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“About five months into my mission in Viña del Mar, Chile, I was asked to train a new missionary from the United States. I had only recently finished my own training. My English wasn’t very good, his Spanish wasn’t very good, and I didn’t feel prepared to lead. “My mind filled with all the reasons I couldn’t do it. Then I remembered something I had been taught: When life feels gray and I don’t know what to do, I can kneel and ask God for help. So that is what I did. “Within minutes, ideas began coming to my mind. I thought of people we could visit and ways we could work together. I felt motivated to improve my English and help my companion learn Spanish. The situation hadn’t changed, but something inside me had. I still felt inexperienced, but I no longer felt alone. “Prayer continued to guide me after my mission. When I returned home to Argentina, I struggled to find work. I wanted to build a future and eventually marry the woman I was dating, but week after week, nothing worked...

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