LET ME WALK UPON THE WATERS: August 2, 2015

Hey all, sorry I haven't written in a long time! I've LOVED getting all of your letters! Thank you all so much for your prayers and support! This week was a really good week. We had our second baptism! We'll call him Paul. Paul struggled a lot with trying to quit smoking. For a long time, we tried really hard and prayed that he would be able to stop, but he didn't seem to want to quit..... so on one occasion, my companion asked him what the blessings were for following the gospel of Jesus Christ. He listed a lot, and then my comp asked him to list more. And more. And more. Until she was satisfied. He looked at her, and she just said straight out:

"If you know all of the blessings you can have from this gospel, why aren't you keeping the commitments needed to receive them?"

He just looked at us in silence for a while, and simply asked:

"What do I need to do?"

He was finally listening. Before, sure, he was listening with his ears. But from that moment on, he was actually listening with his heart! He quit smoking, cold turkey, and hasn't smoked again since. On Saturday, he got to be baptized! As he went into the water my heart swelled with joy!

In honor of Testimony Sunday...

I testify to you that no matter what problems you face, no matter what pains, afflictions, addictions, trials, or hard times you have, If you kneel and say a prayer in with sincerity and humility to our loving Heavenly Father, he will help you. You are never too insignificant, never too small. You have never sinned to the point that our Savior Jesus Christ cannot save you. "The church is like a hospital." Everyone is in need of some sort of healing, everyone is simply trying to do their best!

ETHER 12:27

I love you all and I hope all of you are well! Sending love from the corner of the world!