The irony of a mission is that you do soooo many things in so little time, that you don’t really know what to share. So many miracles happened this week. And I want to share them all, but I don’t have the time. Don’t worry; I’m being faithful to my journal.
This week we taught several people that had not wanted anything to do with us for the past forever. Patricia was one of those. This week we were on our way to an appointment in her neighborhood, and we stopped just to say hi. And instead of brushing us off, she invited us in to talk. It was amazing how her attitude different her attitude was.
One thing we do as missionaries is listen. As we listen we can understand the person more fully and learn which aspect of the Gospel of Jesus Christ that they need at that moment. EVERY time they say something that the Gospel relates to, Every time. Whether it be how much they love their families or how they are looking for hope I this sad world. They many not say what they are looking for. But we can know because they will speak of what’s important to them. And as we spoke together we found so many things that we could testify of. She spoke the most about healing, and how Christ heals his people.
This is something that I love. I know that Christ heals us. As we Repent and use the Atonement we are healed. When we were finished with our visit we invited her to come to church with us. And she seemed really excited about it. We asked if we could call her on Sunday morning to wake them up so they’d be ready when we arrived. They said of course. And as we left they said ¨see you Sunday¨
Fast forward: it is Sunday morning, we are walking to their home, and we call to wake them up. Her son answers and says she is not home. My heart sinks. At this moment we had to decide whether to go anyway or start walking to church. This is not a proud moment for me. One of my companions thought Patrica was home, and that we should go anyway. I however, did not want to show up at their house and no one be there.
In Moroni chapter 7 it talks a lot about the spirit of God and how its invites us to do good continually. Conversely the spirit of the Devil invites us to not do good continually. At that moment Satan was inviting me to NOT go to their house. And I was falling for it. But we were all torn so I suggested that we pray. After which, I still wanted to not go. Luckily my companions are better than I (I’m learning) and they decided that we needed to go to her home. So we did.
Apparently after her son hung up, she asked him who it was, and was upset that he did not give her the phone. She was sick, which was his reasoning. But she still wanted to come. And when we showed up, she was excited. We waited for her to get ready, then she, and 2 of her daughters came with us to church. I’m so grateful for my companions and their ability to DO good.
Ironically, we three were speaking in church yesterday, and yours truly spoke on the atonement and healing.
So my Goal is to always do as the Spirit directs. And it’s easy to know. Good thoughts come from God and Good things happen when we take action.
I love you all, and I pray that you are safe. ¡Nos Vemos!
Sonrei vos - Hermana Milmont
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