This past week has been full of miracles, and challenges as well! We have been able to see Paola commit to be baptized on the 25th, the Ramos family from Veracruz all went to stake conference, and we are finding a lot of prepared people to further the work here in the Pedregal! We are finding all sorts of miracles here in the district and the zone, and we are praying that we will be able to continue in our faith-based actions, Christ-like service, and connection with the Holy Ghost to be able to be even greater workers of miracles here in Estaca Anahuac! I honestly don´t have anything too crazy to share, but I do have a few personal thoughts for anyone facing a difficult time right now (which I believe in one way or another applies to most of us):
As part of this past week, I had to go to the Christus Muguerza Hospital here in Monterrey to remove the ingrown toenails of my left and right big toe. I began with the belief that only one side was ingrown on both toes, but came to find out that all sides had to be taken out. This was tough because it has limited my ability to work as a normal missionary, and it is often infuriating to stay in the house for such long periods of time, but this added time of rest has given me the opportunity to realize several things:
1. How much I appreciate small thing such as having feet that work normally, jaja!
2. The power of being patient in affliction with the assurance that it is all part of God´s grand master plan for me!
3. I have the capacity to suffer with joy in every moment of my life. As members of the church we have the truths that these afflictions are for our welfare, and that really God wishes us to find the everyday miracles when things don´t look to be going our way when in reality God is creating a far greater creation out of what I had in mind! I truly trust in this I am praying for each and every one of you that are facing challenges of a much graver scope that you can find hope, joy, and peace through the Light of the World, our Advocate with the Father, and our Perfect Ejemplar, Jesus Christ! I truly testify that he can lift our burdens, carry us through our sorrows, and that thanks to him, we are never alone. This is my simple testimony and I hope that each and every one of us can turn to our Heavenly Father in humble prayer and feel the peace of His Divine Love!
WIth Love,
Elder Raven
