This week was amazing, this change has been amazing, even though
we have been in the constant need of new investigators we have seen so many
blessings with the ones we have. The
first being John, he is a pure light and testimony for me as a missionary, the
second is that we have been fed with pure spiritual experiences! I cant wait to
tell you all about it!
So John, he is the son of Juan Carlos Fernandez right? ya so he
is pretty much one of my greatest friends that I have found in the mission. I
feel like I have been preparing my whole mission for this young man, he is 22
years old, loves the gym but he feels like he is missing something in his
life. As we started to teach him he
openly expressed his concern about the salvation of his own soul. Due to the harsh and false comments about our
faith however, he was very hesitant to hear our message, after hearing about
the Joseph Smith and the power of God he began to change, the fact that humans
can change really is a gift from God, agency is amazing, and what’s even better
is that John understands this, so on his own part, he read and began to pray
again, this brought those "warm fuzzy" feelings back into his heart
and he began to listen to the lessons, however he failed to ask God if this was
the right church, the true church, he said that he was not ready yet...... then
he asked! And guess what happened......... he got sick! Threw up and could not
leave his house, he called and cancelled our appointment. For fear of losing my best friend we "my
companion and I" poured out or hearts to God. Then feeling the impression
that we should go and visit his dad’s house we went with the faith to help John,
and to our surprise, we found him there, uncertain but with faith, we felt
inspired to teach about the priesthood again and about blessings. After
watching a video we asked him if he believed in miracles, he said yes and asked
for a blessing, I have not felt so nervous for a long time....... in the
blessing my companion let the spirit flow and I felt the faith radiating from
the three of us! After the blessing, John stood up, gave us a hug and said he
felt better! Still weak from the illness but better and felt as if the hand of
the Lord touched him in that blessing. I smiled and remembered the story of
Zeezrom and Alma, still thinking in this story John said “Elders, what do I
have to do to strengthen me faith, I’m ready to do anything!” I could not
believe it! Like Zeezrom he then was taught about baptism and accepted a
baptism date! Wow, he is a testimony come true, I love this kid. He will be baptized
the 14 of Feb..... yep, Valentines Day! Hahaha
Also one of the sister missionary’s got bit by a dog in the
street, its not fun to get a call from a freaked out sister missionary saying
her companion is bleeding out in the street hahahaha So we went to the hospital
with them to get there shots, to my surprise the young new sister missionary
was very calm and collected, the other who had not been bit was freaking out,
it seems to me like the Lord does and always will send his spirit and the holy
ghost to comfort those in need. As I sat in the hospital room I looked around
at all the worried people, bleeding, sweating, throwing up and all sorts of sickness,
there worried faces made me look again at the sister missionary who was in a
different country, did not speak the language, and was bleeding from a serious
dog bite "worse than mine" and she was the only face that was calm
and even smiling. Why? Because she was blessed with the Holy Ghost. Even in the
hardest moments in our lives we can feel its presence, how blessed are we!
All the converts in our sector are great! Kelly and Ignacio just
got back from EFY! That was a great experience for them! They are amazing and
will be great missionaries,
I gave a talk about mission work, cried and said I only had about
three weeks left, I used all the tissues and walked off the stage even more
humble then when I got up 15 minutes before, I really do feel like potters
clay, and the lord molds me every day.......
I
love you all and can’t wait to see you when I get home!
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