July 2nd, 2012
Happy Missionary Monday and Happy
July 4th!!!!
Thanks everyone for the great
e-mails and support. I have received no letters in the mail by anyone except
Jordan who faithfully writes every week. I am out of stamps and have been for a
couple weeks now with no way to get more so if you are wondering where your
letters are- that's where. Sorry! I feel so guilty about this that I don't feel
guilty anymore.
This week was a good one. We got the
privilege of attending the Temple, doing interviews and getting training, and
really getting to start work in the new 3rd ward that we now cover. We have
three awesome people with baptismal dates coming up! (One of my favorite
moments of the week was getting to talk with one of these on the phone for 30
or 45 minutes and extending a baptismal date. We read from the Bible together,
we laughed, we talked through concerns; man, it was just.... AWESOME!!!!) He is
an incredible guy and his name is Bruce. He and his wife, Oi (From Taiwan, or
Thailand) are set to be baptized on July 21st. Our other young candidate is a
boy about 9 years old who lost a father in the military.
My companion probably hates me
because I am a weirdo about this Power Hour thing. I just LOVE it!!!! We have
to sacrifice dinners, make members jump through the rings, but, oh man, does it
bring miracles!! So this last week, there was a day we went to a house for
dinner with like 10 minutes before Power Hour started. I HATE even being 1
minute late, so when the rule is to start at 6:00 pm, that doesn't mean 6:01 pm
or 6:02 pm. So we quickly shared a message, got on our knees and the head of
the household offered a prayer. We grabbed the dinner that they had packed for
us and suddenly the man of the house asked if he could come with us. Well,
YEA!!!!!!!!! So he throws on some clothes and we run out the door. This
fantastic example of a man went TRACTING with us. And it was his idea! He loved
it! I loved it! He drove us all over the place, talking to everyone, we stopped
by some families he knew and wanted to teach (Including one who did not want
the missionaries over.) By the end of the night, I was stoked and pumped.
Then, the next day he texted us and
told us that he had found a family for us to teach! What in the world?! His
name is Brother Eggett and his name shall be written on halls of glory.... or
something like that.
On Sunday, we were at Church from
8:30 am to 5:30 pm, attending all three of our ward's services and it was
INCREDIBLE when this member stood up and bore a powerful testimony about the day
he came and did Power Hour with us and about how he has regained his fire for
missionary work. It was even more of a MIRACLE when this happened consistently
in multiple of our wards' fast and testimony meetings.
The point is- the Church is true!
God Himself accomplishes His miracles in His way, and the coolest of which are
the kind like this- where eternal outcomes are changed, where people are
changed! Fires have been lit, the good word shall now proceed forth from the
pumped up members of many wards. Miracles should cease to cease. Make it happen
people! God lives!
I love you all and acknowledge every
one of you as a miracle to me!
Love,
-Elder Ryan A. Bell
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