actually know what it is called but that is the Holy Ghost. We have to look for and pay attention to his promptings if we want help from Christ. We also have one more help, what we called managers in our orchestra. These people take time from playing their part, to go and help others. They can't play other's parts, but they can give them their music, or they can point out and clarify what is happening or what is coming up next. These are missionaries, leaving their life for two years to go help others. Even though life itself goes on, they give up their life back home for just a little while so that they can help others understand. But, even with all this help it can be hard, some people don't want to play their part, or they don't understand the importance of practice. but we can still help each other. We can answer questions that they have about the piece and even though we don't know exactly what is happening in their part, we can still guide them so that they know how to deal with what might come.
So, I hope this analogy made sense to everyone. Sorry if it didn't but hey, I am not perfect either. (I am also terrible at writing, but these emails help with that a little bit). Anyway, I love you all and I hope you all have a good week.
Love
Elder Hilliard
PS remember who you are.
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