No Wound That Cannot Be Healed by Ryder Nielsen

My name is Ryder Nielsen. I recently returned home from my mission in the Philippines Manila Mission. I would like to share the story of an extraordinary woman from the Philippines; her name is Rose Chit. Sister Rose had it all in her life; she had married the love of her life and was raising 3 beautiful children. Her family had joined the church in 1993 and were very active up until 2004 when her husband had become very involved with the community as a politician. For the next three years they stopped attending church due to the great demand of his schedule. They had slowly moved away from God's light. In the summer of 2007 Sister Rose and her family would face the biggest trial of their lives, especially for her. Her husband had made the decision to run for congress which required him to be at weekly planning meetings for his campaign. After one of these routine meetings her husband returned to their home late in the evening. He walked into his bedroom to find Sister Rose and their youngest daughter, Paulyn, lying on their bed. At that moment 3 masked men holding knives broke through the door and began to stab him. Being petrified with fear, Sister Rose and her daughter Paulyn, who was just 7 years old at the time, helplessly watched as the men stabbed him to death. We can only imagine the great horror Sister Rose and Paulyn must have felt. With deep mental and spiritual wounds from such a traumatizing experience, only God would be able to heal Sister Rose and her family. But she became very angry with God. She felt that He had abandoned her and her family. She quickly made choices that pushed her away from God’s healing hand, turning to alcohol and cigarettes to ease her pain. For the next 4 years she spent her days away from her family hanging out in bars and casinos to keep her mind from facing reality. She even contemplated taking her own life. Although she felt God had abandoned her, I know the whole time He was watching over her, waiting for the right time when she would be humble enough to receive the healing He so wanted to give to her through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

In April of 2014 that time had finally come as 2 Mormon missionaries came knocking on her door. She recognized us immediately and welcomed us into her home. After many months we helped her to overcome her mental road blocks, and she allowed the Healing and Redeeming power of the Atonement into her life. She returned to activity in the church and her youngest daughter, Paulyn, made the decision to follow the example of Jesus Christ and was baptized. In her own words, she wrote me saying, “I am so much thankful you have been an instrument in opening our hearts and minds to let God back into our lives again.”

The experience I have shared has many principles we can learn from, but the greatest is the fact that God uses His servants in helping and influencing others to use The Atonement of Jesus Christ in their lives. For Sister Rose it was my companion and I. For those of you who may be suffering at this time I pray you will be able to recognize those the Lord has put in your life so that you may also be healed of the deep spiritual wounds you may have. I pray also that we may be instruments in the hands of God to help and influence others in receiving God's love. I pray that we ourselves will not set bounds and limitations on The Infinite Atonement of our Elder Brother. May we always remember the words of Nephi: “Therefore, cheer up your hearts and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves- to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of Eternal Life.”