July 21, A Miracle

This has been a tiring but good week. We saw a pretty cool miracle this past Saturday. We have an investigator that we've talked about baptism quite a bit with but he has always been pretty flaky and doesn't really like to give a straight answer and he's pretty busy so we can't meet very often. As we were saying the prayer for our dinner, my companion, Elder Paskett, was about to close the prayer, but then remembered to pray to be able to meet with this investigator 김윤현 (Yoon-Hyun Kim) who we had been hoping/planning to meet. Within seconds of ending the prayer, he called us to confirm his appointment! Then 20 minutes later or so when he came to the appointment the first thing he said when we sat down was "So what if I just go ahead and get baptized this weekend? That's ok right?" We actually had to say no because he needs a little more preparation, but I think he'll be baptized in the next couple weeks! Wow! Miracles happen.

I don't really have much time left, but I am so grateful for each one of you and especially for the opportunity to learn and grow in this work. I feel like I have had a chance this week to refocus on the importance of humility and I'm so grateful that God loves us each enough to allow us to have experiences that make us better. Life is often difficult, stressful, strenuous, and uncomfortable, but when we trust in God and proactively learn from our trials, that is when God can fulfill the promise that He will make weak things become strong. It's so important to really believe that and understand how much it really can and does apply to our daily lives. I know that God lives! I know that He really did send His Son. I know that because of Him we can repent, repair, renew, and rejoice! I love my Savior and am humbled to be His missionary. 

Thanks for all your wonderful examples and for your support through letters, thoughts, prayers, etc. I love you all! Have a great week!

Love, Elder Tolman