Hey y'all,
How are y'all doing? My brothers and sisters... wow... I'm so blessed to know each of you! To be able to call every last one of you my brother and sister... what a blessing we've been given to be here together! To learn and to grow together... to help each other make it back to Him once day as an eternal family!!! I love each of you so much. Y'all are the most amazing people.
So today....I actually have a story!
So... my companion and I, along with a member went out to teach some of the amazing families we've been blessed with to meet and teach here in ATL. Together we went to our last appointment for the night... we arrived at about 8:00 pm... and we had called this amazing individual about 15 minutes before to give her a heads up that we were coming over. She had said it was ok and that she would be expecting a phone call from us so that she could come and let us in the door (She lives in an apartment comlpex where you go through a door that requires a key to get to all the apartments). So we arrived.... and we give her a call. No answer. We walk ourselves up to the door and try calling a couple more times. No answer. We keep waiting outside the door... watching the time slip by as we patiently wait for her to answer her phone or to come and let us in... no answer. No coming to the door.
The time ticked down to about 8:18... and we're getting pretty worried... we have to be back in by 9:00 to be stay obedient... but she's not answering!!! We wouldn't have time to teach her if we couldn't get in to see her in the next few minutes... so what were we to do???? As we sat there, calling her over and over and over again... the thought came to my mind. "Why not pray? God is the almighty... surely He can open this door". So we did just that. I stopped and said a prayer and asked God to open the door so we could go in and teach her... and I asked for it to happen in the next 5 minutes. So we go back to waiting... and we even started a timer for 5 minutes because we knew that God would answer our prayer within the time we asked... time keeps ticking on and after a couple minutes we see a car in the parking garage that is having trouble starting. So we think... "well, maybe its not starting cause that's who is going to let us in". So we walk over to talk to this person... we start talking and time keeps going by... before we know it, the 5 minute mark hits... and lo and behold, someone comes out of the door!!! Right on the 5 minute mark! However, we didn't think this through all the way and none of us are standing by the door and it shuts again before we can get to it... and sadly the man who came through didn't have his key!
But it's ok! God is the same yesterday, today and forever... if it worked once, it could surely work again... couldn't it? So this time, my companion says the prayer (cause I had used mine up for the night, right?). And he asks for the door to be opened again... but this time within "2 or 3 minutes" because now we're REALLY running out of time.... and to make a long story short (even though it only spanned 2 or 3 minutes)... right at the 3 minute mark, a group of people walk through the door and let us in. We were then able to go to the apartment of the lady we were to teach... and the spirit was able to teach an awesome lesson. It truly was a miracle.
There are many things I learned from this experience... and I'm sure y'all can think of others... but one thing I came to realize is that God and Jesus Christ... they truly hold the keys to EVERY door in life. They will open doors and opportunities to us in life as we're obedient and as we ask in faith for help... they will open doors and lead us to them... and we will be happier than ever as we choose to walk through those doors. Christ holds the keys to the doors of Heaven... and as we follow Him, and trust Him with ourselves, He will guide us and let us in. He loves us.
I love you! Gotta run now but have a blessed day!
-Elder Wahlen
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