Drew Mail 1-20-2020: "Won't you be my neighbor?"

Hola todos! Espero que están bien y que disfrutan su semana! Realmente quiero compartir que yo sé que nuestro Padre Celestial le ama perfectamente y tiene un plan para su vida.   (Hello all, I hope you are well and enjoying your week!  Mostly I want to share that I know that our Heavenly Father loves you perfectly and has a plan for your life.) I have felt and seen that Heavenly Father is in the details of our lives and wants each one of us to return to Him one day. At times in this life we may have times where we don't understand why we need to experience a certain trial, or when we have a question that shakes our foundation, but Heavenly Father has perfect wisdom, and everything happens for a reason. 

This week we had the opportunity to have a ward activity where the missionaries got together and cooked hamburgers and put together a party in the church so we could get members, in-active members, interested persons, and everyone we could to come to the church and see what it is we are, and begin to feel a greater amount of Heavenly Father's love in their lives. The activity went really well, and several members brought their neighbors, people we are teaching came, and it was a fun experience to help others understand that they are not alone in this journey but that they can find greater joy and purpose as we come together and focus on Christ.

As we were setting up the activity, a man came and stood in front of the Church door. As we started to talk with him, he told us that recently the missionaries (us) had stopped by his house but that he wasn't home. One of his family members had told him that we had stopped by, and he decided he needed to come to the church. He had also recently found in a dresser a pamphlet the missionaries had given him before he was baptized almost 7 years ago. He had distanced himself from the church and now was feeling the pull to return. It is amazing to me that Heavenly Father has his perfect timing and plan, and even though we can't understand everything that happens, we can put our trust and faith in Him. He will always come through for us. He is always there with His arms open, offering us the greatest of gifts. His love. It is there for everyone, it doesn't matter where you have been or what has happened, you can always come back to Him and He will give you of His love.  

Much Love,

~Elder McDonald