Wow, what a
wonderful week!
I feel blessed
beyond what I deserve most weeks but this last week was especially a tender one
for me.
Last Monday Elder
Hilton and I had a good time and were just getting ready to go out proselyting
for the night when we get a phone call. Elder Hilton answered and then handed
me the phone. It was area code 208... So, of course I jump straight to the
worst possible scenario like some doctor somehow found out I was going to die
and had to go home or something so my Stake President was calling to give me
the news. But I was wrong! It ended up being my Uncle Ryan and my Uncle Kirk
and their friend Lamar. They were in Oklahoma for business and asked us if they
could take us out!
What A Great
Night! We went to this awesome hibachi sushi and grill place and just had a
great time. I love my family so much and it was such a special time for me to
get to see them Definitely a huge tender mercy of the Lord that I will forever
be grateful for.-It really helped to give me even greater motivation and
refocus. We talked a bit about how things were going back home, about the work,
about Christmas, we laughed, we hugged, and we felt the joy and love that comes
in family relationships. It is because of those feelings and because of my
family that I am out here. Because this Gospel blesses all individuals and all
families wherever they may currently be however good or bad the circumstances.
It allows us to be together forever and experience the greatest feelings of
love and joy and peace. If I can help another individual or family to come
closer together and to take steps to come closer to Christ so that they can
have all of these things and enjoy these feelings more fully in this life, then
my joy will be overfilled.
The rest of the
week was really really busy and crazy! We visited a lot of people this week and
we had our Christmas Conference as well.
The big miracle
to talk about this week is this: Bishop asked us to go see a lady who we had
just received records for so we went and did just that. We knocked and a young
man opened the door, the lady we had just received records for had already
moved but Mathew invited us in. We shared the message of the Restoration with
him and gave him a Book of Mormon.-He is from Bangladesh so English is still a
bit hard for him so we told him we could get him a Bengali Book of Mormon and
he was really excited about it! So we got the Book of Mormon and went back a
few days later and this time his dad answered! Jason had been investigating the
Church while they were living in Michigan so he also invited us right in and we
got to talk to him as well! We gave him the Bengali Book of Mormon and he was
overwhelmed with joy! I thought he was going to yell or cry with joy. He said
that he was a good reader and he wants to read the Book of Mormon before the
end of the year! He also said that he wants desperately to come to church with
us after the New Year because his job has him working Sunday's until the
holidays are over. Incredible blessings and miracles. The Lord is far too good
to us and we truly are seeing more success/miracles than we deserve.
I love this work,
I love the Lord, and I love my family. Merry Christmas to all and may we
remember the real reason of the season. Look for opportunities to show your
love, to serve others and be filled with the Love of Christ. I promise you will
as you serve other children of our Father in Heaven at this beautiful time of
the year.
Keep the faith,
Elder Ricks
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