How are all of you guys doing? I hope all is well! We are doing really well here, the weather is changing and is starting to get really warm which is nice! I am enjoying it a lot more now here in Los Vilos. Beach life! (I will send pictures)
We had some pretty cool stuff happen this week too! We had a zone conference which was really cool. I didnt get any pictures of that because I was constantly trying to get stuff ready and traveling, kind of a mess but I liked it a lot. We learned a lot of new stuff and we had some really good food! Kinda miss some good ol american food.
We also had a cool experience at church yesterday. We are teaching a guy named Martin, and he has been working super hard lately and going to school so he doesnt have all the time in the world but always tries to make an effort to get to church. And the cool thing that happened yesterday was when he showed up he said that he had a surprise, and I at the time was trying to get a dog out of the chapel (cause we live in Chile), and he said the surprise but I didnt here it. So I asked again and he said he wants to be baptized as soon as possible and said he is willing to do anything in his power to do it. So we are now working with him to prepare him for this. Super cool experience we had!
I also wanted to share my testimony with all of you. I give it every once in a while but every day it seems to grow stronger and stronger so what else can I do but share it with all of you. I have a testimony that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the kingdom of God here on this earth. We have been sent here to live our life to the fullest and make good decisions along the way. I love the Lord Jesus Christ and our Father in Heaven, and they love all of us. As long as we work hard to follow the commandments we will be blessed, I know that for a fact, not a "I think" but a "I know". I love all of you and am so grateful for each and every one of you. Please be careful, make good decisions, and love one another. These things I leave with you in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Elder Jorgensen
I want to add my testimony to my boy's testimony.
I have really started from the ground on my journey of recovery.
That includes my testimony.
Like, do I really have one?
Is this really all it's cracked up to be?
I have had some serious blows to my testimony over the last five months...
As such, I have really pondered and prayed for very different things, in very different ways.
T has stayed on me to do those things, and to take those steps... as has my counselor.
I told Jackson, as I talked to him Monday, about a super cool experience I had this weekend.
I sat and told the other boys about it yesterday.
I have $300 worth of bills that are due today. (Tuesday)
These bills are above and beyond what I was able to pay with my full-time job's paycheck.
I dashed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Prior to dashing on Friday, I knelt in prayer.
I asked the Father for the ability to cover these bills with my dashing.
I told the Father that my goal for Friday would be $150 and my goal for Saturday would be $150.
That's a lot.
Like, a lot a lot.
Friday, when I ended my shift, I had made $77.
Mind you, I was working with strep throat and a fever of 103.
Saturday, I got up - my fever had broke, so I went to the gym to walk on the treadmill for a minute prior to starting my shift.
I was scheduled to work a ten hour shift.
As I got on the treadmill, I got a notification on my phone from Dash.
Now, when you go to a restaurant to pick up food, the base pay and the tip are immediately added to your electronic account - prior to even picking up and delivering the food.
When you pick up a grocery order, say from Walmart, only the base pay is added immediately.
The tip, if the customer decides to do a tip, is not added until after...
I got a notification that one of my grocery deliveries had just added a $99 tip.
$99.
I stood on the treadmill, crying.
I was in complete awe of a direct miracle.
MIRACLE.
Answer to my prayers.
I was now at $176, prior to starting my Saturday shift.
I was above my Friday goal.
I made my goal.
I am able to pay the bills due today.
Because of an answer to prayer.
I still have many questions about the Church.
However, I have zero questions about the Gospel.
God knows us.
Our Heavenly Mother is cheering us on with a love that I can't even comprehend.
We are known.
We are seen.
We are loved.
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