¨Encontré mi AMIGO!¨ (I found my Friend!)

This past week I was reminded of just how special my time in Iquitos was and how it has a big spot in my heart. During my time there we befriended a less active member and began working with him to get him active and excited about serving a mission. His name is Elmer Garcia. We would always invite him to go on visits with us and sometimes late at night he would show up at our room looking for someone to talk to. We shared a lot of great moments together including the receiving his mission call. While his was waiting for his call to arrive he came to our room late one night to share with us a dream that he had.
He was in the Pre existence with all of his family and a friend. The friend that he was with was he best friend in the pre existence but didn’t know his name or remember very well his face. He remembers the way that they both felt together and waiting for their call to come to earth. He said that he felt the same excitement and feelings waiting for his call to come to earth as he feels for his mission call. Then one day a messenger came and delivered two letters, one to Elmer and one to his friend. The letter to Elmer said that he had bee called to earth and would be raised in the true church and would have many challenges but would be able to share the truth with many. The letter to his friend said that he wouldn’t be raised in the truth but would pass threw many hard times, confused with the meaning of life, and would have to work hard to find the truth and return to God’s presence. Before the dream ended Elmer made a promise to his friend that he would do everything possible to find him and bring him the truth. As he told us the dream he mentioned that he wasn’t quite sure what it meant but that he knew that what he was doing, with going on a mission, felt like the right thing to do. When I left Iquitos he left for the CCM and I hadn’t heard from him since until last week when I got a letter from him. It was a full piece of paper with three words on it ¨Encontré mi AMIGO¨. (I found my Friend). It was such a strong sense of accomplish and strength to me, knowing that he is being a worthy servant of God and that he is an instrument in his hands. This is Lords work and we are finding his children, our friend, and our brothers and sisters.
Well family sorry this letter isn’t too newsy but I really wanted to share that experience with you all. By small and simple things are great things brought to pass. We can’t underestimate even the smallest of efforts to share this great message.