Dear Family and Friends!
This
week once again was full of huge miracles from God. We definitely
received trials of our faith, but God is always waiting at the end of
the tunnel with a huge miracle for us! The city of Miami is amazing! I
love it soo much. Elder Rugg my new companion from Oregon and myself
work hard in a little town called Opa-Locka all day long!
Elder Rugg and
myself saw a huge miracle on the fourth of July though! As we got out to
work later in the night we went to see two of our baptismal dates for
this Sunday. They expressed how they didn't enjoy church and it seemed
no matter what doctrine we taught their hearts were closed and they
dropped us. After that we continued to press foreword with faith and
stopped by two of our other baptismal dates for Sunday. The husband came
out and expressed how they would be going back to their old church and
asked us not to stop by anymore. At this point I wasn't really sure what
to do, my soul felt anguish because nothing was going right. So as
Elder Rugg and myself sat in the car we pondered and offered a prayer to
God asking what He would have us do to see a miracle tonight. We both
knew after that prayer that we needed to harvest and God would prepare
people for us to baptize. So as we looked up we saw this man standing
outside his house so we got out of our car and spoke with him.
Immediately he let us in to bless him and his grandma. They both readily
accepted baptism and his grandma came to church on Sunday and is
getting baptized next Sunday! Then we felt a spiritual prompting to go
to an apartment complex that we drove past one time. So at 8:30 at night
on the fourth of July with fireworks going off everywhere we finally
made it to the apartment complex. We walked up the stairs and the first
door we saw open we contacted and blessed. It was an amazing family of
three who all want to be baptized very badly! As we were walking away
and said to Elder Rugg, "Man I love God for what He teaches us and how
He always provides miracles for us!"
This applies to
any situation in life. When things go wrong, stop, and remember your
purpose and do all you can to fulfill the will of God. Then miracles
will come from the heavens above!
Today I wanted
to give a shout out to my Grandma Ruby for the amazing daughter of God
that she is! She has influenced my life grateful and I would no where
near be where I am today without her!
But I love ya'll and know that God lives! Keep goin and don't stop!
Elder Pond
