First off I just gotta give a
Shout out to the Parkway 9th ward for being THE BEST WARD IN THE WORLD!!!!!! I cannot
express how grateful I am to each and every one of you for fasting and praying
for me these last months and epically this last week! For those of you who don’t
know I have been extremely sick the last few weeks/months. But through the
Prayers and Help from a Loving Heavenly Father I have finally began to get
better!
One reason I have chosen this
title is because I am still fighting these illness. And how I’ve been tried. But
I cannot thank my Heavenly Father enough for these trials, I have become so
much more in tune to the Spirit and have had to learn to trust in the Lords
Timing. This last Saturday we were walking around and Teaching the Gospel like
we always do as missionaries, and as many of you know the importance of Working
on Saturdays I wanted nothing more than to visit my investigators so that they
could be reminded/excited to Attend Church the following day. Anyway it was
still early and I just couldn’t take another step, holding back tears I sat
down on the curb and Prayed (or more like begged) for Strength to keep on
going. My companion sat down at my side and we decided that we needed to go
back to the house or Id only get worse... but just then some lady that I have
never meet before sat down next to us and said to me in English "You guys
are missionaries right? Is there something wrong?" I wasn’t sure if I was
more surprised by a stranger sitting down next to me or that she spoke in English....
but after talking to her for a while we learned that she lived in New York for
33 years and that her Daughter got Baptized a few years back. She then told us
that she had wanted to get Baptized too but couldn’t because she wasn’t married
to her husband. But after her Husband passed away she had to come back to
Ecuador and she told us that she wants to be baptized again!!!! I just felt so
overpowered by the Spirit confirming me that the Lord really is with me and
that sometimes we do have to step back, take a deep breath, and get our feet
under us again.
But wait the story gets
better!! She invited us to come back and start teaching her this week! But we
recently learned that Elder D. Todd Christofferson, of the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles is coming down here this Saturday and Sunday!! We will
first have a meeting with him as a mission this Saturday and then he
will be coming to my Stake for Easter Sunday!!! I cannot tell you how
excited I am to finally meet an Apostle! But also for all my investigators to
have the chance to hear his message as well!!!
Love you all so much and pray
that you all have a great week!
From Zack to his Mom:I’m feeling all right...
kinda getting better kinda getting worse. But I’m happy. I gotta go but I love
you!!!
From Zack to his Dad: I keep going back and forth
on getting better and worse.... like every time Chikungunya gets better,
Gastritis gets worse and vise versa.... but I’m happy and I have learned to
trust in Gods Timing! I have felt the wards prayers so much this week. I wasn’t
sure why but something was different about this week... I was equally sick and
sometimes I just couldn’t leave the house I was too weak, but en every moment I
could just feel Gods love and the Spirit so powerfully. I knew that He was with
me and that many people were praying for me. I can honestly say that I never
thought that there was a difference between one prayer or a hundred for the
same cause. Oh how I was wrong. I am so grateful for the Amazing ward we have
back there in South Jordan!!! Thank you so much for all your prayers!!
