MTC Musings

This past week Elder Harrison wrote:

This week, the most interesting and powerful thing that has happened was to hear Hermana Lucero's, one of my teachers, conversion story. She lived in Chiuaua (I don't know how to spell it :) Mexico. She was extremely poor, even for Mexico. She was 14. She and her siblings were in a parade and were all dressed in white. Later, they found out the missionaries saw them dressed in white and felt like they were ready to be baptized. She was walking with her friends and they shouted "hey handsomes" at the missionaries because they looked like such gringos. She felt horrible when she got home and they were there. Her family automatically accepted it but she was very resistant because she believed in the Virgin Mary. When she was 4 she was lost in the city for 10 hours. And a nice lady luckily found her and posted pictures and she was found. Her mom told her that she prayed to the Virgin and that's why she found her. The missionary shared a story of how a mom was giving food to her neighbor for her son, who was begging there but was too proud to go home. This is how God still answers prayers, even though they're sometimes directed to the wrong person.  She went on to tell how she had to quit school and work for 3 years, but really wanted to go to the church highschool in Mexico City. She finally earned enough money for the first semmester but didn't have any more. She trusted it would all work out and went anyways. She ended up getting a scholarship for good grades. When she applied for a visa to come here, she didn't have very much money and they don't like to give visas to those without many prospects. But when she said that she was coming to the U.S. so she could make a difference in her and her family's life, the officer just gave it to her. She was a great example to me of how we could change people's life so dramatically. It was touching and made me excited to get out there to help.

I finished "Jesus the Christ" today! It was an amazing and really strengthened my testimony and knowledge of the Savior. I'm excited to get my travel plans tomorrow :) Thanks for all the support and love.

Con amor
Parry