Each week President Anderson sends a letter to each of the missionaries – including the Seniors. Each week it gives directions and encouragement for the week ahead. Here are a couple of the stories from missionaries that he shared this week…as we would say in South Africa…We are winning!
““We had a baptism on Sunday. His name is David and he is super solid. We found him harvesting. It was really cool because earlier that day when we found him, we prayed to God and asked to find a family of three. We then started to harvest and about three doors in we found David and he instantly let us in to leave a blessing. He then accepts to be baptized on the 18th. We then learn that he has a wife and a grandson who is living with him hence our family of three. A prayer was answered and a miracle was performed. He is now a member of the Church and we are working on his wife.â€Â
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“We blessed a home and the father at the end of the blessing told us how his wife had been in a coma for 4 years. That night, we got a call from the daughter of the home and she told us that her mom had passed away. The next day, we went over to see the family, they were all there. It was certainly hard, yet in a way a bitter-sweet thing for the family, as they knew their mother was in a better place. We later found out that the mother was being rushed into the emergency room just as we came to the house, and she passed away several minutes later. The thing about this is, this was our 16th blessing. We reached our goal of 15 blessings… and were about to go when we asked our 15th family who else they knew, and they suggested we try this home. Well I am glad we did. The family truly recognized that God sent us there. I have never experienced a more powerful and spiritual lesson in my entire mission. They listened carefully, they talked, and they recognized and shared about the spirit. It certainly was hard for them. But what a lesson it was for us, just one more door.â€Â