For Valentines Day, Dad took me to the temple. It was lovely. He's my eternal sweetheart. I'm one lucky girl because I have such a wonderful man by my side. I also have such kind, courageous, and valiant sons and beautiful, virtuous daughters. I feel so blessed. I love my family!!!!
I've been listening to some interesting pod-casts lately. One I found is called "On Being". It's about science, faith, and religion. I've listened to a rabbi who lives in Jerusalem and he talked about how important it is to understand your heritage and identity. He believes that God is the giver of all that is good and we need to look to him to find the goodness and light in others. It reminded me of Natan Sharansky and his message. (Did I ever tell you about Sharansky? Amazing man.) There was also an interview with Brian Greene, the quantum physicist who posits the idea of parallel universes and string theory. Do you remember him from Radio Lab? He suggests that there are muliti-verses and somewhere out there is an exact pattern of our earth with an exact pattern of people, etc.,because of the infinite patterns of numbers. He says that on the quantum level there is basically patterns of energy whether you're talking about the Higgs-Boson, neutrino's, lepton's, or the other sub-atomic particles. He also firmly believes that there is no free will. Interesting, huh? Then I listened to a man from Haiti who grew up with privilege and became an intellectual and teaches at university. Of course he was secular until he had a dream that his grandma came to him and told him to return to the origin. So he became a voodoo priest. He's still a professor, but also a priest. He does believe in free will and in a disembodied god which is basically energy. So many interesting lives and stories that are out there in the world. Anyways, the pattern I found that wove these stories together was that as human beings, we want joy. We find that joy in light. The light we seek comes from God. The God we seek is in different places, i.e., science, religion, but he reveals himself in all of these areas.
I'm glad I've found my God and my faith. I'm grateful for the possibility he gives us to become like him.
God bless you and your endeavors.
I love you.
Mom
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| Elder McKay and Elder Williams |
Dear Mom,
I'm glad that you had a great Valentines Day. Dad is just as lucky to have you as you are to have him! I'm grateful that I have such wonderful folks.
Those podcasts sound like they are really interesting. I'm glad that you have found all of this stuff for me to look into when I get back. I'm excited to learn a lot. I like Brian Greene, but I am glad that I don't believe everything he does. I like what this scientist says. Tell me what you think.
http://www.lds.org/pages/we-lived-with-god?lang=eng
I had a special experience in the temple last Thursday. I took a name through the temple I found on FamilySearch. His name is Frank McInnis, and he is a great uncle. He was born in 1881 in Alabama. Taking him through the temple made me excited to take the names you and the family are preparing. I later found his wife, and now they can be sealed. Maybe you and dad could take them to be sealed.
You should be able to find them pretty easily.
I gave a talk in Sacrament Meeting yesterday, and I titled it "Sharing the Gospel through Family History". It went well, and it has been good working with the members and getting them started on their own family history. That is what the new ward mission plan is centered on, and we have been helping the Bishop by visiting the members.
Love,
Elder Williams
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