Hello Everyone!
Miracles do happen on a
daily basis, and sometimes, we are blessed to see some pretty big ones all
occur at the same time. That is what happened this week for me. It has been
great!
First of all, my
District Leader took me out in my area on exchanges, and we were able to talk
to a ton of people! He loves to talk, a lot, so we were able to find more
potentials tracting than we have in a while, despite the fact that it was a lot
colder than either of us was expecting and it was pretty miserable. It
was great! And truly, there is nothing that keeps you warmer than feeling
and sharing the Spirit with others.
Then, we had interviews
this week! That was a blast. President Bell is a miracle worker,
and through his inspired training and advice, both Elder Lott and I are so
pumped to go out and try some new things to catch this area on fire!
We were able to try one
of those new things by going to downtown Wichita and chalking up the main
town square with all sorts of Mormon art. We had probably 8 missionaries, and
another 20 members all drawing things form scriptures to the plan of salvation
to the first vision, to baptism. It was sweet! And, we were able to do it
during the monthly art program, so there were lots of people there looking to
see new types of art going. It was pretty awesome. Plus the Lord guiding
my hand to do the best chalk art I've ever done (see the attached pictures).
We followed that up by
having a general authority come and train us. Elder Martino from the second
quorum of the seventy made it to our mission and he gave some great training on
finding new investigators and working with the members to invite people to com
unto Christ. He was so great, that I got about ten pages of notes (and if
you remember my notes, I can fit quite a bit to a page)!
Finally, yesterday was
probably one of the best days for having fun on my mission. It snowed a little
bit down on us, and the temperature plummeted, so much so that we only had
sacrament meeting at church. With an inch or two of snow that collected
into drifts on people's driveways, sometimes getting two feet deep, and wind
that was gusting about and blowing loose ice crystals into our face, we went to
work. We were able to take out a young man whose family was out of town
and go clean off 6 driveways for members who couldn't do it themselves, and
less-active members. At 7:00 or so, in the dark, we were home but decided to go
and do at least one more walk before turning in for dinner. After shoveling his
walks, Jose ended up letting us into meet his family and letting us teach him
the first lesson. We found out later that it was seven degrees outside as we
were doing this, -18 degrees with the wind chill, and we totally thought it was
worth it 100%.
Miracles do
happen. Look for them. Watch the Lord guide your life and use you to
touch other people. You will be able to find so much joy as you do so, and
it will allow the Savior to use you even more than He could otherwise. I
know Jesus Christ lives, and I know that He loves each one of you no matter
what. I know that He will help you if you just let Him.
I love you all!
Elder Beckstead
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