March 12, 2008

My beautiful friends and family, I have thousands of spiritual experiences that i wish i could tell you all of them but there is no time, and i cant remember them all. It is hard enough to fit them all in my journal. I wanted to tell you a really neat experience i had last friday night. We saw Manolo and he wasnt doing well and told us he wanted to wait to take the lessons with us until he is feeling better. On our way back we ran into a man named Fabio Chi and gave him a book of Mormon and taught him a little and he wants to learn english from us. We had a good talk with him but it went a little long so we would bearly make it to our appointment... but even then it was pushing it. I wanted to go and try to make it but Anziano Breen said no and we went home to drop off our food that Manolo gave us. I am so glad that we didnt go to our appointment because we decided to do street in Ostia close to our appartment. We had 3 Book of Mormons and gave them all out in an hour. We met a man named Francesco who has a good friend that is a member in Cagliari which is on the island Sardegna. We had the most powerful lesson on the street. At first he didnt take the book of mormon because he didnt feel worthy to read it. He was very sincere and real. We in return bore strong testimony of the love that Jesus Christ has for us regardless of what we have done. He recieved it and we asked him to read alma 7 and then pray to know if this book is true. we asked him if we could pass by and talk to him about this more. He gave us his address and told us the best time to pass by. We talked to many people and they were open and i believe that this happened because of faith. When we just do it half hearted we get only half of the results and blessings. But when we serve with all of our heart, might, mind, and strength that is when he can bless us with all of those blessings that are never ending. Our stake president said this great quote to our ward: "God can not (it is not possible) bless us with celestial blessings if we are living in a telestial condition." I really took that to heart. I love you all. I know that this is true. I know that through this gospel we have so much joy. Never under estemate the power of your testimony. Read the scriptures. Pray sincerly to the one who loves you more than you can imagine. Love, Anziano Beau Richard Brewster