The subject line is an inside joke between Elder Johnson and I that we never want to forget. Y'all probably won't think it's funny. Let's just say that there were no migraines involved and the person that thought they had a migraine simply said they were overreacting.
So the past few days have been so great! Some of the best of my mission. Elder Johnson is a stud and we have been doing well together. We served in the same district on campus about a year ago so we were already friends and it has been great to companions.
Here's a few highlights of the week! On Saturday we got to teach a couple that I dearly love. Their names are Gary and Sherry.We had lost contact with them because they have been so busy but when we stopped by they were so excited to see us and let us right in. They are so great and they are willing to learn. A funny thing was that since I'm friends with them on Facebook, Sherry said "I have seen your mom's posts of you on Facebook and let me just say, you are her world. She love you so much and is so proud of you." I thought that was really cool. I am thankful that I have loving and supportive Mom! It's also cool that we have facebook now so people recognize that we are real people that truly care about what we are doing.
On Sunday I got to sing in church! It was great! I sang an arrangement of "Hark all ye Nations" and "I hope they call me on a mission" some of the young men sung too. It was really awesome. I'm thankful I had the opportunity to do that.
Also on Sunday night we had an amazing miracle. We had some pretty good plans for the day but then the Lord changed it up on us. Our dinner cancelled and another family had us over so we were in a different place at a different time of the day than we originally planned. We ended up working this one area in the evening that we had originally planned working in the afternoon. We knocked on this door and this lady answered that doesn't speak English at all. But she has an app on her phone that let's you talk into it and then it translates right then so we communicated that way. When we told her that we were missionaries she let us right in! She is from Venezuela and has been here for a little bit. She had to flee her country because of all the terrible things happening there. She was telling us all the terrible things she has had go through and I was blown away. We shared Alma 7:11-13 with her and the spirit touched her heart. She really opened up and she said that right before we knocked on her door she was talking to her family on the phone and telling them all the terrible things and was about to start crying. But we were able to bring her hope to her life. It was amazing! She wants a copy of the Book of Mormon in Spanish so we are gonna bring her that tonight. I'm so glad we were led to her. The Lord's hand is truly in this work and he will always lead us to those that are prepared to receive the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that the message we share "is the pleasing word of God, yea, the word which healeth the wounded soul" (Jacob 2:8). It definitely healed her wounded soul last night.
I love you mom! Thank you for all you do.
Your son,
Elder Collier
