Week #6 continued

LETTER:  "Ok, so continuing from my email.  The whole MTC changed schedules this week.  So my P-day is on Wednesday now.  As a result of the schedule change, our service assignment is now at 6:00 am, and there are almost twice as many Elders in our assignment.  Because we had so many, we were able to cruise through the daily jobs and get to smaller jobs that were less often done.  Anziano Gibson and my job was to clean out the Narnia Holes (note:  "Narnia Holes" are behind panels in the closet that departing missionaries sometime stash things for new Elders to find.  Not an official part of the MTC....just something they do for fun)  In one of the Narnia Holes, we found a letter.  It was from a former missionary to an Elder in the MTC.  When this letter was written, we have no idea.  The author told about how he had come home from his mission after 6 months.  He said he thought it wasn't for him and that was that.  Upon coming home, he wasn't nearly as happy as he thought he would be.  People thought of him differently.  His cool car, his girlfriend and his life was still there, but it wasn't the same as before.  He eventually married his girlfriend in the temple but she ended up cheating on him and leaving him with 2 children.  He felt left out in Elders' quorum, because he didn't have those missionary experiences.  He couldn't teach his son how to be a missionary because he didn't know either.  He proceeded to explain to this Elder how important and how much of a blessing a mission really is.  He basically just said to suck it up.....As for home, don't worry.  If your sister crashes your cool car, you'll get another. If your girlfriend leaves you, you'll find another.  The Lord won't forget you.  You'll be blessed for your service, it's a promise."
      "It was extremely encouraging.  The miracle, however, came in the manner of which this letter passed through the hands of our district and into its final destination.  We almost just threw it away without reading it, yet we felt prompted not to.  We liked it so much that we shared it with our whole district.  Then, after dinner, 2 of our Elders were asked to accompany a solo Elder to gym, while his companion called home.  Turns out this Elder was calling home because he wanted to go home.  He was sitting by the front door, with his bags, waiting to be picked up.  Our Anziani walked past Sorella Bowman and Jones who happened to have the letter with them.  The sisters knew right then why we had found this letter:  So that we could give it to this young Elder who was leaving.  They ran to the front and handed him the letter.  They told him that the letter was for him and that they knew by the Spirit that it was meant for him.  They promised him that this was where he needed to be.  We don't know if he chose to stay, but we know this:  This was a miracle according to God's will and by God's hands."
     "What are the chances?  Our schedule had to have changed so that we would've had that many Elders in our service assignment.  Without that many Elders, we wouldn't have found the letter.  Anziano Gibson and I could have thrown it away, but we kept it instead.  We could have kept it to ourselves or waited a day to share it.  Elders from our district happened to be in the right place and the right time (and time was ticking) in order to come across this Elder.  What are the chances that they just happened to walk by Sorella Bowman and Jones holding the letter?  What are the chances that they got there right in time?  No.  Heavenly Father intervened today.  I know it.  God knows it.  I cannot deny it."   - Anziano Proctor