Christmas Week 12.22.2014

White Christmas

In other news this week was once again a week of miracles, really it seems to me that each week, or more truthfully put, each day is filled with miracles and blessings, and as we tune our minds and our hearts to God's will our ears and our eyes become more tuned in and enable us the recognize these blessings.

Here's a few that happened this week;

1. As a mission our focus is the Baptize, Retain, and Reactivate. In an attempt to do so my companion and I have searched these past few weeks for 4 of the 11 new converts in our sector who had completely disappeared, as in no address, phone number, records of them all that we had was their name. But through the mercy of the Lord and through great diligence on our part with week was made contact with each one of them. Some were found through random contacts in the street, others from calling random unregistered numbers in our phone. But we were able to make contact, get the dats and even help out with a move in the process.

2. We are teaching Ignacio, the son of two new converts, he is 25 and pretty shy, but he is extremely intelligent. (as in as we verified reading assignments from the Book of Mormon he quoted scriptures back to us that had called his attention) But this Saturday night his faith was tested, his father was called in to work the next day in the morning (as in he would not be attending church) and his mother (she is a little less 'firm in the faith') said that she had too much to do the next day to go to church...and as ignacio stated going to church should be a family experience, and at first he almost decided not to go to church, but when we explained the importance that it has in helping us to progress he firmly declared 'Ill be there'. and he was, with a newly ironed shirt on top of it. it is amazing the change that the Lord works in the very hearts of the people.

Those are just two examples of miracles which one sees every single day while in the service of the Lord, and we will recognize them as we develop eyes to see. 

I know that all things are in the Lord's hands, trust in Him and everything will be okay. I love you all and will be seeing you on Thursday.

Elder Huchins