Letter #53 10/12/15

THIS WEEK was incredible. Beginning of this transfer was rough stuff and I was just like.. ahhhh. And then, as I mentioned last email, I read the Book of Mormon and conference came and the spirit filled our souls and- Heavenly Father just dished out the miracles! It never ceases to amaze me just how much Heavenly Father loves us. And how His hand is EVERY where in the work, when we invite it. 

And Heavenly Father really did just guide us to people with lots of potential! 

One day, we went over to this apartment complex to get some old investigator records from them. As we were pulling out of the parking lot, we passed this guy just standing on his balcony porch. I had a thought to go talk with him, but I kept driving. We hadn't driven .1 miles away when the spirit literally punched me in the face. So I pulled over and we went to talk to him. TURNS out he just lost his job because of struggles with the Word of Wisdom, was feeling super hopeless, and used to be married to a white mormon. Okay, thank you Heavenly Father! He is awesome. His name is M.A. He is as snarky as they come but we've really been so blessed to have beautiful experiences with him where Heavenly Father's love for him hits me like a million bricks. He has been through a lot, and has a dark past, but we feel nothing but the purest of love and hope for him. 

It's wonderful to see and know that it doesn't matter who we've been, what we've done, where we feel like we've messed up- We really are never ever too far from the love of our Heavenly Father. I've been able to feel that on the mission. As representatives of Jesus Christ, we get the tiniest of all tastes of just how unconditional His love is. 

"For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. "

I know it's true! 

Another beautiful miracle, we were eating with Sister McNeely and her greenie at Subway the other day, when there was the cutest little girl ever, with tons of dark braids, dancing around outside the window. We became good friends through the window through waves and smiles. We walked back to our cars, the sisters drove away, but as we were passing I noticed this other lady. So we went to give her a card. Through the whole process, there was this big commotion, and the mom of the cute little girl was then getting interviewed by the police. One of the shopowners had accused her of stealing and it was scary and the little kids had big tears in their eyes. It was the most beautiful moment because, as we passed, the little girl recognized us through the window. We waved, walked over and gave them pictures of Jesus and a mormon.org card for their mom. The spirit was so sweet and I will always be grateful for those little times when you get to bring God's love to the live of someone that really needs it. I hope, later in her life, she sees two missionaries like us and remembers.