Family and Friends,
Testimony builder of the week: a Fast truly does work
So if you remember back to April our beloved prophet, invited us to do a fast for those affected by Covid, and for me at least after the fast I didn't see a whole lot of improvement. And then with our Friend Hasey here in Hagerstown we have fasted with her 2 separate times and nothing improved. She didn't get a job and still had to work on Sundays and still can't get baptized... so I have always known fasting was good and that it was a commandment from God, but I didn't have a super strong testimony of that and so the Lord thought it was expedient to teach me the importance of Fasting.
So to start my week I was studying in the Book of Alma and a scripture caught my attention in a way that it never had before. Alma 30:2 says,
"also after the DAYS of fasting, and mourning, and prayer... there began to be continual peace throughout all the land."
It says that after DAYS of fasting they were able to find the peace that they were searching for! At times the Lord will answer the fast after one time, but sometimes it takes days of fasting to receive the blessing we need!
So this week we were blessed with the wonderful opportunity to fast 3 different times, for three separate reasons.
1. Last Sunday we were invited by our mission President to join in a special fast for a sister who was in the hospital for a week!
2. Hasey needed some direction in her life so she said she was going to fast this past Wednesday and so we told her we would join her and so we did!
3. Yesterday we had the monthly fast!
And oh my goodness, my beloveds, the Lord answers prayers! We were able to see 10 of our friends we are teaching come to church yesterday!! 10!!!!!! And Hasey her husband and their whole family were some of them!!!!! What a glorious sight it was!!
Also Miriam and her family came yesterday and then they had a interview after church with the Branch President and then the Branch President interviewed the 17 year old son and next Sunday he will get ordained to be a priest and then baptize his sister immediately after!!! What a glorious day it will be!!!
And to just think that 5 weeks ago was the first time that this family came to church in a couple of years. And to see the change they have made is truly inspiring!!! I love this gospel!!!!!!!!!!
Remeber, Fasting works, may take a couple of times, but the blessings will always come! Never count God out!!!
Elder Jorge
1. Our friend Angel
