(Elder Slade)
To the best friends and family a person could hope for!
We had a fairly rough week, but the Lord's hand has still
been in it. Our friend Joseph was all prepared to get baptized Saturday, and
then the morning of, his dad cancelled it and said he wasn't ready. Then
another person we had on date for baptism backed out of her baptism for this
coming Saturday. It was really sad, and took us by surprise. Those combined
with a few other things made this one of the harder weeks of my mission.
However, we still saw great things!
Saturday night, as we were biking down a street, a man waved
us down and wanted to talk to us. His name is Justin, and he is tattooed from
head to toe. He said he wanted to come closer to God. We set up to visit with
him Sunday evening. When we got there, he just broke down balling talking about
how hard his life has been, and his regrets. He and his girlfriend asked for
blessings. We obliged, and as we gave those blessings that evening, the spirit
filled the room, and Justin and Megan found peace. They calmed down, and we
taught them a little about God, and read some of the Book of Mormon with them.
The Lord made us instruments in His hands to bless them. It was a really cool
experience!
I'd like to testify today, that no matter what challenges,
struggles, and setbacks we face the Lord is always aware of us. He loves us,
and gives us tender mercies as a sign that he is there to help us and support
us no matter what we go through.
Pictures:
1-2. We got bikes! Let's go! My legs and butt are very sore,
but we are saving so much time. The title comes from Elder Clove talking about
his bike, and he's right! The brakes don't work, and the gears are all messed
up. But it works.
No comments:
Post a Comment