This week was amazing, like no other I have realized!

This week was amazing, like no other I have realized!  Something changed how I saw things here. The first day here me and my companion got locked out of the house, so I took my luggage to a members and started to work.  Maybe I have said this before, but there is a point to it, when we started to preach we stopped this couple to talk to them, but then my vision went beyond them and I saw this old man struggling with a wheel barrel. My companion felt my concern, so he said."YOU REALLY WANT TO HELP HIM HUH?" and I said yes.  So we went on and helped him.  As we pushed that thing, we realized it had no wheel and our struggle went on for a few miles. We pushed as we talked to him. We thought it would be a one time deal but to our delight it as been a day by day blessing to help this man. It reminded me of the Mormon Message LIFT, which taught me the importance of transforming the things we see as burdens to see them as opportunities to bless others, as the pure love of Christ takes over us, no matter how big the load or how much time is spent on it. This place has motivated me and has made me see the things Jesus went through and to more fully understand his teachings. For here I have seen the sick, the afflicted and even those in there last moments. Now I know why the Lord would teach them, Now I know why he suffered for them and all of us!

Elder Blanco