One
of the many blessings that have come to me as I have been serving my mission is
the awesome people that I get to meet and teach. A year ago I had the chance to
meet one of those awesome people. Her name is Alexandra. As many of you know it
is not easy to be a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. But
as Alexandra has gone through hard times she has also come to know the
wonderful blessings that come to those who follow God’s commandments. And her
testimony in the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ continues to grow. And I would
like to share with everyone her wonderful Testimony:
After
graduating from university, I felt lost and without control. I knew what I wanted to do next but actually
doing it was a completely different thing.
I decided I needed to step back from life for a while and ended up going
to Hawaii with my mother to visit family.
On the morning of July 24th, I woke up and realized that I
needed a change in my life. What I
didn’t know at the time was that July 24th is known as Pioneer Day,
and archaically it has been known as the Day of Deliverance. It also happens to be my birthday. On that day I felt an assurance that I would
somehow be delivered out of the dark fog that was surrounding me. I didn’t know what was coming, but I couldn’t
wait to see what it would be.
August 9th, sixteen days
after my birthday, I had one of those days that made me remember why I went on
vacation in the first place. I don’t
remember why I was so busy but this I do remember: that was the night that
changed my life. Despite my exhaustion,
I somehow ended up on a website called Mormon.org. I don’t know how I ended up on that page or
why I filled in that form but something in my brain told my fingers to do and
my fingers willingly obliged. I remember
staring blankly at my screen wondering if I should click the “start chat”
button to talk with missionaries. It was
9:30 at night, I was exhausted and clearly unaware of what I was doing and I
had no idea what to expect or what I hoped to gain from talking to a
missionary. But after a few minutes
(though it seemed like an eternity) I started that chat. As I waited to be connected I began to have
my doubts and started to question if I should really be doing this. Before I could even try and close the chat
window a message popped up saying:
Agent [Troy] is ready to assist you.
