Dear Everyone!
How has your week been? This week has been awesome! HAPPY
LATE 4th of JULY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you all for your letters and
patriotic treats!:D It is absolutely one of my most favorite holidays! It's a
bummer that I am a pyromaniac! I couldn't blow anything up this year. We spent
many hours going back and forth between homes of investigators and the hospital.
It appears as this is a good time of year for people to get injured. We were
supposed to have our P-DAY on the 4th, but were too busy giving blessings. It
was a very spiritual day. 2 cases were for less-active members. I will call
them Todd and Amy. Todd tweaked his back and we and a member went there
to give him a blessing. He couldn't even sit up. He felt so "un-worthy" of a
blessing, but the member was able to assure him that anyone can have a
blessing. No matter the things we have done. We can have faith, repent, and work
on being better. It was a great blessing. We left and less than an hour later we
received a call that Amy pulled something in her back and was unable to move as
well. We arrived to the hospital and she was in a hospital bed laying on her
stomach. She couldn't even roll over or move anything without having
excruciating pain...Due to us coming and going so often there was a little
inside joke between us and the hospital employees, "We're Back"! Haha,
literally. So many back injuries. She appears to be doing better now. I am so
grateful for the healing power Christ gives us. These are some of the greatest
experiences anyone could ever wish to experience. Witnessing modern miracles
before my eyes. The love of Christ is so strong, even for those who have gone
astray. I sometimes feel his love is even stronger for those who aren't living
what they know to be true. He wants us all to return and will give everyone the
opportunity to do so. Not just 1 opportunity, but time after time after time he
picks us up, brushes us off and tells us to get back out there and play. Life is
great.
Elder Filby and I are privileged to go down to Bloomington today
to play basketball, shop at Costco, and have an interview with our Mission
President. Looking forward to the day. We will stay in Bloomington tonight, and
tomorrow is Zone Leader Counsel (ZLC). We are trained by our Mission President
on how to be better leaders and we discuss ways to better the work in our zones.
Elder Filby and I have been asked to train the Zone Leaders on how to find
people to teach. Looking forward to it. Going to use some Fishing analogies
mostly because I love fishing, but also because we are fishers of men! Tomorrow
afternoon we will drive to Hutchinson, MN to see some elders and then drive to
Wilmar, Mn to check on some other elders, and end in Alexandria, Mn to do a
baptism interview for those elders. Love to be able to drive around and see the
awesome flat lands of Minnesota. It is quite beautiful this time of
year.
Life is good! Hope you all are safe and staying cool this
summer!
Love you all!
Elder Devin Dillard
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