Kwa-thema week 3

Happy Monday everybody! hope everyone had a great week. Let me just say, this week has flown by very fast! and it is also crazy to think that I have been on mission for over a month now. Mission has been the best decision of my life for many reasons that have already been made known to me.

I would like to share an experience that i had this week. it is about the power of the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is referred to as the "Keystone of our religion". this refers to an archway, and the keystone is the top stone, which holds everything together. without the keystone, the arch would collapse. so, it is very important and sets us apart from every other church in the world. my companion and i were riding down the street and a young guy called out at us to come talk to him. With talking to him, we found out he is a rapper. dope. however, he said his little brother was given a Book of Mormon and he decided to pick it up and read a page or two from it. From just that little reading he said he has been wanting more and was so curios about the book. he wanted to learn more. He was so intrigued by its words. this is the power of that book. from just reading a little bit from the book, random people who know nothing about our church know it is special. 

I realized something very important this week about the role of being a missionary. I understood that were are to invite others to come unto Christ, so they can receive the happiness and blessings it brings. But, as missionaries and church members, we are also there to comfort others through hard times. No matter their beliefs we are there to comfort others. a dear sister in our ward lost her mother this week. Her mother was Roman Catholic and she was raised by those beliefs. However, she wanted the missionaries there to help comfort her family. i am so grateful for this opportunity to help others, who may not believe the same things, through hard times in their lives. after the funeral the family wanted us to basically be part of their family and eat and talk more with them inside their home. it was a very special moment for us missionaries. 

In this life, nothing is predictable. We do not know what Heavenly Father has in store for us, be we know it is all part of His plan. There was a family this week that we started to teach a couple weeks back. They are a very loving, caring family and the mama was pregnant. she was in a lot of pain and asked us for a priesthood blessing to help her, and we did. She was able to have no pain which was a blessing for her. We were in the area that she was staying and decided to check up on them. while we talked to them, they were very sorrowful. She gave birth to her daughter and she was in good health. the next day however, she passed away. I cannot imagine the pain they must have felt. She asked us to please stay a little longer to help give them comfort. they asked us to pray with her and her family. she thanked us for helping her through this hard time.

We are all brothers and sisters. We are taught to love thy neighbour. I learned that our role as missionaries and people in life is to help others. This is the most important thing for me to understand. to be able to bring joy and peace to everyone. This is also Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ' mission. I know that he cares for every single one of us. He does. I know that as we strive to live the ways that He has taught that we will find comfort in each of our lives. I would like to share my testimony of Jesus Christ, that He is the Son of God. He came to earth because he loves all of us. I know that through him we are able to be with our families forever, and see our loved ones again. God sent His only Begotten Son to pay the price of sin for each and every one of us. this is a very crucial part of his plan, that He died for ALL of us, not just those that choose to follow Him, but fer everyone. As Heavenly Father sees a light in all of us we should strive to do the same, and not focus on the bad things of others. I know that He will help us through our hard times. I heard a song this week that said "at the hardest times we are brought to our knees, but on our knees we find the most comfort" I know this to be true. No matter the trials ahead of us Jesus Christ will strengthen us and help us get through them. Please care for each other and show love to all. 

Elder High