I was introduced to Christian Science more than fifty years ago by my mother. She was one of the first members of a budding Christian Science group in Concepción, Chile. It was through my mother, who experienced many blessings and healings in her lifetime, that I witnessed the beneficial effects of prayer as taught in Christian Science. Among them were greater levels of economic stability and improved health and family relationships, which made me interested in studying Christian Science. As a result, I later became a member of The First Church of Christ, Scientist.
I have received so many blessings that it is difficult to enumerate them all. I want to share one experience that made a great impression on me. There was a period in which I felt very disturbed due to the behavior of one of my four children. One day, after an unpleasant exchange of words with this son, he angrily left the house with his wife and children. I kept analyzing the situation and felt worse and worse as the days passed. I was filled with distressing thoughts that made me cry.
I was inspired to pray more effectively and talk less about the situation with other family members—to stop analyzing.
