It is quite incredible how the Lord works sometimes.
My whole mission I´ve said to myself: I don´t want to be a
good missionary, not even a great one. I want to be an instrument in the
Lord´s hands. I want to be His tool. Be where He needs me to be in
the moment He needs me to be there. And most often missionaries want to
see it happen in the very moment. Feel the impression and know exactly
where the Lord wants them to be or do. But to be honest, I´ve never seen
it happen that way. I´ve never felt it that way before. But that
doesn´t mean that it doesn´t happen.
Saturday we had a day full of lesson appointments.
Literally every hour was planned with an investigator. Leaving the
apartment in the morning I felt so good and sure that we were going to have
incredible lessons and help everyone go to church the next day. ... Big
shocker that that did not happen. ALL of our plans fell through, as well
as plan B, C, D.... So we started contacting, knocking doors, and
looking for references. TWO HOURS LATER we found ourselves without results
and itching to teach somebody. Desperate, we walked over to where a
sister lived so my companion could get to know her and we could share a
message.
It wasn´t until we were siting there with the sister when I
realized why we had walked so much with what seemed to us for no purpose
whatsoever. I
f we had gotten there just moments sooner, she wouldn´t have
been there and we wouldnt have been able to listen and help her. She
needed us in THAT moment. And so the Lord made sure we were there in THAT
moment.
There is no other feeling like it.
....but are you ready for this?
So ready!
ReplyDeleteThe Master Hermana Missionary is making her mark, refining lives, and nurturing love in those around her. She will be sooooooo missed when she is released, but WHAT A POWERFUL MISSION she has served. Hermana Lance is getting ready for the "rest of her life" mission. We are ready! Question should be, "Are you ready, Hermana Lance?!"
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