This last week was wonderful but absolutely busy as well! First, to begin, I would like to give an overview of all the things I did this last week so you can see how busy I am!
On Monday, we still had a lockdown in the evening, so we couldn't leave the apartment after dark (due to the crazy fireworks everywhere) and had a great time watching all of the fireworks go off everyplace. Then, on Tuesday we attended district meeting in Tuguegarao, and helped some missionaries there who are struggling a little bit with their efforts. On Wednesday, President was out of town but Elder Saez, President Jones and I taught a meeting for the new missionaries and their trainers, which went really well. Following that, we prepared for our Mission Leadership Council, and taught a portion in that meeting on Thursday. On Friday, we then had exchanges with some zone leaders from Santiago and had a wonderful time with that. And today, I got a new companion!
As Elder Saez is going home next week and since there are many things for my new companion to learn in being an assistant, President called him in early to prepare. As of now, Elder Saez, my new companion and I are a threesome. His name is Elder Olson, and as I'm sure you must suspect in seeing his name, he is American! I was surprised to find out he was my new companion, but know that we will have a wonderful time serving together. Elder Olson is from Rexburg, Idaho and is actually been out in the mission a little longer than me. That being said, I imagine that he and I will be companions for a few months and then that I will be released.
As I now ponder over the experiences I have had this last week, my mind is drawn to an experience that I had Wednesday night. As I indicated previously, I engaged in teaching a class on Wednesday, and then prepared to teach another the next day. In the process of doing so however, I starting to feel sick. By the time Wednesday night rolled around, I felt really tired and nauseous, which concerned me since I had to teach the next day. As I sat down that night and thought over my concern though, the Spirit prompted me to ask for a blessing, and I did so in result. I had full faith that the blessing would work, but when I woke up the next morning I still didn't feel any better. I still got ready for the meeting though and had faith that the Lord would help me as I helped teach and fulfilled my calling. It was as the meeting started that the sickness I felt went completely away, and I had a wonderful experience as well in being able to teach my fellow missionaries.
I am not shy to say that what I experienced I consider to be a modern-day miracle. I have heard many individuals tell me over the course of my mission that the days of miracles are over, but I have come to know through many personal experiences that that is not true. Indeed, it is only "if there be no faith among the children of men [that] God can do no miracle among them" (Ether12:12). If we do have faith however, we will be like those in the scriptures who wrought about miracles through faith (Ether 12:16). Over my mission I have seen the sick be healed, the poor miraculously obtain money to go to church, and the saddest of people become happy. Miracles still do exist, and the amount that we see in our lives truly is predicated on the amount of faith we have. It is my hope that we will always be worthy of them in our lives.
Have a wonderful week everyone!
Love,
Elder Pulley
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