This week has been great, so much better!
Prayer is real, the prayers being said for me have blessed me so much and I have never been so aware of the blessings I have in my life thanks to the prayers of others since my mission. I have never felt the thoughts and prayers of love so tangibly.
We taught Jb this week, he is great! He comes to church and loves learning about the gospel. He is so hungry and eager to learn it's very humbling. Sadly right now life is busy for him: it's the end of the quarter (he works in finance), he has a pregnant wife and they are in the middle of switching apartments. Time is his biggest challenge at the moment. He wants to read more from The Book of Mormon but it's very difficult to find time. He is very sincere and hopeful though, we just need to figure out how we can help make reading The Book of Mormon a greater, less stressful priority in his hectic life.
We also met with Pł, he told us that he cannot accept the new doctrines that come with The Book of Mormon and the Restoration but is still open to meeting with us. It sounds like next lesson we are really going to need to have a heart to heart about The Book of Mormon and the importance of reading it to find answers because if he doesn't he won't progress and there won't be much point in continuing to meet. He is faithful however.
I love Fast Sundays (Fast Sunday is usually the first Sunday of every month when we fast for two meals and donate the cost of those meals to help the poor), the members here (as I repeatedly say) are wonderful and I love them so much. I feel like out of everything their testimonies are easiest to understand in Polish. Sister Kuchno asked us elders for a priesthood blessing, it was such a humbling experience. It was the first blessing I have done in Polish. The Spirit was present. She is someone in particular I have learned and received much from, she is so faithful and loving.
This week I have found the reality of miracles. We have a huge stack of old Liahonas and Ensigns in our apartment. Elder Meherg and I were flipping through them when he found an article that touched me. It was a simple recount of the absolute faith of a young child. The story taught me something that the other missionaries here have helped me realized. Our Heavenly Father is a God of miracles. Miracles happen today, everyday, they occur as we pray for them with faith. Thanks to the great love our Father in Heaven has for us he blesses us with miracles more than we (at least I) realize. I sometimes forget this, not so much the love but the miracles that happen around us.
I was reading this morning in Jacob, in Chapter 2 he takes the responsibility of teaching his people upon himself. Their lives and salvation he claims as his personal responsibility. That really spoke to me. The people in my life are mine, they are a blessing to me and I need to accept that responsibility I have over them. Such a humbling prospect but an exciting one too. I have decided to commit to take the responsibility of sharing the gospel with people that have been placed in my life.
This past week I stepped up my game. I have worked hard since I got in the country but my diligence and intensity increased. It feels good, I am being blessed and I am progressing. My understanding is coming. I still have a long way to go but my comprehension, what I have been struggling with most and what hinders my communication with others most - understanding - is becoming easier.
Life is good. Elder Meherg and I are doing well, we have an exchange starting this evening with Elder Finch and Elder Garret. I am excited and a little nervous to be the senior companion for a couple days but overall I'm really looking forward to it.
Thank you always.
z miłością,
Starszy Kimball
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