Sheaves

 D&C 75:5 "If ye are faithful ye shall be laden with many sheaves"
Institute Manual-"If the Elders have been faithful, the harvest is sure.  The seed they have sown may sprout and come to maturity years after they have been released."

A few weeks ago Erica and I returned to my mission for the Xela Temple Open House.  It was a great opportunity to be able to see so many people that I had touched and that had impacted my life.  One such person is Edgar.  Edgar is an example of how prayers are answered.
   I first met Edgar on the first day of my last transfer in the mission.  My companion Elder Willmore and I knelt and prayed and expressed to the Lord our concern that we didn't have anyone to teach.  We promised Him that we would talk with the first person that we saw as we left the house.  Sure enough, right as we opened the door we saw Edgar walking up the road.  We spoke with him for a minute and could tell that he was interested so he described where he lived.  Little did we know that he was blind and NEVER leaves the house.  He later told us this was one of the few days he had left his house that year and that the reason he was walking passed our house was because his son was sick.  When we visited his home we discovered that he leaved with a lot of his wife's family at a location we had contacted many times but never had success.  They lived behind the rest of the family and we would never have been able to talk with them had we not found each other on the street.  I can't do this story justice as the Spirit restrains me from going into more detail, but suffice it to say that Edgar was a miraculous answer to our prayers. 
   Upon returning to the ward I found out that Edgar is now the Ward Mission Leader.  Not only that but he has introduced the Church to a region where it had never been before.  He was originally from this small village and so once he found the gospel he wanted to share it with his cousins and other family members back where he came from. 
    I am so grateful that the Lord used me as an instrument to bring about so much good. Even though I was only there to plant the seed, Edgar has produced many sheaves.