May 30, 2016
Hello Everyone!
If any of you had the opportunity to ask me what I was most worried about my mission, I would've told you that I was most worried about the scorpions. I was most worried about dealing with the poison. Well, I know how to deal with it now.
Last night, I was taking some things out of the garage where we live. As I opened the door and started to step outside, before I even put my foot down, I felt pain shoot up my foot from my big toe. I looked down, saw something scurry away from the door, then dropped to the floor as the pain went from uncomfortable to severe. The other elders in my house were asking me what's wrong, and I just kept asking for ice. Once I got some on my toe, I told them there was a scorpion outside. They hunted it down and caught it. Once it was secure in a Tupperware, we put him in the freezer and left him there overnight. All the while, the pain was slowly subsiding. It's now 17 hours later, and the side of my toe is numb, my foot and lower leg are tingling, but other than that, I'm in ship shape! Things all worked out.
This week has been awesome, actually. I went on exchanges with one of the zone leaders this week, and they cover the Gila River Indian Reservation. We only got to teach one family, but it was such an amazing experience. We sat down with two less active guys, Uriah and Dennis, and we read 2 Nephi 31 with them, explaining the importance of the Doctrine of Jesus Christ in our lives. They loved it, and they understood everything we talked with them about. After we left, Elder McMichael, the missionary I was with for the day, explained to me that they had been working on getting Dennis to join them in the lessons for months; this was the first time anyone had seen him involved in a lesson in years! Small things like that make it all worth it. Even when you're struggling through tough times, you can rest assured that things will get better, as long as you put your trust in God, and start acting on that trust.
In fact, our hard work has been paying off. We've been struggling with finding new people to teach, and struggling with our investigators meeting on a regular basis. We haven't been able to really meet with someone in about two weeks. In Alma 8:9-10, we read about how Alma dealt with a similar problem:
"Now Satan had gotten great hold upon the hearts of the people of the city of Ammonihah; therefore they would not hearken unto the words of Alma.
Nevertheless Alma labored much in the spirit, wrestling with God in mighty prayer, that he would pour out his Spirit upon the people who were in the city; that he would also grant that he might baptize them unto repentance."
That is the key to this work. When we put in our honest effort and offer up diligent, mighty prayer to God, asking for specific help and guidance, God will grant unto us blessings in accordance to that which we have asked for. I know that is how we have been blessed here in the field. This week, we met two new people through the members in our ward, and they both are wonderful! One has come to church twice, and wants to come back as much as possible, and the other is reading the Book of Mormon. I love this work!
Thank you all for your prayers and support! I can feel them every day.
Love,
Elder Grover
1-3: Scorpion Pics
4-5: Rez Pics
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