Ministering Miracles

We had some great experiences this week. Here are a couple:

- We traveled to Fort Bragg to meet with some good members and friends of ours at their beach cabin. We took a sunset hike on the beach, they fed us an incredible dinner, then we sat around their campfire near the beach in the moonlight and had a lesson about the temple. Best lesson ever! Made me homesick for Scouting.

- We put on our third monthly Missionary Movie Night and Ice Cream Social. We showed “Facing the Giants.” The event was a huge hit and the movie was faith inspiring.

We see miracles daily as people change their lives and come closer to Christ. Here is a story of one such brother as recorded in Elder Stewart-Longhurst’s journal:

Today a new brother came to church completely on his own. He said he was an active member of the church years ago, but his wife didn’t like the church and wouldn’t let him attend or let any church members in their home. She had just died two weeks ago and now he was back, wanting to get active again and asking for help to go to the temple. MIRACLE. Obviously, I set an appointment with him. As I sat next to him in Priesthood, he asked who the prophet was. I told him Russel M Nelson and he asked if I had a picture of him because he didn’t recognize the name. He then told me Gordon B Hinkley was the prophet last time he came to church. Later on in Priesthood, the lesson was on ministering and the brethren were talking about how hard it is to just go up to some member’s door that you’ve never met before and ask how they are doing. One brother said he had actually been almost thrown off a few doorsteps doing that. At that, this new brother raised his hand and said, “I am THAT guy. No one from the church was ever allowed in our home. But I am glad you kept coming by because now that I’m ready, I know where to go.” The spirit was strong. You could’ve heard a pin drop. Great story.