I'm
going to share with you one really amazing cool miracle we had this week.
A
few months ago we met this guy sitting outside a pub and so we gave him a
leaflet. He runs and lives above a cafe in Burry Port. It’s hard to catch him
in because you have to go right before he closes up so he isn't busy but after
he closes up you can't get to him. We were able to see him about a month ago.
He enjoyed pondering on the leaflet (I think it was Plan of Salvation we gave
him first--we have three main leaflets corresponding with the three first
missionary lessons--The Restoration, Plan of Salvation, The Gospel of Jesus
Christ) and so we gave him two more. For the last month we hadn't been able to
see him. Saturday probably marked the fifth or sixth time that we were actually
in Burry Port at the right time but just weren't able to go say ‘hi’ to him
because we had appointments or were talking to other people or whatever. Later
in the evening, Saturday, we came out of an appointment back here in Llanelli
and we were getting our bikes. A man was walking past. Then, recognizing us, he
started to walk towards us. "Do you remember me? from Burry Port?" He
asked. And I knew who it was--it was Lee, the cafe man. He proceeded to tell us
about how much he enjoyed reading all the leaflets. He has them on his
windowsill so he sees them every morning when he gets up. Reading them has
changed his view about life. He told us about how he is now much more conscious
of how the ‘him’ of the past can stay in the past and he can become a new person.
He thinks more of the consequences of his actions. He even (and he said this
was unlike him) asked his ex (who he had a son with) to forgive him for the
person he used to be and he said it has really made a difference in their
relationship, made it a lot less strained.
This
takes me back to the first few times I handed out leaflets and Book of Mormons
about 8 months ago. I expected everyone to come back from reading these things
with a changed view of life, because of the amazing life changing doctrine in
them. Unfortunately, not many people have an open enough heart for that to
happen--but for Lee it did. The point is, God is a God of miracles--in this
case both in how we were able to come back into contact with Lee and how the
Spirit has touched his heart.
An
update on the W----s: They are awesome - so awesome! Alex passed the sacrament
in church again yesterday. I just hope and pray that his quorum will take good
care of him and in 5 or six years he'll end up with some nametags that say
"Elder W-----." Fran is still struggling with the word of wisdom a
lot, but she loves coming to church, praying, and reading from the Book of
Mormon. She had a blessing yesterday, and it stated that as she calls upon God
to help her in her efforts to keep the Word of Wisdom, He will help her. And
when she does keep the Word of Wisdom, her other health problems will begin to
be sorted out as well. How fantastic!
Unfortunately,
I probably won't be around to see all of this-we'll get the transfer call in a
few hours now and I have some good reasons to believe I'll be leaving. Where
will I be emailing from next week? Probably only God and President Rasmussen
know at this point -haha.
I
hope you all have a fantastic week and remember that God is a God of
Miracles.
Love,
Elder
Seth Poulsen
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