October 16, 2018 Faith and Miracles

Bonjour! This has truly been a week of faith and miracles. Soeur Lawrence and I have been praying to see miracles every day. And we truly have. Our theme for the week has been faith to move mountains. One thing that I really realized this week is that yes, Christ has all the power in the universe to move mountains and perform miracles, but when it comes to us, the things He can do depend soley on our faith in Him. I was reading in 3 nephi when Christ is talking to the people. He says He can work more powerful miracles among the the nephites than he ever could among the jews because the faith of the nephites was that strong! I think that sometimes we pray for miracles or even just answers, but without faith he cant give them to us. And its not because he doesnt want to, but because he cant take away our agency and ability to grow. he cant take away any oppertunity we have to excercise faith in Him because that would be a diservice to us. we wouldnt learn anything that way. It is only after the trial of our faith that we receive those blessings, answers and miracles. Anyway, this week we really tried to do everything by the spirit. There was one day where we literally drove and if the spirit prompted us to turn right, then we would. We found some truly amazing potentials that way. The aniversary of my dad's death turned out to be the best day ever in that way. I felt him walking with me all day. I truly felt heaven's help. And I truly saw miracles. There was a moment where both of us knew that we needed to go visit this man named Aurelien. We both also knew that he wasnt going to be there, but we went anyway. Most of the time this sort of thing happens, where we will go to visit someone and find someone else we needed to talk to that day instead. So we followed the spirit and went and of course he wasnt there. But then we saw this cute little boy on a balcony hanging laundry and we knew we had to go talk to them. His mom's name was Linda and she was the kindest lady ever! She said that we could come back and share our message. We found so many families this week in that similar fashion. It was miraculous. I know that faith truly can move mountains. I know that God is ever aware of our situations, and he is constantly putting us in places that we need to be and preparing people for us at the same time. This is His masterpiece, and I am so honored to be a part of it. This is His work, and He is making it happen! I love my savior so mcuh and I am grateful for His love and atonement I love you all so much! love, soeur Bates