This area is getting better and better week by
week. It has been a really rough road (emotionally, physically,
mentally) but it's so worth it all.
I would like to start off
by saying, give references to the missionaries. Please. Every missionary
will greatly appreciate it. A huge majority of missionary success
comes from references from the members.
One member this week
gave us a lot of references of old investigators that used to listen to
the missionaries. We contacted the wife of one of the old families
and she said that she had been waiting for the missionaries to come back
to her house! She opened up and said that she really wanted to
change. We taught a little bit about Jesus and put a basptismal date for
her and she happily accepted it. But she wanted her boyfriend more than
anything to accept our lessons because in the past he hadn't. We showed
up a couple of days later to teach her again and her husband yelled
through the door that she wasn't home. He definitely seemed like he did
not want anything to do with us so we left. After missionarying for a
couple of hours we passed back by the house and we saw the husband
walking back home. He turned to us and said, "hey I'm really sorry that
you guys passed by and my wife wasn't there... my mom always taught me
that if we say we are going to do something, or be somewhere, we need to
do it. I feel really embarrased and am very sorry." I then asked if we
could talk to him instead and after thinking about it for a little bit he
said yes!
We sat down with him in the house and starting asking
questions about his beliefs. He started really opening up and started
telling us how he felt really far away from God and how he really wants
to change for his family. We started talking about how he could start
all over by being baptized and then I challenged him to be baptized the
same day as his wife. Right as I put the date he said, That's my
birthday!! What a great birthday present!! hahaha it worked out great!
Some might call it luck.. I call it being in tune with the spirit haha
The family has lots of problems and they will have to get married, but
they can do it!!
Also we brought a family to church this Sunday
and the members freaked out! haha they said ¨wow the missionaries
finally have good investigators! That hasn't happened in forever!¨ Then
they started offering to help us.
Sorry for no pics this week. I left my camera in the house.
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