Howdy y'all,
How are you today? Did you know that God knows who you are perfectly? And you know what's even more amazing...? God knows exactly who we can and will become. He knows of our divine potential and He knows how to best help us reach that potential... and He is always there to help us do better... each and every day! What a miracle... what a blessing we have to have a loving Heavenly Father who watches over us and cares for us. Wow.
So... what to write about today? We had zone training, the temple, a special Elder Cook fireside (yes, I was able to shake his hand!) and then a special stake conference with the mighty Elder Parker.... not to include all the amazing miracles between those! So much to talk about... I would love to talk about the amazing things I learned from those meetings, but I know many of you love to hear stories about those we meet and teach so I'll refrain from laying down some doctrine and preaching for now :) But they truly were amazing and life changing experiences in their own right...
So the day after zone training, my amazing companion and I were SO EXCITED to get out and do the work. Not that we normally aren't... but we certainly were on "spiritual fire" yuo could say as we concluded our morning studies. We literally ran out the door to the car at 10:05 am (studies end at 10:00am) and we quickly started our chariot up and began to back up when we notice a massive oil leak coming from our car.... we were so upset! After checking everything we could to see if we could somehow fix it with our elementary understanding of cars, we slumped back into the apartment to call the fleet coordinator here in the mission to ask what we should.
Feeling very defeated and deflated, we awaited for him to call us back after leaving a message explaining the situation. We made some phone calls and reviewed some lesson plans for a few minutes, still feeling very down about the pickle of a situation we faced... unitl we decided, hey! This is the Lords work! There must be a reason for this happening... no way the Lord would allow such a thing to occur at this time unless there was a reason! Right???? After assuring ourselves this was the case (in a somewhat joking manner) we recieved a call back from the fleet coordinator and we were instructed to go straight way and seek repairs. So straightway we departed from our humble abode and we rode our oil bleeding car to the repair shop. Determined that we were there for a reason, we went into the waiting room and starting talking with everyone. Quickly it was apparent that none of those who were there were very interseted in our message and soon they all left.... and there we were... all by ourselves in a room full of chairs and a vending machine (the free snacks were cool... I guess?). Now, considering the time I have left, I will cut the story down some... but come to find out some time later, the issue with the car was simply a small o-ring on the oil filter had worn away and was allowing the oil to leak from the car... it turned out to be a simple 5 dollar repair... but just before leaving, and still determined that we were there for a reason... I decided to try one last ditch effort to find the on that we were there to find.... so I offered a pass-along card to the women who had been helping us through the payment process. As I offered her the card, she not only accepted the card, but said with a smile on her face "Oh, you just happned to know that I needed this right now, didn't you?"... we asked her why she would say such a thing... and come to find out, her brother had recently been shot and killed along with many other hardships in her life... and that morning she had prayed to help her overcome her feelings of hate not only to God but towards all people... and as she did so, she felt a peace come over her... and then that very day, we showed up.
Point of this story? God is in control. As we keep our faith, and as we act in faith... He will lead us to where we need to go. I love you! Pray and seek him out!
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Elder Wahlen
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