Fwd: Letter to All 8 Jun, 2014

[Tim Stay]

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From: Zachary Stay <zachar...@myldsmail.net>
Date: Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 10:24 AM
Subject: Letter to All 8 Jun, 2014
To: Dalita Stay <lita...@gmail.com>, Tim Stay <tim...@gmail.com>

Hello friends and family!

This week went really well. We were really able to see the hand of the Lord in the lives of those we are teaching. We´re teaching Mark, the husband of a recent convert. He´s been coming to church, and he´s been loving it. He said that this past week, he´s been reading the Book of Mormon, and has felt a very special peace and joy. I hope that he´s going to be able to progress and be baptized this month.

I witnessed a miracle this past week. There´s a family we´re teaching that´s going through a lot of troubles. The father has troubles with addiction, and is trying really hard to be able to conquer his addiction. But on Thursday, he came home bad. He took his stuff and left, saying that he was going to leave with his friends. A little later, we came by with a friend of the mom, to comfort her, and we, speaking sincereely, kind of gave up on the father. We figured that he was going to hit bottom, be lost for  atime, and eventually come back. We talked about changing the lock, about moving (so that the memories didn´t hurt), about finding a new job so that she could support herself and her 3 year son. 

The ward worked hard to be able to help her, started working on support for her. And then on Sunday, something amazing happened- we were in church, and they both came! The father realized that he had made a mistake, and came back home. I am so glad that the Lord was able to touch his heart and bring him home. 

Something I´ve been thinking a little about this week is the importance of "spiritual prerequisites". It is so vitally importance that we can understand the basics before we try to go into the advanced- or as I heard this week, the importance of understanding the essential before trying to understand the interesting. And the Book of Mormon has the essentials. It really has what we need to be happy. 

I love you all, and I love this gospel!

Elder Stay