Kindness and Faith

Justin has been a little frustrated with the language. Both speaking and understanding it. One Sunday, he and his companion went and visited the bishop's wife. She told him he wasn't going to learn Spanish if he didn't speak it more. So, she had Justin sit with her for 20 minutes while she listened to him speak Spanish to her. He said it was a really great experience. She helped him along and told him he had great pronunciation. He said it wasn't anything big, but it made him feel a lot better about his Spanish. That is kindness. I'm sure she had better things to do than sit and listen to my son speak poor Spanish to her. But that kind act helped my son feel good about a weakness he has been frustrated with. From one mother to another,"thank you for your kindness and helping my son feel better about himself."

His kind companion also told Justin that the old mission president used to tell them that Spanish should be the very least of their worries. Knowing and learning the gospel is more important for teaching the people. Justin said it was good to hear that. Kind and patient people are a great blessing in our lives!

He had a great faith building experience with a man that was baptized 7 months ago. The man told them that his work told him he needed to work on Sundays. He is a taxi driver. He did not think he could go to church anymore and wanted to know what to do. They read 3 Nephi 13:31-33 and 1 Nephi 17:3 and promised him the Lord would provide a way for him to complete his commandments. Justin said," It is really hard to make those kind of promises here especially because you know that they really need that money and work to live. He specifically told us that they often don't have money to eat and they are already in debt because he had to buy a car for the taxi service. But you could tell he trusted us, and that Heavenly Father would provide a way. He said he would fast and pray before he talked to his boss. It is tough for us to promise people that kind of stuff here too, it takes a lot of faith on our part too to really trust Heavenly Father to follow through on the promises we make the people. It's almost scary sometimes. So we are going to pray really hard for him tonight, and we know he has the faith to make this happen. It will be a great testimony builder." We have since heard that he quit his job and goes to church every Sunday. Justin said that all worked out for him and his family.The Lord has provided a way for this man because of his great faith. With the Lord, anything is possible, Not many of us go through such experiences that require us to put our faith to a test like this great man. What a great faith builder for Justin and his companion as well.