Edmond is Zion, heaven, the courts of
glory, paradise, etc. I am convinced that this is the best place and these are
the best people under the heavens! As always, there are more miracles and
blessings than I can count or that I can recount, especially by way of email
but this week, the greatest miracle of all has been conversion and excitement
in myself and Elder Van Alfen and in the lives of nearly everyone in the ward
and in our area!
What a spectacle it has been to witness the
last two months of Ashanti's stunning and miraculous conversion. She has been
one of God's elect and it has been such a blessing to be able to see her
excitement and love of the gospel grow and flourish until she has been brim
with joy and overflowing with excited anticipation for her baptism. She was
baptized last night and was so calm and at peace and full of gratitude and joy
for all the Lord has done for her throughout her life and especially the last
couple of months. Conversion is the most incredible, uniting, and beautiful
miracle to witness.
I know this is the Lord's work and I've
been able to feel an ever increasing abundance of God's love and Spirit this
last week. I know of the power of the Sacrament and of prayer and study and
faith and repentance and baptism and other covenants with the Divine and of the
power which is in Christ.
Keep the faith,
Elder Ricks
Elder Van Alfen, Ashanti's mother, Ashanti,
Elder Yamane, and Elder Ricks
Six months ago I was so blessed to serve
with Elder Yamane and now I receive the special blessing of being served by
Elder Yamane as he is now my District Leader! I love him so much and was
grateful that he was the one who was able to talk with Ashanti personally, on
Friday before her baptism yesterday, in the way the Savior would in seeking out
her story of conversion and being able to witness that she truly is repentant
and prepared to be baptized into the Lord's Church and Kingdom here on the
earth. With such a sacred experience, Ashanti asked Elder Yamane to baptize her
and it was such a spiritual evening!
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