.........because if it is we are having an epidemic. We haven't had any of this for several groups, but for the past many days the missionaries have almost lined up at Richard's door seeking comfort and reassurance and blessings. Maybe it's the spring air, the bright sunshine, the greening of trees, but whatever it is it has hit with a vengeance. It is painful to watch.....but we remind them that it is not fatal. Add this to the never ending group that feels inadequate, is anxious, and overwhelmed, searching their souls for sins, and trying to leap from the world.
Still they are wonderful. We have an elder from Armenia who speaks NO English. The other missionaries do all they can to help him. We have searched for someone in the area who speaks the language and can help him but have come up with a blank. In the meantime, we have connected with a young man in Armenia that we are putting on skype two evenings/week and who is helping him with language and training. I feel for him when I watch him in class just sitting with a blank look on his face. But he does not seem to get down.
Another young man was pulled off the streets of Guyana by missionaries. Two years ago he was homeless and living a seedy lifestyle. He could not read or write. He stood in church last Sunday to bear his testimony. He just stood there for a moment looking around at this beautiful building with it's spectacular grounds and said, "I never dreamed I could be in a place like this." He eats 3 hearty meals a day, dresses in a clean shirt each morning and reads from his own scriptures. It is like Heaven for him!
Interesting.....we have a sister who is from So. London going to the CA Anaheim mission and a sister from Anaheim going to London South Mission. It is a topsy turvy church! But we love it!
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