This week I’ll just share a miracle and a thought. First the
miracle...
Friday we received a media referral (from Salt Lake) giving
us the name and address of Johanna (it was fun to see that name too!)...we
called some Elders who were in cars (we were on bikes that day ) to look up on
their GPS where the street was because we didn’t recognize it!Turns out it was
the next street over. The Elder who told us the location was Elder Clark! We
went by and no one was home....the next day we were actually having an exchange
and Elder Clark came to work with me in my area! Our plans fell through at one
point and we went back to contact the referral. As we pulled up on our bikes 3
people came out! We met Johanna (23) her cousin April (17) and sister Kaylee
(17). They have had some very rough times and April’s dad passed away the week
before (her mom’s in jail right now, too) and it was pretty apparent how much
they need the gospel! As we sat down and talked the Spirit was so strong and it
felt so great to be able to promise them the blessings that they lack right now
in their life! The best part came at the end...when we were about to invite
them to be baptized a car pulled up and their other sister and her daughter
came out. We invited them to sit down with us as well and turns out the sister
(Maribel) has never been baptized either and that is something they all feel a
need to do. We invited them and all 5 accepted and committed to start making
changes in their lives to prepare for baptism! It was so fun to see the Lord’s
hand in every aspect of the miracle...the even better part...right before when
our plans had fallen through Elder Clark and I had taken a moment to pray and
ask the Lord to guide us to a family who needed us! It worked! I know the Lord
leads His prepared servants to His prepared children and ALWAYS works according
to our faith! I’ll keep you updated on them!
Lastly, I bore my testimony in church this week on the
purpose of this life! To me its best summed up in this scripture!
ALMA 34:31-32
31 Yea, I would that ye would come forth and harden not your
hearts any longer; for behold, now is the time and the day of your salvation;
and therefore, if ye will repent and harden not your hearts, immediately shall
the great plan of redemption be brought about unto you.
32 For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to
meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors.
I know as we seek to repent and understand better that this
life is the time when we are preparing to get back to the presence of Heavenly
Father, the Spirit will guide us so that we can most fully feel our Heavenly
Fathers love. I know God loves each of us and that through His son Jesus Christ
we can be cleansed of our sins , overcome our weaknesses and become eternally happy!
Con todo el amor que tengo,
Elder Andrew Cook
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