Well, my time here at the MTC is coming to a close and I was looking back at how much I've learned. It's incredible. I don't think any of you would know me if I came home even now. The challenges have been rough, but I have learned and grown so much from each of them. There have been so many miracles while I've been here. One of them was on Saturday. Each week we go to the Referral Center and make calls to make sure people have received the stuff that they call for like the Book of Mormon or the Lamb of God DVD, etc. Last Saturday I was really depressed the whole day, because I have stress with talking on the phone and I had just flubbed up a whole call. My teacher was listening on some headphones and he started asking me the questions like, "How could you have done this and that better?" It was just about all I could take and I was thinking, "How in the heck do you expect me to do this in spanish in a week if I can't even do it in english?!" That was not a good day. So when we were walking towards the RC this past Saturday I was pleading with the Lord for a miracle. I told Him that I would constantly make calls if He would give me someone that actually wanted to listen to me. (Sometimes these people aren't too happy to hear from you.) I only made three calls, before my companion got a chat. (On Mormon.org people can "talk with a mormon") We are supposed to do the chats as a companionship so I stopped taking calls to help her. This man's first question was, "I'm gay. Does that mean I'm going to hell?" Wow... it was an interesting discussion to say the least, but he seemed a little interested in what we had to say. He almost wanted to meet with the missionaries, but he didn't want to even think about changing his lifestyle so he decided not to. It was such a blessing to be able to bear my testimony to him, even though he may not have been receptive to it. I testify that the Lord answers prayers if we will take that first step of faith and work with the expectation that we will receive those blessings.
As I prepare to leave on Wednesday, I know that the Lord will continue to bless me with miracles; and even though not everyone will receive the message that I take to them, I am still extremely privileged to wear the name of Christ every day and bear witness of His gospel and His love for us. We truly are divine children of God and He wants us to have success and happiness in our lives and to receive eternal life.
I love you all and hope everything is going well in your lives. If not, you are stilled being blessed and watched over. Don't forget to have faith and pray always. The Lord is there! Adios!
Hermana Heather Larsen