06/06/2014
Okay, so it looks like I won’t have
time this week to send you some more pictures. But I will try to do better next
week. This week has been really great, full of a lot of moments where I thought
that I would explode from too much joy. I’ve noticed how much that has been
happening to me lately, it’s almost becoming an every second of the day sort of
thing if I let it. Then again, there are those times when we see an
investigator struggling or we get rejected and such. Those moments are filled
with sorrow, but then the Lord picks my spirits up with another tender mercy.
For example, there were 3 big miracles this week.
First off was this family that we
are working on, we stop by their house pretty often just to make sure that they
are all doing well. This past Monday we stopped by and the mother of the family
asked if we could bless her daughter who has been having problems with her
legs, trouble walking because of pain, things like that. So of course we
accepted to give her the blessing. We had only taught this girl once up to this
point so we didn’t really know her too well. It was also the first blessing
that she had ever received so she was a little nervous. She asked me to give
the blessing and when we finished she just sat there teary eyed. It was great
because after we had left, the mother called us and told us that when she is
baptized, her daughter wants to be baptized too, she said that the blessing we
gave her was a really powerful experience and that she had felt something that
she had never felt before. It was such great news!
Second miracle was when we went to
their house again for our lesson a few days later. We started the lesson off
where the Sister told us that she wants to be baptized in one year. After my
companion talked it changed and she said she wants to be baptized in a few
months. Then when I finished talking she told us that she will give us an
answer this weekend to confirm her baptism for the end of this month! It was so
cool to see the evolution that took place during the lesson. All we had to do
was listen and follow the spirit. It works every time! This month if everything
goes well, we will have 5 baptisms! I can’t wait, and I need you all to pray
for them.
This week has been going pretty slow, I’ve
been tired. Maybe I should stop staying up a little later just to finish up an
art project that I’m doing for my Companion. I found a satellite dish on the
side of the road. My old pack rat habits got a hold of me and I took it home
and started drawing on it. Something that I was doing just to relieve a little
bit of stress turned into an art project that my companion wants to hang on his
wall! Crazy. I love art too much; too bad it’s not a stable career! Anyway, I
love my mission more than ever. Thanks for being patient while I took this 2
year bathroom break! I will be back soon enough! I love you all, stay safe!
Elder Fyffe
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