Exciting times at Amazon

I picked up a young lady by Redwood Road and I-215. She was going out to the Amazon warehouse that is way out at the western edge of 90th South. She got in the car and she seemed really happy. There are thousands of people moving here to work at Amazon in their various facilities. None of them have cars apparently.

She had moved here from Texas and was afraid of the cold. It looked like it’s going to snow that night and she was just terrified. She said she wasn’t built for this weather and in Fort Worth it was always nice.

We started to go and I got the spiritual impression that she was very spiritually sensitive and that she had a lot of faith. I knew that I was supposed to talk to her about the church. I sought the spirits guidance on where to start the conversation and then realized that she had already given me the start.

I asked her if she liked it here and she said yes for the most part. I asked her how it came about that she got here. She told me that her boyfriend‘s friend was coming out and she just decided that she was supposed to go with her for some reason.

I asked her what she felt here. At first she started talking about the cold but then I refocused my question and asked how she felt spiritually here. She said it was very peaceful and living here made her believe that good things are possible.

I asked why and she said the people here are so good and they have treated me extremely well. I said, do you know why that is? She said, no I don’t.

I told her that it’s because people here try to follow God and do the things that he tells them to do. I told her that when you fallow the commandments and live right, God can bless you with his spirit.

I mentioned to her how funny it was that her friend was coming here and out of thin air she felt compelled to come with her. She said, that’s right! That’s exactly how it happened. She said, I don’t know how you knew that, but you nailed it. I told her that she was brought here by the hand of God so that she could be blessed and she said that she believed that one hundred percent.

Then she said, you know sometimes God puts people in your path to help you out. I said, I know. She said when her son had leukemia and she was in the hospital with him she felt down and depressed and sad. A man came up to her and said, everything is going to be fine, your son will be healed and he was. She said, that man told me that God put him there that day in the elevator to give her that message.

I told her that this is how she knows that God loves her. He sends people to her. I told her this happens to me all the time. God puts people in my car and gives them a message through the words he whispers for me to say. I told her that God loved her and that he wanted her to know that there was a purpose behind the things that were going on now. I told her God had never abandoned her.

She got very emotional and said “I guess somehow my life is an open book to you”. She said at times in her life she had wondered if God was there. I told her God is here and the fact that she’s here in Utah is evidence that he loves her and he’s got her. I said, even in those times when God seemed far away he was with you”.

I then had the impression to tell her that when she was a very young child she was abused by someone she knew and trusted. I told her that during that abuse it fell dark and she felt alone. I told her that God sent her his spirit so that she could hold on and make it through.

She said, I’m going to work and now you’re making me emotional because that’s exactly what happened. I have never told anyone that. It would have blown up my whole family. I found that listening to beautiful music lifted me and let me transport myself away from my troubles. Even though I was being abused listening to that music made it so that I could get through. The music reminded me of heaven and I felt the presence of God.

She said, I feel the presence of God right now in your car. I asked her what it felt like and she said peaceful, happy and motivating. She asked me how I knew these things about her and I told her that when we are baptized we get the gift of the Holy Ghost and that God can whisper to our heart through the Holy Ghost. He will tell us the things to say.

She said, oooooh, I know it comes from God. There’s no other way you could’ve known. I told her that God brought her here so that she could learn more about him and his gospel. I asked her if she knew what the members of the church believe and she said no.

I said we believe that God is the God of all of the earth not just Jerusalem. In Jerusalem he said he was going to go to his other sheep and that is exactly what he did. He went to his other sheep possibly including her ancestors in Africa. I asked her if she would like to know what He said to them. She said she really would! I asked her what it meant to her to know that her great grandparents had possibly been blessed by Christ and she said that thought gave her chills and made her feel loved.

I told her that he taught them the same things he taught the people in Jerusalem and we know this because he also came to America. I told her about the Book of Mormon and how it’s a collection of the prophecies God gave to the prophets that lived here in America, the ancestors of the Native Americans. I told her that Jesus also came to America and it is here that he said and still other sheep I have that are not of America or Jerusalem or the lands adjacent. He said that he was going to go to them so they could hear his voice.

She said, “I’ve heard of the Book of Mormon”. I said it testifies of Jesus Christ, that he is the son of God. I also took this opportunity to bear my testimony. I told her that the Book of Mormon was the word of God and that God loves each and everyone of us. I testified to her that God whispered to my heart today the things to say and I told her that the spirit was testifying to her of this right now.

She said, the spirit is really strong in the car. I said yes, and could that spirit be here if what we were saying was not true? She said, no, everything you’re saying is true.

I reached into my bag and grabbed one of my marked Book of Mormon‘s made by the Secrists and gave it to her. I explained the questions of the soul and how to find the answers. I said to her, this book will teach you the things of God and it contains the account of the visit of Jesus Christ to America. She asked, can I have it?! I said yes! She said, I’m going to read it tonight, I’m going to read all of it!

She smiled and said I know this book is true and now I want to know what’s in it. I asked her if she had any friends or knows anyone who is a member of the church. She said yes, the man that she works with, that she was going to see that very minute is a very strong member of the church. She said that he and all of his family are members.

I told her to show him the book and tell him about our car ride and she said she would.

She got out of the car and said, this ride has changed my life. I know that God is watching over me and I know he put me in your car tonight! Thank you for the message. She turned around and walked into the building with a surprise for that member of the church that she works with. Exciting times at Amazon