May 25, 2012
Dear Family!!!!
So, once again, I had the incredible
opportunity to meet an apostle on my mission. Elder Dallin H Oaks is an
apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ. Having shaken his hand one on one,
heard him speak, and seen him laugh with love, I know that God is a
happy and delightsome God. Elder Oaks has such a great manner about him.
I wish you could all see it :D He came and have a conference with the
District Leaders from Malaysia and the Stake Leaders from Singapore, and
WOW!!! Talk about being taught from on high! If we truly relish those
times in which we can "gaze into heaven" whether it is during sacrament
meetings or meeting with leaders or children, we can gain so much. Now
why do I mention children? I'm not entirely sure, except that I feel
that the one thing that Children and Apostles have in common is that
they are simple. They are just simply pure. It's incredible.
I also saw that same humility this week in one of the missionaries
whom I serve. His dedication to the work and his desire to do what is
right has endowed him with great power. One can see the the great level
at which he serves when he teaches, plans and works as a missionary. He
has certainly gotten it right. I think it might have something to do
with Helaman 14:13 which states: . For me, this missionary really does
believe in Jesus Christ, so he continually repents and becomes better.
Repenting is not always mopping up paint which was spilled on the floor,
but it is refining and repainting the painting with even more perfected
detail. Every time I have read this scripture, it has hit me like a wall
of force and has caused me to reflect and look within myself and ask, do
I really believe? What am I going to do differently because I believe?
In my time with this missionary, he taught me how that when one goes the
extra mile, which we did together, we will find miracles. After praying
along a roadside to find someone new to teach with the hour of extra
time that we had, we both found us riding our bikes down this turn off
at the same time!!! We weren't discouraged when the first person we saw
ran into his house, slammed and locked the door, and neither was this
Elder discouraged when the first person who let us into her home did not
want us to come back. When I asked "should we go back?" this Elder
responded "lets knock a few more."That is when we found the miracle, the
family of 3 resting behind a door and her brother another 3 doors down,
who all wanted to hear more about the gospel message. It wasn't easy
though. As the mother was about to close the door, an inaudible voice
spoke to both of us saying "say something!" so we did, and after
conversing, she let us in :D "Unbind your tongues and speak miracles"
said Elder Holland two conferences ago. I invite you to do the same.
Open your mouths about the gospel to yourself, to your family every day
but most especially Monday nights, and open your mouth to your God every
day in prayer. Find the hand of God in your daily life and a new spirit
will enter into your life. If ye know these things to be true, happy
are ye if ye do them. I love you and I know you CAN do it :D
Your loving Friend, Brother, and Son,
Elder Willem Kampenhout
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