Miracles x 100- Week 19

I am so blessed to be a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Two years is a long time but I just can't believe that time has flown by as fast as it has. I am done with my training and have been in the mission field for 13 weeks! I really just can't believe it at all. We have changes today and my companion is leaving this area and I get to stay here! So that will be really cool to continue to teach here in the Ayotla Ward! I will miss Elder Belnap so much though!

We had sooo many miracles this week but I want to focus on just 2 of them. We were able to have 2 different baptisms this weekend and that was a miracle. One of them was Sabatian and he is just such an amazing dude. I love him so much and he has set such an amazing example to me. The miracle with him was that we had intercambios with other missionaries so that we could have his baptismal interview on Friday. When it was time to stop by and do the interview he wasn't there. We looked around everywhere for him. He wasn't at the house or at the church and we didn't know what to do. So we said a prayer and kept going on with the night. We taught English classes and decided to end classes a little early so that we could try and see if he was at his house. And to our surprise he was there!! Such a miracle we were able to find him. He was baptized Saturday morning. :) 

The second miracle was that we were supposed to have 2 baptisms on Saturday but one of them just didn't show up. So we called her and just made sure that everything was okay. She said no, that there was a problem and so Elder Belnap and I were like, we gotta figure this out. Because she was so ready for baptism and everything so we had to figure it out. We fixed the problem and were able to baptize her Sunday morning before church :) 

We had so many more miracles this week but what huge miracles we had with these 2 individuals. Children of God. I know that as we put forth our faith in Jesus Christ he will provide the miracles in our lives. 

I am just so grateful and blessed to be apart of this amazing work and I really look forward to serving the Lord for the rest of my time here in Ayotla and throughout my mission. Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are here to provide a way for us to return and live with them in eternity. I know that we have the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ on the earth today and without it we ALL would be lost and wouldn't be able to find a way back home. 

I love you all so much and love hearing from you. We are a chosen people and are meant to be different from the world. We are meant to stand out and be a light. I encourage all of you to find 1 way to be just a little different than everyone else this week by standing out by living the Gospel of Jesus Christ. You will find miracles just as I did this week as you do this. Keep working hard :)

Love, 

Elder Ricks

Doubt Not, Fear Not