One of my favorite things that happened this week was in TRC. I really enjoy this because we get to teach real members about what questions or problems that we have in their lives. This week, we taught a woman who had once served a mission, but for some reason could not go to church or take the sacrament. I don’t know the reason because, I could not understand her half of the time. Anyway, we started of talking about church and the sacrament, and just talking with her. As we got farther in, I began to talk about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. And how there will always be someone that knows what she is going through and can help her in life and all problems. As I talked about it, the Spirit was so strong in that room. I think that is one of the times that I have felt the Spirit so strongly. It was testifying so strongly to this daughter of God that she has help and she can do all things with Jesus Christ. She felt it so strong that she started crying because of the Spirit. It truly was an amazing experience.
Yesterday was our very last Sunday here in the CCM and they do many different things for those that are leaving to enter the mission field. In sacrament meeting they have us share our testimonies and do a musical number as a district. I was the one that got to arrange the musical numbers so we sang A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief and I Stand All Amazed. It turned out really well for only having a week to come up with something. Each week we get to watch a video on Sunday Night. This week we watched The Testaments and afterwards they show pictures of all of the leaving districts (that’s what one foreign email is). After the video and the slide show, they do a testimony meeting with only those leaving. I liked it because they required testimonies to be straight and to the point and testify of truth, which is what I think a testimony should be. The only thing I didn’t like was that almost no one smiled as they bore their testimony. I was sitting right in front of the pulpit just smiling at everyone. They probably thought that it was really creepy. But the Gospel is something to rejoice about. It brings happiness and joy, not sadness. We should always be smiling because we have the Gospel in our lives.
Well I think that is all that I have for this week. You guys will laugh at me for this, but the people and other missionaries in the CCM are really interesting to watch. I don’t know why, but people normally just make me so happy. And I am so excited to try and bring joy to other people’s lives.
Just to make sure you know, here are my flight plans. I leave the CCM at 2:30 to go to the airport. I board a plane to go to El Salvador at 5:40 then connect to Nicaragua. So I think I will get there about 9:00 in the morning, I’m not sure. I will probably get the chance to email you just to say I got there, but I’m not sure. I am excited for the opportunities that await me and I know that the Lord will be with me always as I am obedient.
Next time I write will be from Nicaragua.
Elder Ferrin
