I got the package! It was an amazing day! I almost cried and
then when I finally got home I DID CRY!!! I saw the package that you guys had
sent me and I opened it and saw every careful wrapped and tied present. I put
them all on my bed and was enveloped with a spirit of Christmas(and smell!
Thanks for the scentsy bag!). I opened all of the gifts and they were all amazing.
I have almost half of them here in the office! I set up the Christmas tree and
I have the lights plugged in and everything. I love it so much. I will
definitely use it next year wherever I find myself. I could not believe all of
the food and clothes and Missionary stuff that I could use. I used the socks
and the tie the very next day. I love the tie. I opened up the package of legos
and built the ship that very night! I also have that sitting on my desk along
with the most amazing calendar I have ever seen and the GO and DO sign. I have
gotten so many compliments from so many members who pass by the office about
the marble Christ statue. It was an amazing experience for me I will also put
the pins and rings to good use. It was so amazing I still cant believe it
happened. I opened the jerky first thing and started eating one. I shared them
with everyone in the office. The M&Ms were gone within the first day.
Yesterday I had another very spiritual experience. The other
day we were preparing for our lessons I was calling everyone because we had
planned so many lessons that we had to do divisions I was looking forward to
that and all of a sudden people started canceling. One bad phone call after the
other left me desperately looking for people to teach. Eventually we gave up
the idea of doing divisions and let the other office missionaries take the
other member because one of them was so busy he could not leave the office.
After going around looking for people we had the impression to go look for
Hermano Marcos. Marcos is a recent along with his wife. They have a son, I
think he is about a year old. We went to look for him and on the way we passed
a man on the street and said LETS GO CONTACT HIM! We talked to him and shared a
quick story about the restoration of the gospel. He said that he believed in
god but that none of the churches were from god. We asked him when you have a question
for god who should you ask. He said a preacher and I told him that if he wanted
to know something from god he needed to ask god, and that a young man of
fourteen years had the same question as he did and he asked god which church is
true. Then we explained the restoration and he said when do you guys go to
church. We told him what time and where and then we planned a lesson with him
for this Sunday after church. Then we started to walk down the street to go to
the house of Marcos and all of a sudden the phone started ringing. It was
Marcos. He had gone to look for us in the office and so we jumped in a taxi and
went screaming back to the office and we were able to talk to him about the
gospel and how it blesses families. It was an extremely spiritual experience
that I will never be able to forget. There is a quote from Jeffery R. Holland
about when the blessings come and it is "Gods opportunity is Mans
extremity" Its when we feel like there is nothing else to give but we
decide to give it anyway that god steps in and helps to overfill our cup that
may feel empty. I know that this is true. Its in the bleakest times, the
hardest times, the saddest times, the darkest times, when we are tired and
tested and want to give up so badly but don´t that the lord steps in and can
fully shine his light in our lives.
I love you guys so much and I know that you are in good hands. Thank
you for the presents and thank you for the prayers I feel them daily! I love
you so very much.
-Elder Tanner (Shaw)
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