Hello everyone! Sorry it has been a while but things are better than ever. Recently as I have been serving here in the Oregon City stake we have been focusing a lot on the gathering of Israel. We even received a Gathering Israel Proclomation in the which we have all been commissioned to follow specific invitations to go and gather Israel! One of these invitations is to share our hope and faith filled experiences. In my efforts to be more dilligent in this effort I will be recounting every week one experience from the past little while where we saw the Lord using us as instruments.

One experience we had deals with a woman named Nikki. About 3 months ago Nikki had a very vivid dream that told her she needed to return to the Church of Jesus Christ after about 50 years of inactivity. After having this dream she told her roommate Jana about the experience. Flash forward to about 2 weeks later when me and my companion are driving through the city of Canby. As we were driving I spotted a man working in his yard and felt prompted to pull over and help. He immediately dismissed our help and didn't want anything to do with us. In that short time a car had pulled up behind us on the road and it was Jana. She said that when she saw us she recognized us as missionaries and felt she needed to say hi and invite us over to meet with her and Nikki. Now after about 2 months Nikki is fully active in the church and is going to be recieving a temple recommend. God is mindful of every people and his arms of mercy are extended towards all those who repent and come unto him with full purpose of heart! Christ and his gospel changes lives and heals hearts!



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