I have two experiences this week that have made my testimony stronger.
So first experience:
I don't know if I told you my family, but a few weeks back, me and my companion and another two Elders from my district were playing basketball on p.day, and the game got faster and faster! Next thing I know, my companion is on the ground, with his shirt over his face finding it real hard to breath!
We stopped the game to find out what was wrong. He said he was allergic to eggs and chicken - which we had eaten that whole week! He said he had been through this before and needed to go to the hospital! So we asked the bishop to take us and he did. We walked him in, and he needed all these injections and the doctor told us if this gets any worse, he will need to go to an upgraded hospital! So within 20 minutes we came from playing a happy game of basketball, to a hospital! After about 4 hours waiting, he was fine.
Then last week, last p.day,we played touch. He survived it, there was no problem, until when we got home.
He started to puff up again all over his body and began to breath really deep. I said, Elder, lets go, we need to go to the hospital before this gets worse! He said to me," "No" Elder Im fine! Im really fine, I can handle this". I said back, "no elder we need to go"!
As I started to get things ready, something told me, "he needs a blessing" I listened to the simple,calm and gentle feeling and I said," before we leave Elder I will give you a blessing"! He agreed and I gave a blessing that I knew came from God through me.
5 minutes later he was fine, the swelling had gone and his breathing calmed down. Both me and my companion and other missionaries saw a simple miracle from God.
This experience is like the experiences of the prophets of old all through the Book of Mormon, Nephi sees the spirit of the Lord in 1 Nephi chapters 11 to 14, the sons of Mosiah and Alma the younger seeing the Angel in Mosiah 27 and the brother of Jared who saw the Lord and was brought back into His presence in Ether 3!
And I know I had a similar experience, I saw the power of God work in front of my very eyes and my companion was fine. The priesthood is the power of God and I'm truly grateful for this experience. I will cherish this memory for the eternities.
Second:
Lately I've been really missing my little Pepe! Despite the many challenges we missionaries have everyday one of my hardest challenges is not seeing my little sister. I've been really missing her to the point where I have been praying to Heavenly Father to give me a dream about her or with her.
It didn't come in an instant but a couple of nights later I had a dream that I was at home. I was lying down in my room and I was pondering. As I was pondering on my bed I heard a noise, a noise that sounded familiar to me, but in my dream I couldn't really recognise who it was!
As I lay down on my bed the voice become louder, and I could understand her voice. She was speaking fluent English! Pepe came speeding around the corner as she does and started speaking to me!
I said, "kinsa man ni"" which means "who's this?" in Cebuano - and Pepe said, "it's me - Pepe, your younger sister"!
I woke up that night, very happy and blessed to have that dream! That dream mean't to me that Pepe will be speaking English to me when I come back home! (and maybe understand cebuano :/ haha) I loved that small simple dream, and it built my testimony that Heavenly Father really answers our prayers!
Family I love you as always, and I just want to testify that all I have said is true! God loves us, and I know and feel it every day!
Love you
Elder Anderson
