Milagros

We were biking down the street this week and we saw a man installing a window ac and we stopped to help. He wanted us to come over and share a message with him because he is going through some hard trials in his life. We got his information and he lived in the other elders' area. We didn't think much of it until Saturday. The other elders said we were going to do a service project for Luis. Turns out that he has been mentally struggling for 5-10 years and hasn't left home the entire time. We went to clean his house and it seemed like nobody had been living in the house for 10-15 years. We did a lot of cleaning and rearranging for 3 hours and only got done with a third of the house. We are going back tomorrow to clean the outside of his house. Luis also came to church yesterday and loved it!! It was a huge blessing that we were able to find Luis! The one time he has left his house for the past many years we biked by and talked to him. This strengthened my testimony a lot about the Lord putting us in situations and putting people in our path for a reason. As missionaries we are encouraged to talk to everyone we see and this experience was another testimony builder.  All of the fruits and progress that Luis has made is all from the one experience of God putting him in our path. It is amazing for me to see the power of the Lord in our everyday lives. And amazing to see that the one time that Luis leaves home our paths crossed. I don't believe in coincidences. I know that our paths crossing was divinely appointed by God.

Another thing that happened this week is our apartment flooded! We got home for the night and were putting the bikes in and I looked down and was standing in a puddle of water. We called the apartment maintenance people and they came to look at it. Turns out the pipe to the washing machine next door broke and a lot of water came through the wall into our apartment. The guy who cleaned it had a shop vac and sucked up 30 gallons of water out of the carpet.

My friend the tree

It's tempting to not jump in; luckily I'm a missionary and can't!