I’ve had the chance, the last couple of days to see and
experience a lot of change. I love the
fact that however much we change God stays the same and so do his rules. A few weeks ago I told you about an atheist
that we got the chance to meet. This
week I can tell you that he is no atheist. On Sunday at church (it was fast and
testimony meeting), he not being a member bore his testimony along with his
friend that we are teaching. He said
that he completed one month since he first got to know the church and what he
has FELT has changed his life. He said
that he has never been so sure of something ever before and that he has finally
found an answer to all of his doubts. We went to his house on Monday and invited
him to be baptized and he gladly accepted ... life changed.
We also went to
his friends, Eduardo, house and as we got there it just felt different. As we got talking to him he told us that his
grandmother had fallen and broken her arm and that she would’nt be able to get
it operated on because the anesthesia would kill her. Long story short, she was
laying on her bed crying because of the pain and bleak outlook, we gave her a
blessing and as we took our hands off her head, she wasn’t crying. Her pain was tolerable and she felt peaceful
about her arm healing! Eduardo expressed to us his desire to be baptized. ... life changed.
There is a town crazy guy here in Navarette, and almost
everyone knows who he is. His name is Emilio.
Thursday night as we were walking down the
street, he stopped us and told us he wanted us to go to his house because he
needed help. I thought about what David told
me from his mission, that sometimes he invited drunk people to do things, come
to church, read, pray, etc., but maybe
they didn’t have enough faith to change. So, I thought that we’d take him at face value
and visit him. We went to his house and
it was a mansion, but dirty as ever. Anyway
we taught him and invited him to church, 2 days later, on Sunday he was at church!
and now is reading the Book of Mormon every day…. another life changing.
Look, what I want to say is that the mission is awesome
and it has changed me just as it is changing the lives of the people we meet! I am grateful for the atonement of Jesus Christ
and thru it hope for being and doing better!
I love to teach about that and experience it myself….. Life changed and
still changing!
At home you could say that life is changing because there
are 3 babies THAT I HAVENT EVEN MET.....ha ha but it’ll be cool to meet them. I hope yall are saving me a spot on one of
your softball teams and that you tell your kids my name, A LOT. ha
hey dad. Really I have to thank you for doing all of the
things that I’m not able to do right now concerning school. It’s funny (inspired) that you wrote me about Alma
5. This whole week my comp and I have dedicated
our studies to this chapter. Thanks for the insights. We helped a less active member come back to
church and be comfortable enough to have an interview with the bishop; all with
the help of this chapter. We have been
able to put it in to our own lives. ha
its awesome…. Lives changed!
I love you all, have a good week.
--
ELDER MATT GRINER
misión santiago RD2011-2013
In Navarette with Elder Cuauhtemoc
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