Monday, January 19, 2009

Mission Miracle from Elder John Wilde

Miracle story- Chapter 2: So you remember our family of 8(the Suba family)? Well we went over there on Wednesday and there were two new faces. They referred us to a spouse of one of the children and a daughter of the uncle!! Super amazing! We had an amazing first lesson in its fullness and the Spirit was very, very, very strong. We testified that we were sent from God (it's always wonderful to feel that again) and that Joseph was a Prophet chosen and called of God. The grandma in the middle of the lesson spoke up and said that we were definitely from God because we came and gave them free books (didn't have to pay) and made them all feel "usurat" (bettered or burdens lightened.) The dad said that we don't need to say anything fancy in a prayer and we can just talk to God, and so we (with the help of the family in an uproar of encouragement) had him say the closing prayer-- be careful what you say that is good, may just end up doing that thing which is good and be blessed for it. Whenever the uncle or the dad (just ordinary prideful Romanian men) say something to contest us, the rest of the family would tell them to be quiet and that they were ruining the feeling in the room and that we were right :). And the amazing and most miraculous thing about it (and most faith inspiring moment on my mission) was while having our lesson with them; the sister of the wife (a Baptist) called. She currently lives in Florida (lived there for 18 years) and she asked to talk with us. So my companion talked to her while I continued to talk to the family, during which time they asked me how we found them "out of all the streets and houses etc..." and I chuckled and told them the truth. We were new to the area and were praying to know where to go to find those who were prepared to receive this message, and the Spirit told us we needed to come to their street and so we obeyed. And they were the first house and we began teaching them. Then my companion hung up the phone and told us humbly that the sister in Florida had been praying (even the very same day that we did) to have representatives who KNOW Christ to come and teach her sister's family about the true nature and relationship one can have with Christ. We came to the door the following day... This is not coincidence. This is God doing what He does best, Miracles. He makes the impossible possible, He answers every sincere prayer from His children in a manner which is always most beneficial to us, and strengthens and leads us back to Him while still respecting our agency... It's just amazing..... I have never been so humbled in my life and never so reliant on Him. I know that God hears and answers prayers; I know that He wants us to be happy and will do all in His power to make it happen in this life as well as the one to follow. He is just AMAZING!!!!

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