Fwd: Elder Winegar and the Carolina Reaper

you can reach Elder Winegar directly at jacob.winegar@missionary.org

10/3/22

Hi 👋🏻 

The Lord's work is truly wonderful. In so many facets. Not only is it deeply joyful and fulfilling, but it is enjoyable! It is fun! It brings me great pleasure in the deep caverns of my soul and those that are closer to the surface too. ;)

One rather amusing experience I will share with you began on Tuesday evening. At the conclusion of a wonderful dinner (traditional Brazilian food 🤤) with a family in our ward, the patriarch of the household invited us to behold his spicy pepper garden, in which he grew all varieties of hot peppers. As a parting gift, he gave us one Carolina Reaper, the hottest pepper in the world. 

Of course as Elder Jacob Winegar would, I designed to eat the pepper and, as one might expect, the proceedings were quite the spectacle. For posterity to enjoy, it was also recorded. If one desired to view these recordings, they would have to reach out to me personally at jacob.winegar@missionary.org so that I could share with them via Google Drive. The files are large. 17 minutes long large, and thus cannot fit on this email. If one would prefer only highlights, they would specify.

Perhaps a more meaningful moment was when my companion and I met a young family who had been prepared by the Lord to receive us and our message. Upon approaching them we felt impressed to offer a message about strengthening their family relationships. They accepted! As directed by the spirit, we shared with them that as each individual member of their family sought to become "one" (see John 17) with Jesus Christ, they would also simultaneously become one with each other. As they each grew closer to God, they would also grow closer to each other. Astonished and moved by the doctrine we had taught, which had been given to us in the very moment by the Holy Ghost, they invited us to return to their home and teach them more. We anticipate our reunion excitedly. 

My dear friends, the heavens are open! Just as God spoke to my companion and I, he seeks to speak to us all! Nothing is greater evidence of this than our living Prophet, President Russell M. Nelson. This weekend he spoke to the world and as always His words were a delight. I testify he is called of God. I witness that He speaks the words given him by Jesus Christ. 

If you want to "be one" with our Heavenly Father and His Son, heed the counsel of their prophet on the earth. God's prophet will teach us how to be like the Savior, in hopes that we can one day enjoy all the blessings He and His Father enjoy. As we live after the manner taught by the prophet, we will not only be prepared for "holier spheres", but we will also have greater access to veritable power that flows from Christ, in order to triumph over the inevitable tribulations we will experience,"while trav'ling through this vale of tears." 

President Nelson speaks,"...the pleasing word of God, yea, the word which healeth the wounded soul." 

Come, hear, and be healed.  

Songs

Sweet Jane–Cowboy Junkies

Jesus Christ lives! Rejoice my friends. 

I love you :)

bye,

Elder Winegar