Hello Family!
Glad that everything worked out perfectly when i made that
skype account and you were right there to add me! Miracle!!! This week has been
CRAZY! SO, we had a lesson with an older grandma in our branch who i'm sure
will be translated anytime now. She tries so hard to do what is right and wants
so badly to do all the missionary work she can in her little babushka body. She
just reffered a neighbor to us which has clearly been prepared for the message
of the gospel and as we taught a little about the gospel of Jesus Christ, she
asked the perfect questions with an open heart. She is now on date for the 14th
of January! She accepted it and everything and seems to really want to find
peace in her life! Her name is Valentina and she has a family that struggled alot
but has just started to level out a little. She is in her mid-50's i believe.
Prayers on her behalf would be greatly appreciated and expecially so she can
attend church each sunday. Work is looking like it may be an issue for her but
i feel she understands the urgency and has great desire to serve God now that
she has found truth. Such a great blessing!!! We also just had transfer's this
week and my companion became Assistant to the President and Elder Loveridge is
now my companion. He is a great Elder from Utah that i look forward to serving
with. We are already seeing great miracles and seeing the blessings from being
a unified companionship. We are also learning great things from our experiences
as zone leaders! We had a zone leaders council with president Bennet from the
area presidency which was a great wake up call. He really pointed out some of
our weaknesses and help us make steps towards correcting them and helping our
mission do the same. He has really focused on us opening our mouths and speaking
to everyone. Its not only overcoming fear but a real change of attitude,
expecting to find those who we are ready. He talked exactly about a concern i
had about seeing our results and it was so great how he helped us see the more
mature way of seeing things, expecting great results but not letting ourselves
get discouraged when we face adversity. It is all in the Lords time, we
shouldnt be so imatient to see the will of the Lord take place here. Those
things he has promised will take place without fail, but we may or may not see
that during our time here. It is our job to work as hard as we can right now
and that will be enough. Have strong enough faith to keep running and running
and sacrificing and sacrificeing without needing the fuel from the tank of visible
results. I feel this is a large reason to why i have been called here, to learn
this one concept. I love the Lord and am so grateful that he has placed me in
the perfect place in the perfect time for my good and for the good of those
with whom i associate. It is the same for all of us, no matter where we are no
matter what we are doing. God has prepared specific people that we ourselves
can only touch and help. It is our choice to honor that trust the Lord has for
us. The Lord loves us all so much and he gives us all such great oppurtunities
and we must take them if we ever want to face our Heavenly Father with peace in
our hearts at the judgment day. I love you all so much and i look forward to
talking to all you who will be at home on the day after christmas! Happy
Holidays!!!!
With Love,
Elder Ostler
