Hey mom how are you? I had an awesome week full of amazingly spiritual experiences. We have a new investigator named Tranquilino and in Spanish that means peace! He is about 85+ years old and he is such a sweet man. He has received the first two lessons very well and in our third visit I asked him how his health was because I noticed he is always rubbing his hands and knees like Grandpa Buckner. He told me his health has been really poor over the past three months and his hands and knees are always in pain! I felt an impression to teach him the Word of Wisdom rather than teaching him the third lesson the gospel of Jesus Christ. He had questions but over all accepted the message with ease. I told him that it is a promise of God that if we live this law God promises to bless us with health that we may walk and not be weary, run and not faint. We asked him to pray to God and ask Him if this commandment is a commandment of God! He has a problem with coffee so we also asked him to pray to have strength to help him overcome his addiction and as we were about to close with prayer he asked if he could offer the prayer. He began to pray and with us he prayed to ask God if it was a commandment, he paused and began to cry. He asked God for help and asked Him to bless him with health and strength. He promised God that he would live this and the rest of the commandments for the rest of his life is he could have his health. He finished the prayer by thanking God for sending these two angels into his life.
The spirit was so strong and I asked him if we could, with the authority of God, give him a blessing at this time and he gladly accepted. I gave the blessing and I don't know how but I gave him a blessing of strength, health, and faith. The spirit of God was working through me and if I tried for the life of me I would not be able to repeat this blessing. I used words I still to this moment do not know. My companion looked at me after the blessing and I know he and I were both amazed at what had just taken place. Tranquilino thanked me and gave me a hug. We have an appointment with him and I can not wait to hear how he is doing.
After this amazing experience we had the opportunity to go to the temple and do a session. We of course accepted and went with all of the other missionaries from the east to do a session. The temple is beautiful!! We had to pay a bus fare of 120 lemps each which comes out to be about 6 dollars a piece and at the end of the day Elder Johnson came to me and said we as a group were 800 lemps short. He told me he didn't know why he was telling me but felt like he should. It just so happened that I had the exact amount he needed still with the 20 I needed to pay for my taxi home. I have had amazing faith building experiences this week and I know the Lord is infinite. His power is incomprehensible and the mission is a place of miracles.
If there are any people questioning to go on a mission then I urge them to serve. You will never have the opportunity to witness so many miracles and works of faith again in your entire life! The mission is the work of the Lord and He is hastening it. I pray daily to have His hand present in our work that He may guide us and that He may open my mouth. God is real. God loves us. And God will always provide a way. I testify that all is possible when you ask in faith. He will always be there. This week has forged my faith and I will never be able to deny that God exists.
Mom I love you and I thank you for raising me the way you did. You are an amazing person and without the freedoms I had I don't know if I would be as well equipped to help people here who have all walked different walks of life. Luckily for me I have experienced these walks through my freedoms and my friends. Thank you for allowing me to build my faith for myself. I love you!
Elder McKee
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