A free chicken and rice dinner to those who can name that tune.
I
myself would actually love a chicken and rice dinner, as I haven't eaten
a real dinner for 2 weeks. LOL. #lifeofamissionary. This last week
has been a lot easier, and I'm not even sure why. I definitely feel your
prayers back home and have had a lot of success this week with
investigators. This last Wednesday we (my district) bought a pizza to
celebrate our victory over Satan. But instead of eating it, we decided
to say a prayer that the pizza would guide us to someone to share it
with. After touching 5 or 6 doors, the pizza was already cold and our
hearts were too. :( But Elder Sanchez remembered one family that they
contacted over a week ago and wanted to go to them. What? No pasa
nada! Vamos!! Ok. We went, and it just happened to be their
birthday!! Wooo! We shared the cake (pizza) and after had an amazing
spiritual lesson with a family ready to receive the restored gospel of
Jesus Christ. It was a miracle! The magic pizza showed the way.....
Thank you magic pizza.
I guess we can all learn something from this.
Always bless your food before you eat it. hahaaaa. Nah the real
lesson, is that God is faithful, and the Holy Ghost will always guide
you. True charity and love, dwell in sacrifices. And as you sacrifice
time, effort, and even a hot juicy pizza on a cold tired winters night,
the Spirit is 10 times as strong and 10 times worth the original prize
before you sacrificed it. Really, all blessings are predicated on laws
of sacrifice. Sacrificing our will for the Lords. The moment we cut
off our obedience to his commandments and Will, is when the blessings
stop. But when we dedicate time to the Lord, He'll dedicate time to us.
When we dedicate our efforts to Him, he'll ease our burdens. When we
dedicate our love and possessions to Him, he'll give us more than we
could ever want. That is the promise. So this week I admonish all of
you to sacrifice something. Share a super yummy sandwich with your
friend. Take time to visit someone lonely. Turn off the TV and play
with your family. Take the time. And after ask yourself, was it worth
it? Loving another person, you will never lose the reward.
This love, I feel it teaching these people here in
Peru. Amongst all the burdens, stresses, and things Ive felt, it all
come together when I see these families and the warmth their souls bring
me. Next week Ill include more details about my investigators, but of
all of them, my favorite right now is Michel (in the photo I sent). He
seems like he'd be a rebel or a hard person, but hes the opposite. Hes
my baby!!! Somos patas! He accepts everything we teach him, reads all
that we leave, and considers us family. Yesterday was his birthday and
one of the coolest days of my mission. Mom and Dad, were visiting this
family next year when you come lol.
I'm getting kicked off now... my new zone leaders are
so cold... But I love you all! And hope you all have a great
semana!!! Take the time to love another, and feel the lovvvve.
Con Amor,
Elder Walker
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