Monday, May 6, 2019

April showers bring May flowers. (And occasionally power outages)

Hello Everyone!

I hope that you all are well and that life is moving along in the best way for you. This past month has been filled with many uplifting experiences that have ultimately proved the reality of Jesus Christ and His Atonement. As many of you may know I became very ill within the last month, and just as I mentioned in my last email I know that the light of the Savior truly is in and through all things. No matter where we are or how low we may become, He will always stoop lower to lift us higher as we faithfully and humbly look to Him for help.

I also want to testify that this gospel and this work are truly divine. I have seen it mend broken hearts here in Uganda as well as those which are at home as well. The Lord knows each of us and He wants to heal us. Recently we met a sister who had refused for missionaries to visit her husband because she understood at the time that we were a cult and had weird beliefs. As we met her one day she agreed to hear what we share, and she not only realized that we are not a cult, but that there have been truths restored to the earth through a prophet of God. As we shared with her about the loss of the Church of Christ on the earth she felt that the promptings she was having about the churches in Lugazi were true. She agreed for us to return this coming week and she even told us that she wanted us to bless her daughter who is one year and a half and is not able to walk on her own. Two days later we returned to visit and she told us that her daughter is now able to move around the house and gets strength each day. These things are true! Blessings like this can come to us as we have faith and as we do all we can to be reconciled with God.

It is never too late, and we are never too far gone, to become who we are intended to be.
I love you all and hope you have a great week.

Love,
-Elder O'Hagan