I'M IN LOVE WITH EVERYTHING!!! I literally. love. everything. <3 <3 <3 I am SO grateful, SO blessed, SO joyful it's overflowing my heart so much it's going to explode. We had multiple mini miracles this week.
On our way back from dinner, by (typo?--guy's name) pulled into the Visitors' Center parking lot at the SAME exact time as someone I was teaching in my old area! He stepped out of his car and I could hardly recognize him. He has been working out and so he had lost a bunch of weight, and he was just beaming from ear to ear. I asked him how his past lessons had been going with the new sisters and told him he looked so happy. He responded, "Well...yes. To be honest, I am MUCH happier ever since you found me."
When Sister Martell and I found him, he was walking his dog down the street and we never saw his teeth because he never smiled. Haha. He was just quiet, shy, and you could tell he had been through a lot. When he went to church for the first time (about 4 months ago), he didn't look at anyone in the eye and hardly said a word to anyone.
So when I saw him at the Visitors' Center I was just shocked. He was waving and saying hi to everyone on his way in and just walked a little taller.
I know that the gospel of Jesus Christ changes lives and helps us become better and HAPPIER than we ever thought we could be.
Another tender mercy was when we met a sweet middle-aged African man sitting on the sidewalk. He was looking up at the sky and had his headphones in. We got talking with him and told us he hasn't prayed to God in years and that he didn't know how. When we offered to show him, he stood RIGHT up and said, "Really? Wow! Yes! What do I do?"
We explained the process of prayer and I don't think I have ever heard a more sincere prayer. The spirit just kept whispering to me, "This is what it means to fulfill your missionary purpose." HELPING people to repent and create habits in their lives that will bring them closer to God. THAT is crying repentance! I just remember feeling so happy and saying in my head, "Wow. This man would have probably never prayed if we hadn't crossed this street. Because we were in the right spot at the right time, he came closer to God."
I know that every person that crosses our path does so for a reason. I know that EACH OF YOU are who you are because only YOU can help those around you. I am grateful there is only one of each person on the earth :) That is what makes us so unique and able to help and uplift one another.
I know the church is true. I am a proud member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a humble servant of God. I know this is HIS WORK!
LOVE YOU!!!!!
Hermana Hayes
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