first and foremost i want to wish my dear
mother a happy birthday! dont you think i forgot di i was talking to
elder wilcox about it on saturday!
i ate my package candy to celebrate it was a good time. i love you
mother and i look up to you in more ways than you know. youre my idol
and i strive everyday in the mission to develop the love that you have
for others! hope it was awesome!
happy birthday to col dawg
too! i think elder passey sent our package with some cool stuff in it
for you including my most prized possession... the reffing jacket! best
jacket ever take care of it. love you homie have a way good birthday.
big 16! take good care of carl too i miss him ;(
this week we had one of the coolest experiences that ive had on my mission to this point. it all started on thursday
and hopefully i can remember everything.... we were using the ward list
to look for this inactive family and we knocked a random door in the
middle of nowhere to ask. a 20 year old kid named eduardo came out with
his little daughter. he didnt know where they lived but he was pretty
nice and we asked if we could share something with him. he was reluctant
but after a little bit of pushing he agreed to let us show a 3 min
video about families. we entered and met his girlfriend that he lives
with and she pretty much gave us the cold shoulder. after talking he
told us he was baptized when he was 8 but moved out a couple years ago
with his gf and hadnt been to church in a long time. it was obvious he
wasnt really living the way he should be but it was a good lesson and
they liked the video. we left and he followed us out the door to go
visit his friend.
flash forward two days to saturday,
we¨re looking for this same family! a car drives by us and wants to
talk with us so we go over and they say theyre family with this eduardo
and that on thursday
right after we had left he had been in a terrible car crash. they told
us to visit him so we went and he was in his bed and his whole family
was there and theyre all member of the church. his gf that didnt give us
the time of day before gladly welcomed us and brought us to his room
where we talked privately for about 40 min. he was beat up but really no
broken bones or anything too bad. we gave him a priesthood blessing and
he told us the story.
he had left in his car on thursday
and couldnt stop thinking about the video. after about an hour driving
he fell asleep at the wheel and crossed over right at a truck. about 2
seconds before impact he said that ¨christ¨woke him up and the video and
his family flashed through his mind and all he could think was one, im
going to die, and two i wish i wouldve done more to create a better
family. nobody knows how but he exited through the windshield as the
truck went over the mazda and completely destroyed it before it was hit
by two other cars. he went unconscious until 3 hours before we came on saturday to see him where he told us he is going to turn his whole life around and do everything he can to have an eternal family.
we
went back to teach them yesterday and his girlfriend liset told us she
would be baptized. tonight we have a family home evening with them and
all their family to talk about marriage and it is gonna be so awesome!
im gonna attach a picture of the car. ive never seen anything like it
and not be the result of a dead person. its crazy. the guy is walking!
on sunday morning at like 4 am
we got a call from an investigator named santiago that had a dream
about christ coming ot the americas and he knows the church is true..
but isnt married with his gf either. but anyway he called and was like
¨brother... i was reading in 3rd nephi 6 and i wanted to know where the
people of nephi were¨after explaining to him where the nephites were i
asked him if he knew what time it was. he told me he knew but he had an
individual devotional everynight at this time. i hung up and we just
laughed for like 10 min it was so funny!
we had conference for all the dl´s in the mish on friday
and i saw some friends for the first time in a long time it was so cool
and super spiritually uplifing! ill put in the pic i got with elder
frampton.
i want to end with a scripture and
analogy. alma 30:24 we read that korihor is arguing that the rules and
regulations of the church are putting the people in captivity, not
freeing them. presidente ezra taft benson tells a story of when he was
flying a kite and he asked his dad what holds the kite up? his dad
responded the string.. and he said no thats what keeps it down... so his
dad said well then cut the string! so he cut it and the kite fell to
the ground.
the commandments are for our own good. they dont
hold us down, they let us fly higher. i realize that more than ever and i
know i know nothing compared to my father in heaven. everyone of us
needs to recognize the eternal truth of obedience with exactness. its
what brings miracles into our lives and ive seen it on my mission.
i
love you all so much and hope youre good! i pray for all of you and i
feel the prayers and thoughts for me every day! choose the right, be
obedient and enjoy this wonderful life!:)
-elder allred - chilean street raptor
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