Hello everyone,
I would like to start with an amazing experience I had just two days ago on Saturday night. Recently I have been committing those I am teaching to sincerely ask God if He is there and if He exists. I then thought to myself, which was probably the spirit, I have never done that before. I decided to ask God if he exists. At first I was a little scared because I have received so many spiritual experiences that I thought it was unreasonable to ask. But I did it anyway. As I prayed I had a weird/cool "burning in my bosom" feeling in my chest. I don't know the best way to explain it but it was definitely the Spirit. I rationalized and put in my mind that it could be the fact that I was nervous to ask and it was relief. So, the next day during sacrament meeting I was listening to the speakers and also seeing if God was still going to answer my prayer. I wanted to see if he was still aware that I wanted more of a confirmation. In the middle of the sacrament a scripture popped into my head. It was Mosiah 4:9. It literally says "Believe in God: I took that as my answer and I really liked it. I have always put it as I Know that God is there, but now I have the confirmation that all God expects of us is to Believe that he is there. That's faith. I felt so relieved and am now confident to say that I Believe God exists. He has answered my prayer. That's all I ask is that he answers and he always does.
Now, to my week. Miracles have happened. Being in the office I only had 27 hours in my area this week where usually I have between 50 to 55 hours. Despite that fact we found some really quality people. Not only that but as me and my companion thought about a member that could help us teach and be their friends a member I never thought of before popped into my head. We called her(Esther) and she was able and willing to come with us. After calling her we received a call from Joseph(A return missionary) asking if he could work with us on that day. When we met Esther at the church she was accompanied by Juliet. When we saw those we were teaching it was a huge lesson for 1 or 2 people. Because of that they are good friends now and when two of them came to church they were totally welcomed and had a great time. The two that came were Emily and Paulina, they are sisters and are doing great. When I first contacted Emily I introduced the Book of Mormon. From the time I contacted her to the time we saw her to teach her she had already prayed about the Book of Mormon even though she hasn't read it and she explained that God told her that she needs to learn more about it.
This is Gods work, not mine. It's amazing to me to see Gods hand in it all. He is aware of everyone collectively and individually. He is concerned about our eternities but cares about our temporal matters because they matter to us.
This Saturday I participated in the Helping Hands service and was helping clean a nearby local clinic. It was lots of fun and the best part was 3 of the people we are teaching came and helped out. I asked later and they had such a great time. They were in the service of their fellow beings and felt the spirit because they are truly in the service of God.
I was listening to a talk from Gordon B. Hinckley this morning and he talked about the need to "Stand a little taller and be a little better" I encourage everyone to do the same.
I love you all,
-Elder Smith
Pictures:
-The first time polishing these shoes in over a year
-Making Kraft Dinner
-The church
-The Helping Hands service project
Videos:
-Service & Sports
- The rest of the service pictures
-Name tags and a wrong equation
-Sports pictures representing CANADA
Football shot
-Left to right(Elder Jones, Elder Tshimbundu, Juliet, Jamima and Esther)
-Elder Funaki's showdown
-Left to right(Elder Jones, Me, Olipa, Esther, Juliet and Jamima)
-Elder Funaki trying to do what I do
-Ellie with help
-Everyone's tired
-Me and the family
-Me and Elder Jones with the family(The Pilly family)
-Me and Ellie
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