Helping the sisters at a Relief Society Activity
I read this really great talk by Elder
Holland called
“The Inconvenient Messiah”.
It really helped me understand how to
overcome temptation and do what Heavenly Father wants us to do. He talked about
how life today is so convenient making it is easy to do wrong. But looking at
the Savior’s life, he never took the convenient way. He always chose the right
path which most of the time was inconvenient. In our lives we need to choose the
inconvenient path and follow our Heavenly Father in every aspect. This reminds
me of a quote from President Thomas S. Monson from last conference, "May
we ever choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong."
Everything that happens in our life is
dependent upon our choices.
I hope that I can always remember the
importance of that and keep making the best decisions I can possibly make in my
life. :).
We had a
miracle filled Saturday!
We had a lot of reports to
finish so we were doing those all morning. Then out of nowhere Sergio calls! He
tells us how the case against him was dismissed and that he is now out of the
hospital! He told us how he had been beaten up by some bad guys and was so
injured he was hospitalized for a few days. But he is now recovering well and
the hospital has released him, and he is on track to come back to Kansas this
week! It'll be so awesome! So that instantly made me happy and gave me the
strength to finish the reports that we had.
After we finish the
reports and went to go visit Bro Roman, who just got out of the hospital after
having surgery on his leg. We took him some mandarin oranges, his favorite
snack. We were glad to see he was doing well and we enjoyed our visit with him.
He expressed how thankful
he was that we stopped by.
Later that night we received
a text from his wife asking if we could come over and give Brother Roman a
blessing. We were a bit puzzled at first because he was doing so well when we
saw him earlier that day. We headed right over and saw Brother Roman was laying
in his bed wheezing and could barely move his body. So we give him a priesthood
blessing as he lay there shaking and trembling. Within minutes he opened his
eyes and reached out his hand to Elder Hinrichsen. With his help Bro Roman sat
up and asked for some water. We felt inspired to feed him something. So we
offered him small bites of Mac n Cheese. He let us feed him a spoon full, and
he just started going, "Mmmmmm" as if it tasted super good! :) We
continued to feed him since he could barely lift his own arms. He then
continued to gain more and more consciousness and was able to speak a little
better.
It was amazing to see the
drastic change after giving him a blessing.
His wife was so scared. She
had never seen him this sick before. She was very grateful for our help and
that we were available to come when she called.
I love experiences like
these.
These miracles are what
keep me going and why I am out here serving a mission. I love being able to be
a tool for our Heavenly Father to help his children.
The priesthood is real and
it is here today….just as it was when Jesus was on the earth. It is our duty to
bring that priesthood power to the people and use it to bless the lives of
others. My testimony of my purpose and the priesthood have grown so much this
week. How thankful I am for this great blessing.
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