Hey family!
Okay, so this week was a little in the category
of mas o menos (not much). Our investigator that was going to be baptized and
confirmed this week got sick on Thursday and didn't get better so we had to
reschedule the baptism for next week. That was kind of a bummer. But it is
okay, it is just one more week. And it gives me another week to prepare. He
said he wanted me to baptize him, but he weighs a good 260 lbs. Yeah, a big
dude. It isn't that he is fat, he’s just he is big. He was in the military and
is strong, but has let himself go a little. He looks like he would be a good
linebacker if he got back into shape. I don't know how I am going to be able to
lift him out of the water. It is nuts. But what happens, happens!
This week something
really cool happened. On Thursday, we had some plans fall through so we were
just walking around talking to people. We passed the house of Martha because we
still had another hour before we had an appointment with her. Then we stopped
on the corner. I had planned on visiting a contact that we had had that lived
on the adjoining street. But for a reason unknown at the moment we just stopped
and stood at the corner for a minute or two. Then we were going to leave when
Martha's husband came out of the house and motioned for us to come over. He
told us that Martha wanted to talk to us real quick. When we went in, she was
real bad. She was sweating and crying a little. She had a heartbeat of 120
beats per minute. She had a little monitor thing that said that and I was like,
"No way" so then I took her wrist and did it myself, yeah, it was
that high. It was a little scary. She told us that she was going to go to the
hospital but just wanted a prayer first. We had just taught her about the
priesthood so I reminded her of what a blessing of health was. Then we gave her
a blessing. My companion did the anointing and I did the sealing of the anointment.
As soon as I placed my hands on her head, I was filled with the Spirit. I felt
like a bottle that you put on a hose and there is rapid fill and then the
pressure for a minute and then it bursts. I felt this pressure and I couldn't
speak for a minute. Then as I gave her the blessing, I felt such calm and it
felt like all of this that I was feeling just flowed into her. I knew with a surety
that she was going to be okay. I don't know exactly how to describe how I felt
or what was going on inside. But I am sure that that is how a power conduit
feels as electricity surges and then it passes that energy on. I have never
felt more like the conduit of the Lord in all my life. There was such
tranquility after the emotions of pain and fear. And then, within 20 minutes,
we were having the lesson that we had planned on as if nothing had happened. I kind
of walked out of the house with a "What the crap just happened. Is any of
this even real?" kind of feeling. As a missionary it is always your goal
to be and "instrument in the Lord's hands". That is your whole
purpose, that is what you should strive for every day, that is what you should
live for. From the moment I walked out of the house, being and
"instrument" took on new meaning for me. It is one thing to have
the saying on your wall, it is another to be living it. It was an experience
that I will never be able to forget. Not in this life nor the one to come. It
was just really special, and words don't really do it justice.
Well, life is good,
things are going good. If we focus on what our Father would want of us and we
forget the rest, nothing really matters. When we spend less time focusing on
our lives and how we can arrange them, the more things just fall into place. That
is when we find true happiness as well. The more good you SEE in life, the more
good there will BE in life. And then you just become a happy person and go to
heaven! :) Ha-ha Have a great week and keep looking up!
-Elder Morris
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