Gent is beautiful! It's going to be a very good transfer. We've already seen a lot of miracles this week with finding new investigators and everything. On Wednesday evening when I got here we taught a man who was a Facebook referral a long time ago but who then got busy. He's really cool and is definitely looking for answers. Also, on Saturday we taught one of our investigators who was going through a really low point when he met the sisters a few weeks ago. But now he's praying regularly and is reading from the Book of Mormon. And he came to church yesterday! He really seemed to enjoy it and feel the Spirit. It was cool to see the light in his eyes. Also, the friend of a member came to church again this week and this time we were able to set up an appointment and get an address.
I learned a lot from reading Alma 14:14-25 this week during personal study. There is a law in heaven, that when we keep the commandments and do the will of the Lord, that we will receive great blessings--in time. It is a principle of life in order for us to learn that the blessings are at times delayed. We might not always understand why, when we try to be obedient and work hard and do our best that bad things happen--or maybe that nothing happens. But the Lord know better than we do. No effort is wasted--not only for other people, but for ourselves. We change in the process. What we clearly see from every prophet or missionary (or even just person) ever, is that we must learn patience through trial, tribulation, and heartbreak, and we will be rejected. But we will also always be more than compensated. In time.
"Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed." Doctrine and Covenants 123:17
I love this gospel and I love being a missionary! And I love you all!
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