Week 85 - Palmdale

 

I was sent to Palmdale again, and there have been some good miracles that have been given us. For example, yesterday, we were walking and Elder Fillmore said "This isn't right. There's something else we've got to be doing." He turned around and knocked on the door of a potential investigator and she opened, let us in and said her mother needed us. We found the mother, and she had just come back from the hospital 8 days earlier from a fractured leg and an amputation of all the toes of her left foot. She looked at us and said in Spanish "How is that you knew to come here in this moment?" She was in a lot of pain, and we gave her a blessing. By the end of the blessing she had fallen asleep, and the family had gaping mouths. After giving the blessing we gave the family a Book of Mormon and invited them to read it. They held that book as though it were the greatest treasure.  

   There was another man, as we were walking down another street, who was surprised we'd be out in the rain in the afternoon. He said that his father had just passed away, and that he felt we were sent by God. He didn't think he could ever becone better, but we explained the story in 2 Nephi 4 when his father Lehi had died. We invited him to read it. He said he felt he'd be unworthy to come to church, that coming and then sinning and repeating that could be like slapping God in the face, and we told him we go to get clean, not because we're already clean, and Gpd knows when we're trying. He's from Armenia, and he gave us some Armenian soda afterwards. We were going down another street and this lady opened up. After getting to know her a little, she started to cry because she felt God wasn't there. We testified that He was and she said it'd still be hard to believe. We promised that by reading the Book of Mormon, her family would all be blessed. We left her with 2 Nephi 2. The Lord has provided many miracles for us. In my studies I learned the following. It's a quote from Jeffrey R. Holland. 

   In that sense Jesus did not come to improve God’s view of man nearly so much as He came to improve man’s view of God and to plead with them to love their Heavenly Father as He has always and will always love them. The plan of God, the power of God, the holiness of God, yes, even the anger and the judgment of God they had occasion to understand. But the love of God, the profound depth of His devotion to His children, they still did not fully know—until Christ came.

   We often misunderstand the Love of God. 

   I am seeing miracles here on the mission and back home. I love you all, 

love,

    Elder Sant