45th pday email from Albania!

O Dear Ones,

This week the Lord really has opened mine and Sister B's eyes. HE. IS. AWARE. OF. HIS. PRECIOUS. CHILDREN. I have an amazing experience with that this week. But I will share that later.

First, I just want to testify that I know that the Lord has seriously placed Sister B in my life at this time to help stretch me and push me to become the missionary that God needs me to be for the rest of my life and for the person I need to become for my future family and people I will come in contact with throughout my life.

I learn so much from her every single day from her example to serve the Lord and that these people we teach REALLY MATTER to our Father in Heaven, to her desire to speak with the Lord constantly by relying on him to guide the work. This idea was not something completely a new thing to me, but just how constant we talk with the Lord has just been amazing. I really feel more than ever that he really guides us here.

I know His Power and Authority reign here. I saw that this week a lot, but especially with one night there were several priesthood blessings given. I will explain. So we were teaching a lesson to V, A, and L. Well, we had an uplift by the spirit by our lesson with them, when they asked for the unexpected thing. But with God and the spirit, nothing is unexpected but inspiration!

They wanted to received Priesthood Blessings for help in their lives at that time. We then called the elders to come and give them the blessings. As L went first, it talked about how she would be the mouthpiece for the gospel for her family and that she would be the foundation of the gospel of Christ in her home for her family members for have not come into the church.

Next was V. As she went to sit down in the chair, I felt the spirit speak to me saying, "This is why the Priesthood MATTERS in a home!" It was a witness to me of this that I am so blessed to have a father who is worthy of the Priesthood who can be a beacon for the home.

Out of the three, A's was the one that struck me the most and that I felt the spirit really wanted me to pay attention. There were many great things that came from hers, but the biggest thing was when it said straight forward and simply to this young girl, "You will serve a full time mission when you reach of age. There are people that are right now being prepared by the Lord that one day you will find."

I testify that I know that the Work of the Lord is real and is ALWAYS moving. People, all around the world, have a role to play in this work. I imagine if we each reached out and touched just one soul, what the calculations be. THEY WOULD BE MIRACULOUS!! The Lord's work is a work of great JOY!

The biggest thing that was said within each of these blessings was to:

Rely on the Lord always and go to him in prayer as you face EVERYTHING!!!

To study the scriptures daily.

To listen to the words of the Prophets constantly!!

I know that this is a counsel that is meant for everyone of his children.

Another cool experience with this was by the end of this meeting the Spirit literally filled the room and it was constantly being filled. As if heaven was being poured in there.

Before the end Sister B asked for one as well. It is so interesting how the Spirit works, as soon as she asked I knew that our Father in Heaven really needed to speak to us because I felt the prompting as well to ask for a blessing. Her blessing was beautiful and fully wisdom and joy for her. The things that were said were things that only her Father in Heaven knew about her and her life that the Elders giving the blessing did not know about.

It then came to my turn. I asked and went and sat down. By this point on my mission I was facing a big hardship of feeling completely stretched and just felt that I have had some trials that really had made me emotionally, spiritually, and physically stretched that I became weary. So when the blessing began the first words expressed to me brought me to full tears and the Spirit completely filled my entire body and soul, "Sister Bezas, Your Father in Heaven is aware of how much you have been stretched at this point in your life and knows all that you are going through..." It was at this moment I felt as if my Father in Heaven had tears in His eyes as He was saying this to me.

I know that the Lord is fully with us every step of the way and all that we go through, He feels for us and reaches out to us to bear us up so that our burdens can be light. Like it says in Matt. 11:28 - 30:

28 ¶Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

I know that we come to this life in one purpose. To gain eternal life. Meaning that every day we prepared to meet our Father (Alma 34:32) we learn more about Him and how we can become like Him!

I know that our Father in Heaven is with us and something that Sister B taught me today is that, as we have great faith in the sun rising every day, it can be the same with our Father in Heaven with US! Once we have that faith, I testify that we will begin to really know our Heavenly Father than we have ever known Him before!!!

With Great Love,

Motra Bezas

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