The Invitation

Dear Family,
This is an idea that I had recently. I think that in these trying times we need to begin to share our testimony with each other more often. Since we don't get together that often I thought that having a place where we can post our testimony might be good. I don't want the testimonies to have to be long or complex but rather the everyday things that we see and feel that make us want to continue to live the gospel. They can be from discussion that we may have at work or impressions that we want to share or from Sunday lessons. I have felt impressed lately to try to recognize the influence of the savior and spirit in my life. I think that it would help and strengthen us all to hear what others in our family also feel. At the end of each year I will print and send everyone in the family a copy of all the testimonies that have been shared that year. I think it will be something cool for posterity also. Well I will start by sharing something that happened to me the other day.
After coming home from the pumpkin patch with my kids a few weeks ago I received a strange message on my cell phone. It was from a lady that I formerly home taught (our ward divided in June) and the Lady was crying and said that she needed to talk to me. The funny thing is that this lady had never been to church and I had never even been inside her house due to the fierce dobberman pincher that tried to kill me everytime I visited. Regardless of this I would share a short message to her on her porch or leave a letter with a short messgage alomost every month. Well, I called her back but there was no answer. So I went by her house and her grandson answered and told me that she was at the hospital and that her husband who had been fighting cancer had had some trouble. I called her new home teacher and he and I went to the hospital to visit them. She was very glad to see me and asked that we give her husband a blessing. We did and I really felt the spirit. Well as we were leaving this lady gave me a hug and whispered to me, "I knew you would come". This really touched me.
I am not sharing this so say how good a hometeacher I am (I'm really not) but rather I was impressed because I thought that each time I have said the same thing to our savior in Prayer. Whenever I need our Saviour he ALWAYS comes to my aid. I know that he is there and will come and help whenever we ask him to.
Well, I hope that all of you can find a few minutes whenever you fell inclined to share your testimony. I know that I could use it and I think that we would all benefit from the sharing of our experiences.