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God's Hand


What a week!!! God is so good. Let me tell you a quick story about how God does his work. 

Okay, there's this guy named Calvin who joined the church almost 4 years ago, but he hadn't been for a few years and no one knew what happened. We had his wrong phone number or address, and he didn't reply on Facebook, and we kind of gave up. Then, we've been spending more time on Facebook trying to share the gospel lately, and Sister Maxfield found a different profile for Calvin through a friend of a friend. We messaged him, and he ANSWERED! We had a video call with him, and he's a cool guy. Turns out he hadn't been coming to church cause he's a firefighter and travels and works Sundays and just lost contact with the church. We asked if he'd want to meet in someone's home for church Sunday evening after he got off work, and he said yes, if it was at Brother Isabell's house. 

We were hyped, so right away, we went to call Brother Isabell. We have everyone in our congregation's number, and Brother Isabell's was not there. We decided to figure it out later cause we had some appointments to go to. 

That night we went to a Relief Society activity where we listened to some speakers talk about New Year's. Guess who the last speaker was-- Brother Isabell!!! We talked to him about Calvin, and he was so excited. It turns out Brother Isabell is in the young adult ward now, which is actually perfect cause Calvin's a young adult. 

We went over with Calvin Sunday night and all these YSA were there, and we watched the Gong's devotional together. Calvin really enjoyed it, and it was such a nice time. Through this whole experience, it's been obvious to be that Heavenly Father really loves and cares about Calvin and is actively working in his life. So many tender mercies and little miracles that show that God is reaching out. 

I know God loves each of you so much and is very aware of you. Look for Him in your life. 

LOVE YOU!

Sister Liberty Johnson

 

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