Nothing of grand import has passed this last week, but it has been grueling in the best way possible. Working from dawn to dusk in the work of the Lord is what I need to be doing. We had MLC at the start of the week which is always an uplifting experience; if President Love can't get a bunch of people excited, then no one can, for that man surely carries the name of Jesus Christ and will light up a room with it. A little highlight from the week was having dinner with a member named Brother Balderas. He is a very humble and kind man, and amongst his other skills, he collects jazz music and is writing a book about all of the interviews he has done with jazz trumpet players throughout the years. Pretty cool, huh? I took a picture of a record he has signed by Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie. Anyways, back to the most important part of the week, I got the opportunity to go on my first exchange with a fresh missionary named Elder Willis. Let me tell you something, he sure doesn't seem fresh, and I loved being able to just get to work and wear myself out in the Lord's work. We were talking through car windows, running to catch people, and I also had my first opportunity to practice translating for him in our lessons which went way better than I thought possible. To end that wonderful night we had a lesson with a Spanish man named Gilberto who told us he's had 10 wives and 48 children. We've met a bunch of them already so I believe him. Best of all, we were able to teach him the Restoration of Christ's gospel as I translated back and forth from English to Spanish. The Lord is good and does His work, and I surely would be nothing without Him. After our lesson, Gilberto played us a song on his guitar which I'll attach below. It's the best way I can express how I'm feeling as I serve the Almighty God.
Elder Shepherd
PS
Right out of the gate miracles distilled upon the Olathe zone as the dews from heaven today!!
Too many miracles to contain we will share another tomorrow, tonight we wind the clock back a few lessons with Mini. So a few lessons in, as we started teaching mini, she talked about this problem at work she was having, as we continued meeting with her it progressively got worse.
*Side note, every time we had invited mini to pray about something BOOM she got an answer by the next visit. Ask and ye shall receive, verdad?
But with this concern at work got so overwhelming for her that in our lessons it became a bigger challenge to resolve. Finally, we have a lesson with her and the only thing she can think about is this trial, and it was really something nagging at her spiritually and emotionally. With all the things she prayed and got answers to, our invitation for Mini to pray for this individual that was causing her turmoil, she wouldn't do. In this lesson, the lesson plan goes out the window and our team up invites her to pray for this person. Tonight we met with her and Mini was so excited to tell us that she prayed... and the problem at work was completely fixed.
Step aside, and let the Great Jehovah do His work!!!
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