G'day g'day!
So
remember Robert from last week? Our miracle guy who loves church? Well
he's gotten even awesomer this week. We gave him a copy of the Book of
Mormon on Sunday and he was so excited about it. We saw him again on Thursday to teach him at the chapel, so, as we always do, we followed up with how his reading went. Here's how our conversation went:
Sister Larsen: Were you able to read any of the Book of Mormon?
Rob: Yeah, I finished it!
Sister Hatch: Wait, you finished it?
Rob: Yeah, and I'm reading it again!
Sister Hatch: Wait, how long did it take you to finish it?
Rob:
Three days! I couldn't stop reading it! I kept missing my bus stops
because I was just reading and reading! I especially love the first and
second books of Nephi because he journeys in the wilderness like me. The
Book of Mormon really relates to me! I've read so many religious books
before, but none of them speak to me like this one does!
*And
it came to pass that the missionaries fell to the earth, for their
astonishment and their joy was so great as to exceed their strength*
I
may have forgot to mention that this conversation was taking place in
front of the baptismal font because as soon as Robert walked into the
church he said, "Where's the dotted line? Where can I sign up? I want to
be a Mormon! I want to be a missionary!" So we showed him the
proverbial "dotted line"...the baptismal font! Which he will joyfully be
entering on July 25! He probably would have been baptized right then and there if we let him!
He's
had to go to the Gold Coast this week, but he looked up a chapel near
him so he could go to church and he wanted us to sent the local
missionaries over to teach him while he's there! He wants nothing more
than to be a part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints!
It's amazing to hear all the experiences that he's had since he found
the Book of Mormon... things are turning out with his family, he's
finding a place to stay near his son, he's noticing a change in himself,
and he's feeling the love of God and the love of others for the first
time in a very long time.
It's such a privilege to be a part of
the Lord's work to witness miracles like this! It seems like the Lord
pulls out such miracles right when people are finishing their missions.
It's such a huge blessing and I am so incredibly grateful.
I love the Lord and I know this is His work! I love to serve Him and be His representative!
Good morning, how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because through them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately, it is impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are very small countries with very few population, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this, I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Australia? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Australia in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28902 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally, I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez