Neil, Nathan

When I thought about how to describe this past week, the phrase that came to mind was "a steady stream of miracles".  It's the start of a new transfer and I was assigned a new missionary as my companion....(drumroll please).... Elder Saunders! He's awesome, we get along great, and my favorite thing about him I've noticed from this week is his prayers. They are simple but they are powerful. When he asks for us to be led to those who are prepared to hear our message, I have no doubt God is listening. And this whole week has been proof to me that He is answering our prayers! The "steady stream of miracles" began the moment we arrived in our new area, Zadar. Since day one and every day since, we have have taught people the gospel everywhere we've gone. In restaurants, post offices, sitting on the riva, dropping off lunches, at game night, after church, on the street, we've been led to people who are prepared to hear our message.  During that "st...

We talked this Sunday at church about worshipping God and the first question that came to my mind was, "What does my worship look like?"  When I think of the word "worship", the first thing I picture is kneeling, singing, or praying. Yes, those are all parts of worship! But as I studied the Book of Mormon this week, I found a verse that broadened my perspective, Mosiah 4:19 reads, "For behold, are we not all beggars? Do we not all depend upon the same Being, even God, for all the substance which we have?"  Thinking about these words led me to two important gospel truths: 1.)We are all children of our Heavenly Father. 2.) We show God we love Him as we serve one another. (In other words, we worship God through serving His children) So this week as I went about my missionary work, it wasn't just teaching a lesson or calling through phone numbers or trying to start conversations on the street. In each of my everyday activities, I saw opportunities to worsh...