Beginning Fruits

November 15, 2010

Hi everybody.

 

Transfers were this week... and I am staying with Elder Boyce.  I am happy.  We get along pretty well.  He is a great companion.  We are gearing up for the first baptism in this area on Friday.  It should be really great.  I am very excited about it.  It feels really good to be able to see these people who have been completely prepared from other sources find their way to us and we get to see the culmination (Well, I guess you would call it "the beginning fruits", since hopefully they will keep progressing) of the work that God has put in to shape their lives.  It causes me to have greater faith in everything else that I do that I don't see the fruits of.  It will be interesting to see in the next life how everything fits together for all the people that I have met that haven't accepted the Gospel (yet).  I know that the Lord has more influence in our lives than we even know.  I think I'm quoting Uncle Harry when I say that when we get to the other side I'm sure that we will find out that the Lord is a TON more involved in our lives than we know.  I'm sure that the people that Janae invited to the Church tour with the missionaries did not know what Heavenly Father had in store for them.  Maybe even Janae didn't know what would come of it or any of their previous history.  God knows everything and he inspired Janae to invite and now they have the opportunity of an eternity.  God put all the pieces together for those people to be in the right place at the right time with the right people to feel the Spirit and accept the lessons.  I've seen it many times on my mission.  How many of these opportunities that are perfectly planned out by our Heavenly Father do we miss?  I know that I have missed a lot on my mission because sometimes I was too scared to talk to people or to ask the questions that were put in my mind.  I am getting better on not relying on my own wisdom but that of Him that sent me.  I hope none of us pass these opportunities by.  No matter where we are, depending on our willingness, God can use each of us as an instrument in shaping the lives of the people that we meet.  It has taken me a long time to realize this and I am a slow learner, but I know that if we are confident, relying on Him who sent us, we will become a trustworthy instrument in His hands.  I love missionary work.  Miracles still occur.  Sometimes we just have to look a little closer for them and soon we will be able to see more and more.

 

Oh and I am district leader again.  I guess President hasn't learned his lesson yet.  ;)  haha, jk.  I love our family.  It is the greatest in the world, and I don't care what anybody else says.  :)  I love you!

-Elder Blakemore