Arica: Teaching an American

Hey everyone!

This week has been pretty miraculous! I'm not sure if I told about one of our investigators, so sorry if I repeat anything, but here is the story, we'll take it way back to when I was in the MTC!

When I was in the MTC something pretty sad happened, I lost my English Book of Mormon! I was devestated! It was a gift from my Grandma and had my name etched in it and everything! I prayed to find it, looked everywhere, checked the lost and found every day for a couple weeks, but to no avail. I was more than a little frustrated and wondered why this would happen. Grudgingly, I went to the MTC store and bought the only English Book of Mormon they had, one with the blue cover, like the kind that the missionaries normally give out.

A couple of months passed. I didn't really think much more of this. I started to read the Book of M
ormon a lot more in Spanish, which I now do exclusively. A couple of weeks ago we got a reference from some other Elders in our city. We went to contact this reference and were surprised to find out that it was a gringo named Andrew, who spoke little Spanish. We started to talk with him and he was eager to listen. So we set an appointment for the following day.

When we were in our apartment preparing for the day, I remembered that Book of Mormon. Here in Chile, it's a little bit difficult to get ahold of English Book of Mormon's. We gave this Book of Mormon, which I had by miracle and by the Hand of the Lord, to Andrew. Andrew has been reading it daily and told us that he has gained a testimony of the Book of Mormon and of the Church! His baptism is scheduled for the 16th of this month!

The Lord works in mysterious ways. But he has a plan for all of us! We just need to be patient and he will reveal it!

Stay strong in prayer and read the Scriptures daily!

Love you all!

Elder Walker