Week 67: Flight and Faith

The week began for many with a day off in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. He certainly made the world a better place. We are appreciative of his contributions to the world.

We didn't have the day off, but to make things a little better, I took popcorn -- in honor of  National Popcorn Day -- to share in staff meeting.  Certainly popcorn makes the world a better place, too -- especially when it's enjoyed with friends and family.

Zone Conferences were held on Tuesday and Thursday this week. Elder Hadlock attends those meetings to do safety training and inspect mission cars.  He was grateful for relatively "dry" weather those days.

At the end of a long day!

In fairness to Elder Hadlock -- the photo of him  with his foot up on the desk and "dozing" was staged. I have caught him with his foot up on the desk, but he doesn't sleep on the job.
Though he would like to sometimes I'm sure.

It's been a while since we did some sight seeing so this Saturday we went on a little excursion to the Museum of Flight that is in Tukiwila, Washington, not too far from here.

It was really interesting. Well worth the time and money. In fact, we would like'd to have stayed longer, but we just got too tired. We especially enjoyed the section of the museum that paid tribute to airmen in World War I and World War II. Great review of history. Highly recommend this one if you're ever in the area.

That's about all the "news" we have to report.  I'll move from "flight" to faith and fill some space with an impression from this week's studies. It begins with a story in Matthew 17: 14-21 about the father of an afflicted child. He had approached Jesus's disciples for a blessing for his son, but they were not able to provide it. The father appealed to Jesus who said "if thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth." ... the father cried out, "Lord, I believe, help thou mine unbelief."
The Savior goes on to teach about "faith as a grain of mustard seed."

Further study led me to a talk by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland who referred to this story. Here's a quote from that talk:

"When those moments come and issues surface, the resolution of which is not immediately forthcoming, hold fast to what you already know and stand strong until additional knowledge comes. It was of this very incident, this specific miracle that Jesus said,  "If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. The size of your faith or the degree of your knowledge is not the issue -- it is the integrity you demonstrate toward the faith you do have and the truth you already know. 

"When problems come and questions arise, do not start your quest for faith by saying how much you do not have, leading as it were with your "unbelief." ..... I am not asking you to pretend to faith you do not have. I am asking you to be true to the faith you do have. Sometimes we act as if an honest declaration of doubt is a higher manifestation of moral courage than is an honest declaration of faith. It is not!  ... Be as candid about your questions as you need to be; life is full of them on one subject or another. But if you and your family want to be healed, don't let those questions stand in the way of faith working its miracle." (Ensign, May 2013 p. 93)

I want to exercise more faith -- even when it's the size of a grain of mustard seed, it's possible to move mountains.

I suppose human flight does require a bit of faith.

Life is good. That's all.