Miracles!

Let us cheerfully do all things that lie within our power and then stand still, with utmost assurance, to see the miracles of God, and His arm to be revealed. (Probably super bad paraphrase, spanish and english gets mixed up, and I don´t have my scriptures with me). But this scripture (DyC 123:17) has been the theme of the week. Do all within your power, but then sometimes you just have to be still and trust God, and watch for His miracles. They just might be different miracles than the ones you had in mind. Miracle: A couple weeks ago, we were standing at a corner waiting for the light to change. Across the street, also waiting, was a youngish man holding the hand of a little boy. They looked Haitian (super duper common) But what wasn´t common, was how sharp of a contrast that beautiful scene stood around the relationships we usually see between adults and children. Maybe it was just because it looked so peaceful and loving, or maybe the spirit was telling me he needed to hear what I had, but I knew we needed to talk to him. So when the light changed, I told Hna Safeer to stay put, we were going to catch him as he crossed. He crossed over to our side, and I awkwardly jumped into a conversation trying to stop him from walking away. He was pleasant, and I asked him if he would read a folleto (pamphlet). He said yes, and I asked if he would prefer Spanish or French. He took a French one. And that was that. I walked off feeling good that I had followed the spirit. Weeks later. I was on an intercambio with our Hermana Leader (which was cut short because she tripped and we had to go home.) Anyway, we were out, and she suggested we contact in a place I wouldn´t have thought of. First door we knock, guess who it is. Yep. I about jumped up and down I was so excited. He remembered us and set a cita with us for the next day. We came back and had an incredible lesson. He is so smart and so ready. It was super deep and I know it was the spirit answering his questions, because we got into things like, he asked why Jesus would say that He would build His church on Peter, but then if Joseph Smith started another, then Christ would have two churches, and that wouldn´t make sense. I showed him how Peter was the last one with that authority and how he came and gave it to Joseph Smith, creating an unbroken chain down to our prophet today. It was incredible. I have no idea how I answered all his questions, and he had a bunch. So then he was going to come to church. I was super sad that he didn´t, until at the end, I saw that he was in the Bella Vista ward! Why didn´t I explain that there are 2 ward that meet at almost the same time and switch between sacrament and class?! But at least he went! I´m really excited to see how it goes with him. And last night when I just wanted to go home (Because Sundays are outrageously difficult for me) I saw so many miracles after I went just a little farther than I thought I could. I realized something really important about agency last night as I was trudging through the streets. Satan just got too frustrated with people. He wanted them to have the joy of the gospel, but he didn´t love them enough to let them choose it. I´m so frustrated with agency. I love people enough to want them to have the gospel and to experience the blessings. But Heavenly Father loves us all with such an infinite love that I can´t quite comprehend, that He loves us enough to let us choose it. I love people enough to want them to come to church, but I don´t love them enough to rejoice in their agency. I need to love them more. Every problem on the mission can be drawn back to not loving enough, I feel like. But at the same time, loving people more means getting my heart broken more. How can Heavenly Father love us so much that he continues to trust us when His heart gets broken so often that sometimes maybe He doesn´t want to keep putting it out there? Love you all! Love, Hna Peck