Well Im glad to hear that veryone had a good time at Zions and the 4th was good. Mom, I got your package, and I am loving it!! I know it takes so long to get anything here and its kind of a pain a lot of times, but Im glad that you guys keep sending them.
I dont have a whole lot of time today, but I wanted to relate a story about Patricio, the man who changed his life around for the church. The other day he broke my heart. We went by and he was drunk and cigarettes littered his house like crumpled up pieces of paper. It almost made me cry listening to his half drunk slurs and mispronounced words.
Leaving his house made me sick, knowing that I had let him go, slowly slipping ever farther away from what is the everlasting gospel. I know now a little bit more how Heaveny Father feels when we slip up or make a mistake. He is not angry, he is not ready to lift up his sword of justice and gleefully smite us down. I realized what he will be doing as the evil are swept into an everlasting pit of sorrow and dispair: crying. He doesnt want to be just, but he has to. For us to be saved, his plan has to be just. I know that my experiences here are making me understanding just a little bit more how God feels towards his children. I was given the privilage of being at the confirmation of Luis and Cesar, the 70 and 19 year old. As one is failing, two are coming into the fold. Being at their confirmation reminded me of being at a baby shower or something. It was the beginning of two new lives. Two lives that will journey through this life and try as hard as they can to obey their father. I wanted to just hold them there and not let them go, knowing what could happen to them. That I think would be another thing I imagine God felt as he sent us here.
I am appreciating the love of god more and more each day and understanding just a little bit more what it means to be a child of God.
I love you All!
Con Amor,
Elder Westover (the kid who celebrated the fouth of July in Chile)
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