Hey yall :)
How is everyone? I'm doin great! Lovin life of course. I only have a sec but i just wanted to share a cool experience that happened the other day. As you probly know, there's three of us now, Me, elder Harlan and elder Bieberle. We had been instructed by our mission pres. to attend all the ward Christmas parties this year and since we're over ten wards that gets quite excessive ha They all have multiple parties. But while we were at one wed. evening we got a text ( yes we can text now ) askin us if we could go give a blessing to an elderly guy at the old folks home and of course we said yeah so we went over there at about 8. Brother Waters is like 96, has always been strong in the church and everything, served multiple missions and just is the coolest guy you'll ever meet. I love him. I think i might have mentioned him before, but maybe not. Anyways, we got there and bless his heart, his legs HURT. I dunno why like what's wrong with them but he's in excruciating pain all the time. We get there and talk to him for a few mins and what not and all he can talk about is how he just needs our help because he knows the only thing that can take the pain away is a priesthood blessing. I can picture him sayin "i keep praying that Heavenly father will either take this pain from me or release me from this aweful torture and let me go home." Talk about somethin that burns into your heart.. Here's this man who has been strong his entire life, has been through incredible adversity and has ALWAYS stayed faithful and he's having to suffer like this. But we give him a blessing and in it was said that he still had work to do in this life before he could go and that he would be strenghtened until that time. After the blessing is over he has silent tears running down his face, only interrupted by the cries and almost wimpers of pain that he can't stifle, and the spirit that was there was incredible. It was undeniable. It almost seemed tangible. After that point it was like he totally forgot we were even there. He just kept praying and pleading out loud personal things to our Heavenly father. I honestly think one of the reasons Heavnely Father wouldn't take him yet is because I needed to see that. All of us that were there.
Brothers, sisters, family and friends, I know that this Gospel is true. I cannot and will not EVER deny, doubt or betray it. Bro. Waters testimony and life only added to that. If a man did not know it was true beyond a shadow of a doubt, he would not call upon God to help him at that time. Not after everything he's been through. I know that because of Christ, we have the opportunity to repent of our sins and be forgiven. and not only that, because of the things he suffered and felt in the garden, Christ has the ability to take every trial from us. Whether it's our father in heavens will or not is another story, but he has the ability.
You know as missionaries our message centers around Christ in every aspect. and iiiiii love it. He truly has done more for us save probly Heavenly father himself. I know that families can be together for eternity. I know that While Christ was on the earth he organized his church, the true church, with three main principles. Prophet, priesthood and revelation and that following his death and the death of the apostles, those key principals were lost and the earth entered into what's called the apostosy. I also know that those three KEY principals were restored through the prophet Joseph smith. He restored that SAME church, which Christ put on the earth in its fullest and most correct form. One of the fruits by which we can know for ourselves of the truthfulness of this is the Book of Mormon. I testify of its truthfulness because i've prayed to know for myself. Noone had to TELL me it was true. I know because i've prayed, and recieved an answer. James 1:5 "If any of ye lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberaly, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." Ask, and Heavenly father WILL tell you. And that answer will bless your life more than anything else we can obtain.
Love you guys
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