37th Pday Email from Albania

Dear Loved Ones,

First off, Happy Father's Day.

Second, It is official...  I don't have lice anymore... But as of this morning... My companion does... again. haha #opposition

Third, Sister O gave her first talk in church this week. It was seriously amazing! The spirit was throughout it. I knew that was what the Lord wanted her to teach them at that time.

Now on to this week was... WOW it was just full of light, knowledge, and truth for me. I testify that the scriptures are seriously the word of God. I love them with all my heart. This week I really getting into the chapters of Alma where there was a lot of war and before when I have ever read this section of Alma, it really hadn't connected with me until this week.

I over and over again I felt my spirit was being taught of the spirit of God. Like a private teacher and their student. I have learned so much this week of the times that we live in and that the Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ. And that along with the Bible it testifies of the Love Jesus Has for me by the words or wisdom that is given throughout the Book of Mormon. And the stories that are placed there that we have as templates as to have the best lives that we can have here on the Earth that Jesus Christ has created for us. Everything we see, hear, feel, taste, and touch, come from our Savior, Jesus Christ. 

Like the song:

I stand all amazed at the love Jesus offers me,

Confused at the grace that so fully he proffers me.

I tremble to know that for me he was crucified,

That for me, a sinner, he suffered, he bled and died.

Oh, it is wonderful that he should care for me

Enough to die for me!

Oh, it is wonderful, wonderful to me!

How blessed are we!! He has blessed us more than we can fully comprehend all that has been to us through our Savior's Atonement. 

This week so much happened in peoples' progressions in coming unto Christ. The first was with our amazing investigator. She had her baptismal interview and passed. When we reviewed with her the questions a few days before, the spirit that was with her as she spoke her answers...I remember that when it came to one question, she started off with good points and then there was a point in her response, the room grew dead silent and the spirit that came in seriously took our breath away. It was amazing.

 After she finished she looked at us with her sweet glow and asked for the next question that it took us a moment to be able to speak again. The spirit was just so powerful to her response. I know that the Lord needs her for this time. That she will prepare the generations that will prepare for the Lord's return. Man, the spirit that radiates with this girl, I know that her role that she has to play on the earth is HUGE. What a great we are living in! Seeing the works of the Lord all around us.

So one I want to express fully gratitude to my Savior is for another investigator. Her story is such a blessing in my life. One of the families here referred her to the Elders during a lesson, which they then passed off to us due to her being a girl. We have been teaching her pretty often and this week had met with her everyday this week together with the family. I seriously can't fully describe the love I have grown for this woman. She is seriously one of the elect! It honestly feels like it is a big discussion with the spirit sitting with us in our lessons.

It just boggles my mind in someways the people I have met, that I didn't know them before I came on my mission. 

I actually was thinking about it this week. I remember we were in a lesson with her and I was asking, "Why? Why Heavenly Father did we not find her sooner?" As I thought deeply about this, the thought came into my mind:

"Because, it was time for her to be found. Her time is NOW! Not before, not later, but NOW! There is no coincidence that she is now taking the lessons. With the experiences she has received and the principles she was taught by that family, she was ready NOW."

I know that the Lord knows us. Inside and out! He knows what we can and cannot handle. He suffered and died so all that we go through, he is able to go there and understand every ounce we feel and every ounce we suffer and every ounce we joy we can muster. He is there. 

As I have been reading the latest General Conference issue, I have learned that as we are here, we are never alone. Our Father in Heaven gave us a solid unit that we can go to for support and that is our families. It is part of the Plan of Joy and Happiness that Heavenly Father has created for us. BECAUSE HE LOVES US! He LOVES SO MUCH. I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO EXPRESS HIS PASSION HE HAS FOR US TO SUCCEED AND TO ONE DAY RETURN TO LIVE WITH HIM. BECAUSE WE ARE HIS AND WE HAVE A UNIQUE ROLE TO PLAY. THAT IS WHY WE WERE SAVED FOR THIS TIME. LIKE IN SOMEWAYS WITH THAT ONE INVESTIGATOR, OUR TIME IS NOW. NOT BEFORE. NOT LATER. BUT NOW!

Thank you for all that you and keep being lights to those searching for it in the darkness.

Motra Bezas