This week has marked one of the most amazing weeks in my mission. I
have seen the hand of the Lord Jesus Christ in my life. I know that he
lives and that he knows EXACTLY what we are going to, and is the ONLY
person that we can go to to get the help that everyone of us needs. He
knows us personally. Let me share why.
This week has been an amazing week for alot of reasons. I share
this email with the people i most care about and want them to be a part
in the change that i am doing in my life.
This week, we helped ALOT of people. A few of these names i can
mention are: Raul, Flia Leal, Flia Laurenz, Hmno Castillo, Flia
Bisgarra.
We helped Raul to find his answer if the Book of mormon is true, and to be able to give his wife a blessing.
We helped Flia Laurenz by being answers to their prayers and
showing up to thier house when they needed us. Helping the Hmno and Hmna
with comfort for their son that is passing a difficult stage in his
life. To be able to share tears with them and testify that God knows us
and knows what we are passing through.
We helped Hmno Castillo come back to church. A few weeks back, he
told us he wasnt going back to church. We tried and tried with him,
having some of the most spiritual lessons of my whole mission with him.
we invited him to talk with God and ask him what he thought about his
desision. He a told last week that he wasnt going to settle for anything
less than a temple marriage, that he had talked with God and that he
knows he should come back to church. He hasnt missed a week for the past
three weeks. He brought his daughter and 4 grandaughters to church
which arent memebers. A complete change of 360 degrees.
We helped Flia Bisgarra find how they can make it to the temple and
be sealed as a family together for Time and all Eternity. Helping them
with animo and helping them realize that we are willing to do ANYTHING
to help them get there.
Finally and more close to my heart was with Flia Leal. We have been
meeting with them for about three weeks or so. My companion and I
always felt something special for them but the first 4 weeks of my time
here we never could find them in their house. We kept passing by anyway.
We were able, with the help of the spirit, pierce the heart of the hmno
and help him find his testimony that he never had. He is a member of 10
years and just YESTERDAY we were able to help him find out that these
things are true. A MIRACLE. The most sprititual lessons i have had in my
mission were with this man and his family. I have never felt better in
my life. We walked out of that lesson in aw of what the savior does. The
miracles he has perfomed. This man did a 360 degree change. Something i
have never seen in my mission until now. I litteraly saw the hand of
the lord not only in my life to show my and testify to me that these
things are true, but in the life of this man. After while waiting for
the bus, i thought "Elder Ross, your fufilling your calling, you may not
have 80 baptisms but you do have one thing, a heart, a heart that loves
these people for who they are and that doesnt look at them of who they
are right now but who they can become and what god thinks they can
become. and THAT is what makes an elder fufill his calling. I was able
to hug my companion after companionship prayer and feel the "celestial
Joy" that all the missionaries talk about. I have seen the had of the
lord in my life. I know that the lord knows me personally and knows the
people he should put in my life. LIke you people, and like the people
here. I know that God lives and loves us. :)
Elder Ross
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