Hola todos! Cómo están? Espero que están disfrutando su
semana y que todos tuvieron un buen día de gracias! Navidad está cerca también! (Hello all! How are you? I hope that you are enjoying your week and that all are having a great Thanksgiving! Christmas is close also!)
I honestly can not believe how quickly the time is going and that the year is
almost over! Man... is that crazy! This week I have been able to have some really
neat experiences in teaching lessons with the people here in San-Fernando. I have been able
to see people who have chosen to open their hearts, just a little and as soon
as they do the spirit start to work. Sadly I also have seen others who just don't
want to change their lives.
First, I was able to go on transfers this week with my zone
leader Elder Jensen. As we were working in our area in the morning I had the
thought to visit someone we had put in our agenda later in the day. As we
stopped by George's house, we found him outside and were able to have a
neat lesson with him about the Plan of Salvation. He had quite a few questions
and was truly wanting to learn more about Heavenly Father and about why things
are the way they are in this world. It was neat for me to see that at the start
of the lesson he was saying "I have questions that no-one has been able to
answer," - not really having a really open mind. Then to get to the end of the visit
when he was saying "Thank you, I am really satisfied with the answers you gave me." As we spoke we could see his countenance change and see a greater calm
come into him. It was a testimony to me that when we open our heart the Spirit can get to work.
We also had the opposite experience this week. We were
visiting a man who is the son of a member in our ward and at the end of our
visit we tried to share a small pamphlet with him because he had told us that he
didn't have time to read the Book of Mormon. Instead of softening his heart - he
kindly told us that he wasn't going to read it. It was a little sad to see
that he wasn't wanting to change his mind. When experiences like this happen,
we can have comfort knowing that we did everything we could do to help and
leave it in the hands of the Lord. He loves everyone perfectly and will never
leave one of His children behind. We just need to keep having faith and
wait for the day when we can try again to help this person.
I promise that the Holy Ghost will start to work in your
life as soon as you open your heart and allow yourself to accept new ideas. It
can be hard at times to truly yield ourselves to the will of our Heavenly
Father, but I can testify that He knows so much better than we and that he will
help us and guide us along the path towards Him. All we need to do is have a
willing heart.
Much love, Elder McDonald.
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