January 14, 2009

Sunday we saw miracles. It has been hard to get people into church. But Rafaele and Cosimo (his grandson) came at 11:10 just in time for us to go with them and pick up another lady Rita to come to church. We had 3 in church and they felt the spirit. The spirit was so strong. I gave the closing talk on Repentance. But i put a twist on it. I shared the story of jonah and stressed the importance of change and repentance and that it is a beautiful thing and then i said that we cannot repent without forgiveness. Jonah learned this. That after his huge repentence experience he could not forgive others that didnt know what they were exactly doing and he would have felt so much better, full of love and have a huge burden lifted off his shoulders if he would have just forgiven them regardless of what they did. I need this talk so badly. My heart was filled with love from my Savior. The spirit was so strong that i could not articulate all that i wanted to say. I love this church. I know that it is true with all of my heart. I am learning so much from those around me, the other elders, my members and investigators. I feel like I am about to leave and a part of me is happy because i know that i have more to do but a huge part of me is sad to leave. I have 2 more weeks and i am going to give it my very all in these last to weeks. Time flies. I love you so much. THe gospel true and our savior and father love us so much. I have no doubts about that. I love this church with all of my heart. Love, Elder Beau Brewster