11-10-24 ANG KAPANGYARIHAN NG PANALANGIN

Aloha mai kākou! Another great week in the Philippines, with huge blessings from the Lord. The Lord answered our prayers, helped us as we worked, and put so many people in our path to help them come closer to Christ, blessed to have 17 of them come to Church. However the experience I want to share, happened as we taught one of our progressing friends. He being a missionary of his Church, for over 20 years, we were blessed over the last 2 weeks, to schedule him and his family for baptism, and help him continue growing his relationshio with Christ. Elder Bohman and I, leaving last night, asked what they needed help with. Admitting that they were really struggling financially, and needed a miracle. After teaching about prayer, scripture study, and temples, introduced to them the promise in 3 Nephi 13:31-33. Testifying of the power of prayer we included their concern in our closing prayer of our lesson, and set back out, on our way. A few days later, returning back, with smiles, inviting us back, sat us down as they thanked us. As we asked for what, they answered, the next day, after our prayer, they recieved a financial blessing, and recognized it, as an answer to our prayer the previous visit. I am thankful to the Lord, for hearing our prayers, and showing his hand, in this beautiful work. I feel so honored to simply be able to be a part of it. How many times do we recieve blessings, we've been praying for, and not recognize and realize the hand of the Lord? I know I am consistently guilty of this, with the hundreds of uncounted daily blessings. I know they are there, for each and everyone of us, it is simply the Lord reaching out, until we come to see and realize how to recognize, the love he has for us. Open ya makas aureddeh, jahs trahs! ELDER ISHIBASHI