If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.

Life is a blessing with many opportunities, changes, and creativity. Nowadays, many people find it really easy to design things that make them happy and provide changes for the best of their life. I would like to write today about how my life changed forever only by doing small and simple things with a big meaning. For many people that don’t know me, I am from Albania a country which is really small but with a big heart. Since the begging that our country was known as an independent country, we were known as the country with generosity and really welcoming. Therefore, the same way that our ancestors had grated their family is the same way that we welcome others today. 

Usually, it is hard to find trust in all people and to make it possible to change the life of others. However, if you forget your self and you want that others can be happy more than you are, everything can be possible. Many people find hope and gain more strength form faith, motivation, goals, etc but for me, the most amazing thing that gives me hope and desire to do good is understanding more principles of faith that I believe and practice. I was born in 1997, 23 years ago(looks really long time ago) in a family where God was known as something that you could swear in His name only that you could be more honest and reliable. However, my family was raised atheist but my mom was a strong believer in a higher power and we respected many religious activities such as Muslims, orthodox, and Catholics. I do remember that during my early age we were going in some (teneqe) place where you can put your name in a circle and someone could pray for you, and it was really scary sometimes, but I was feeling that I should follow my family and do the same thing as they did. As years go by my mother had the opportunity to meet two young boys for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They had a tittle in their name tag which was elder. For us was really weird that both those young men had the same name. They were inviting everyone to joy for free in their English course and my mother was able to invite them to their house so they could teach us English. My aunt was with my mom that day and the first meeting was able to be done at my aunties house. Missionaries (was the calling of the young men) came in my auntie’s house they were teaching elementary English for my mom and my auntie’s family. After they finish the lesson, they invited them to pray and share some spiritual thoughts which were about God and what they believe. For the first time, my mom was able to learn more about the plan of salvation( which is differently called the plan of happiness). Therefore, my mother was so surprised and wanted that missionaries could come and teach my father and both of me and my sister. 

After the first week that missionaries were sharing lessons with my aunt’s family, came in our home, and the first reaction that my sister and I had was that we do not like churchy people. However, my mother had seen something different in them and knew that if we listen and be humble about what they need to share with us, we could be able to understand more and change our thoughts for them. humbly, with so much strain, we decided to stay and listen to their spiritual thoughts. Being honest I did not understand a word that they were saying and I did not like them because missionaries where American and it was hard for them to learn Albania and pronunciation of the world that was supposed to say could not make any sense to me. On the other hand, my mother was so persistent with us to stay concentrated and participate in the lesson. One of the things that missionaries teach us was about the Book of Mormon, and they said that was another testament of Jesus Christ after the Bible. My mind was really confused because I heard about the Quran and no book of Mormon. However, we continue to participate in teaching, and missionaries gave a book of Mormon for children with illustrations, and I was able to understand more. I did enjoy a lot that and after 9 months my mother and I were making one of the biggest decisions of our life which were baptism. Baptism for many people that do not know is remission of your sins through the name of the Savior Jesus Christ. My life was able to change forever from that conversion that I made even though I was still really young, I was blessed with many opportunities that changed my life. 

If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one. Many of you may come familiar form this phrase which is really well known from the Albanian missionary “mother Teresa” I had used this phrase in my life and I came to realize that for God is not important to change all the world in one day but make the difference in the world by small and simple things each day. We can not be there for all people at the same time, but we can be a miracle of someone’s life. Even though I had not changed many people or i feed many hangry homeless, I had come to realize that spiritual food is more important than every other thing that we have in our life. Each of us can help many people who struggle in finding support, hope, or confidence by feeding them spiritually and helping them to stay focus on positivity and purpose of life, the same way that first missionaries changed the life of my family and mine forever. You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength