Trusting the Lord and his timing

Hola Todos!

Today I just wanted to share the "theme" I guess of my week. This past week and a half has involved a lot of heartfelt and tearful prayers, long hours of study, and lots and lots of fun too. I wanted to focus on a couple things that really impacted me this week.

As some of you know, passport and Visa applications and processing can take a VERY long time. I didn't personally feel up and ready to start those processes until about a month before I started my training, so about 6 and a half weeks ago. I knew it was really late, but I just hadn't felt like it was time for me to start working on them yet. Anyhow, when I went to the post office with my dad to get a passport, the lady told us it would take 6-12 weeks before my passport got back to me. This was kind of a blow to me, but I was expecting it would take a long time, so I wasn't really surprised. However, that night, I just knelt and prayed that my passport and Visa processes would take place according to the Lord's timing. A couple weeks went by and I didn't think much of anything. My family took a week trip to Eastern Oregon, and when we came back, there was a letter, and lo and behold just THREE weeks after I applied for one, my passport had come back! Now to add more to this miracle, I had received an email early that week saying that if my passport and VISA application wasn't in Salt Lake City by Friday, the day we returned from our trip, then I would be reassigned to labor in another area in the United States for a time, instead of Mexico, until my VISA had been processed. Unfortunately, my passport would not arrive to SLC on that day, obviously, but I again sent it on ahead the next day and knelt and prayed that night that, again, my VISA would be processed according to the Lord's timing. Another couple weeks passed by. I started training for my mission. And on Sunday, two full weeks now into my training, I received an email from my stake president, my local church leader of our area, saying that my VISA has gone through and giving me a date to fly to SLC for an appointment at the Mexican Consulate there! I truly felt blessed when I heard this news and knew that my prayers had been answered.

Another large part of this is trusting in the Lord that whatever happens, it will be for my good. This week I've been praying and studying a lot on how to trust the Lord better and trusting that He has the best plan for my life. An Elder serving in the congregation I attend each week spoke about this very thing this past Sunday. He said "Serving the Lord takes a certain effort, and a certain amount of responsibility to be able to leave the world behind, and have faith in the future that He has in mind for you". I know this to be true. Our Heavenly Father has a plan for us, and while I know this with certainty, it still takes faith and hope to leave my life in the hands of the Lord and trust the future He has planned for me. I can say, however, that as I've trusted my life in the Lord's hand, I've felt his love and comfort and felt so many blessings. I would implore each of you to talk with our Heavenly Father in prayer and ask to see the things he would have you do. I know you'll be blessed by following that answer.

I love you all and would love to hear from you throughout the week!

Hasta la próxima semana!
Élder Kyle Jensen

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