Let
me just say this email is worth the read. This was my miracle week. I can say
that sacrifice does bring forth the blessings AND powers of heaven. Because the
powers of heaven are operated based off of righteousness. Here we go. Miracles of the week:
1. The first day of trying to be more consecrated missionaries,
we met a 9 year old kid named Henzo. He actually ran into us and started asking
questions that even the Catholic priests were stumped by like, "Why does
the Catholic church worship a false image of Christ on the cross if it´s against
the commandments AND Christ is resurrected too?" We smiled as we
answered his lifelong question and continued with the restoration.
We
returned the next day and he said "I prayed about this book after reading
yesterday and today. I know it to be true. I’ll ask my dad, but I wanna serve a
mission for your church." Literally the blessings were being poured out.
He knows the Bible and basically everything it contains. He is the perfect
example to me of not being limited due to age. I think he is more spiritually
advanced than I am and may ever be. A literal blessing from Heaven he is.
But
sadly, after marking another visit to visit him and his dad, his dad recognized
it was us, hid, and lied to us that he was taking a shower. Henzo then said
while talking with his dad, he said "You better stop taking discussions
with them and never talk to them and don ́t go to their church or else
I'll punish you."
As
much I want to fight the dad, I know we have to respect our parents and Henzo
knows this too. So here is to a few more years until he is 18 and can choose
for himself!
2. We went to Wesley ́s house (investigator) to follow-up with
him. He wasn't there but his mom was. We asked for some water and stepped out
onto the sidewalk where it was shadier. As we were talking, there was a slight
gust of wind and the door to her house slammed shut. She started to freak out
because she left the keys in the locked door, there was no one left inside, and
her family was far from home. She started pacing and worrying and just freaked
out. I just walked over to the door and the biggest miracle happened, I just
pushed it slightly and it opened with no restraint. She stopped and just stared
at what happened. I said "Sometimes, we just have to show faith. What do
you think about visiting our church this Sunday?" I think she was still
too freaked out and just slowly walked in with her mouth opened. Sadly, she
didn't go to church. But next week let's see!
3. Our recent convert, Clausner, had some pretty exciting news.
His problem before baptism was drinking coffee, but now he has stopped and he
received some exciting news. He has had bad blood pressure for a long time
now and his doctor literally didn’t know what the problem was. They have done a
bunch of exams and tests and pills. Lots of pills. But after giving up coffee,
his blood pressure has returned to normal. Without pills. Without medication. What
a miracle already. Testimony of the Word of Wisdom.
4. After telling us this story, we then turned to Eduarda (his
wife) wondering if she has any other news ;);) Well she then told us the
story...she loves the church. Loves the members. But hasn't prayed to know
if the church is true and doesn't have a testimony of the Book of Mormon.
Well Saturday morning, she finally carved out the time to say a sincere
prayer. She prayed to know if this church was true and was the sincerest she
has ever been. But after the prayer, she felt nothing. She continued on with
the day by going to this pool party with the ward. While on the bus, she has
this bible app that sends a bible verse every day. What a miracle because on
Saturday she received the verse Malachi 3:1Behold, I will asend my bmessenger, and he shall
prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly ccome to his dtemple, even the emessenger of the
covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of
hosts.
She explained how since the first day, she has always viewed us as
angels. AND we are always talking about the temple too that she knew that this
was a direct answer from God.
We
then continued, since you received an answer, what will you do to continue this
path? She hesitantly responded "baptism..." and then pulling my
emotional card, I said that I'll probably be transferred here next week and
really wanna see her baptism...well let me tell you she will be baptized
January 18th!
Well congratulations
if you made it this far in the email!! It's obvious to me that the Lord is at
the head of this work if we obey the commandments. Nephi is a big advocate on
obedience and if we do, we’ll "prosper in the land."
Love you all! Keep
STUDYING the Book of Mormon.
Elder Gardanier
Daniel had to
explain a couple of the pictures he sent this week. Yes, one is with a gun, an
airsoft gun. However, the real story is when he was tracting and found
Clausner, he didn’t believe they were real missionaries, so Clausner had a real
gun. After giving them water, and while still holding a full pitcher, Clausner
said he needed to get more water. That was an excuse to go put the gun away.
The fruit Daniel is
trying is called jaca.
The pom pom ears
are, “probably my best moment in life.”
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