A Mighty Change

This has been a special week.  As I mentioned in an earlier post, we do many different things as missionaries.  We visit members and try to offer support if they are going through difficult times in addition to teaching people about our church.  Our purpose is:

"To invite them to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel 

through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, repentance, baptism, 

receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost and enduring to the end." 

This week we have seen the hand of the Lord in a few lives.  One involves a young man who truly wants to change.  This week we saw the difference the Lord can make in a life when they turn to Him and invite Him in.  

At a recent General Conference of our church, Elder Uchdorf shared his experience in Germany during WWII.  He commented on the total destruction of Dresden and especially a church there.  He recently visited Dresden and the city had been completely rebuilt.  He also commented that the church that had been reduced to rubble, was built again. 

"As I pondered the history of Dresden and marveled at the ingenuity and resolve of those who restored what had been so completely destroyed, I felt the sweet influence of the Holy Spirit. Surely, I thought, if man can take the ruins, rubble, and remains of a broken city and rebuild an awe-inspiring structure that rises toward the heavens, how much more capable is our Almighty Father to restore His children who have fallen, struggled, or become lost?

It matters not how completely ruined our lives may seem. It matters not how scarlet our sins, how deep our bitterness, how lonely, abandoned, or broken our hearts may be. Even those who are without hope, who live in despair, who have betrayed trust, surrendered their integrity, or turned away from God can be rebuilt. Save those rare sons of perdition, there is no life so shattered that it cannot be restored.

The joyous news of the gospel is this: because of the eternal plan of happiness provided by our loving Heavenly Father and through the infinite sacrifice of Jesus the Christ, we can not only be redeemed from our fallen state and restored to purity, but we can also transcend mortal imagination and become heirs of eternal life and partakers of God’s indescribable glory."

I know God lives.  As one of our missionaries in our meeting yesterday said, "I know God's voice".  I too know His voice.  I know how to recognize his Spirit.  He lives.  He loves us.  He loves me, he loves you.  I'm so grateful to have this opportunity to serve Him.

PS  I can't help but include pictures of our wonderful, sweet members. :)