How’s it going?
Well, the mission life is
an interesting one. One day you are seeing miracle after miracle, and the next
you see nothing.. But this week we made contact with long lost investigator of
ours! His name is Kevin and he is 21. He was homeless and disowned by his
parents. He is mentally disabled, but is very accountable. Kevin was homeless
for 4 years and then eventually found a very crummy house. He was on date to be
baptized in August but that fell through. So, we thought we would go see him
again. He doesn’t have a phone so it is pretty hard to track him down. So we prayed
and prayed that we would find him. We went out that night and walked down his
street and walked into his creepy apartment building. We get to his room and
knock and he doesn’t answer. But then he came out of the room next door! haha
So we walk over and start talking to him about how he has been! Well the
thought came to me to ask him if we could meet his friend. He agrees and he
takes us over and introduces us to this 46 year old black man. We walk into
this room and my head is hitting the ceiling so you can imagine how small it
is. His name is Ray! We got talking and this guy is pretty poor. For
Thanksgiving, he and Kevin had nothing. They told us that over behind the train
tracks in the tall grass is a thing they call "Wild Bird", and for
thanksgiving they went over there and caught a wild bird, which is no bigger
than a chicken and ate it. They are living off wild birds.. So they point to
the counter and there is a gooey, cooked up, torn apart bird.. Honestly I felt
so bad for these 2 I wanted to cry. They had NOTHING. So we told them to get
dressed and we walked down the street with them to get them pizza. We sat and
ate and you could just see a light in their eyes has they ate actual food. We
invited Ray to church and he came! He accepted the Book of Mormon and wants to
come back to church next week!
The Lord leads and guides
his work! From a thought to helping one of Gods precious children. We have been
blessed this past week with charity and seeing how it works in people’s
hearts.
Hopefully all is going well
at home! Thanksgiving here was great. We went to the Buttermarks. They took us
to Gettysburg back in October! I don’t think any Thanksgiving is better than
Grandma Hatch’s or Grandma Welling’s! It just isn’t the same! haha For our
preparation day today we are going on a hike with a ward member. I will take
pictures and then send them next week!
Pray and rely on the Lord
for strength. That’s why I have loved my mission so far. You never knew how
much you needed to rely on the Lord until you have no one else. And I promise
the Lords help is sufficient for us. Well not much else has happened lately. Well are you excited to see me at
Christmas or what? Less than 4 weeks away! haha, Everyone, can promise you more
than I ever could at home, That this gospel is true. And that God loves his
children. My testimony has slowly grown into something that will never leave
me. In the 4 months I have been out, The Lord has shown time and time again
that he loves me and the people I am teaching. Whenever anyone doubts, all they
have to do, is READ the Book of Mormon!! I love that book so much. I am about
to finish it for the first time on my mission! I started at 1 Nephi in the MTC
and I’m close to being done now! By Christmas I will be done! I just finished
Alma!
Well I hope you have a great week! Tell Grandma I
love and miss her and that I think about her often!
Love Elder Welling
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