We received this in his 2nd letter to us:
Here is a really cool spiritual experience. It was the 2nd or 3rd day we have been here, I and a few elders were studying the 3rd lesson in Preach My Gospel. And I could tell something was wrong with one of them. He was a little depressed and I wanted to help him. So I asked, "Elder X, are you OK?" he replied "Ya, I'm fine".
I really didn't know what to say because I knew he wasn't fine. I asked "Can I do anything for you?" He replied again "I'm fine." I knew he wasn't but what could I say? So I just started reading lesson 3 again.
While I was reading I got an interesting thought. So I just said what popped in my head. I asked "Elder X, in your patriarchal blessing did it say that you would go on a mission?" He kind of sat up from his slouching position and said "actually it did." I replied "That's a cool thing to know. Knowing that the Lord knew that you were going to serve him!" He said "Ya, it is pretty cool." That was the end of the conversation, but Elder X started to get back into action.
As we were all walking down the hall, he turned to me and said something along the lines of "Elder Nisson, I was really starting to doubt that being on a mission was the right decision, until you mentioned my patriarchal blessing. Thanks." Just shows you how the Lord works, It was a pretty cool experience.
I love this experience. It's nice that Elder Nisson is so available to the spirit that he can help out someone else. His maturity will be a huge blessing for other young elders.
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