Well this week has really flown by! Last Tuesday we met with the lady we have been working with that we asked if she wanted to be baptized but said she had a few problems with the church. Well we taught her about personal revelation and how you can go to God with any question and He will answer you. We had a really good conversation and we talked about some of the Scriptures she had read and she got to Enos 1:27 and she started to cry and said that she had cried when she read it the first time and just how much she felt the Spirit when she read it. Then she just said that she thought about baptism a lot and she really does want to be baptized but not too soon. So we set a date for November 12th! We currently have 5 baptismal dates although 2 of them can’t happen which I will talk about in a little bit.
Wednesday it rained alllll day and it was awesome! I absolutely loved it! We worked at the Bishop’s storehouse again and its fun because I know a lot of the people that work there now so we just have a good time. After that we had our regular Wednesday appointment with S the 9 year old and she is still progressing toward baptism and her family is a lot more comfortable with us now and I got to talk to the son that’s a sophomore for a little bit and he doesn’t seem so nervous around us anymore. That night we visited some less actives and one of them we happened across said that he wishes he had never left the church and just doesn’t really know how to get back into it because it would have just been easier to stick to the normal LDS lifestyle than to leave and try to come back. We asked if we could stop by once a week though and just "practice teaching" the lessons so that we can get better and he happily accepted and said that he thinks his non member wife would like to sit in too! So that should be pretty good.
Thursday went great though we went around and tried to meet less actives. One lady let us into her house and was really nice but just hasn’t been to church because it was forced on her as a kid and she just hasn’t wanted to go back. We just got to know her and she loves to do embroidery or however you spell it and I was like "my mom loves to do that too!" She kind of opened up a little after that and she was fine with us coming over and it was a good thing we went at the time that we did because she said that she goes to sleep at 6 because she works at 3 in the morning in Orange County so we just happened to catch her at dinner which was 4 haha But yeah hopefully we will be able to visit with her a few more times. We went up by our house then and were trying to meet some other people and I had to go to the bathroom sooo we looked up a member’s house and decided to just stop by and use the bathroom, share a scripture thought, and ask for a referral. Well we knocked on the door, the lady answered and we just asked if we could use the bathroom and she just said "uhmmm yeah I guess... I don’t usually let people but I know what it’s like to go door to door." So we just thought okay sweet we get to use the bathroom. So I went to the bathroom and then came back and my comp used the bathroom and so I just talked with her and asked her what she did door to door and she sold Bible books for children, which is pretty neat and we just talked for a bit and I realized... this lady isn’t LDS... we then thanked her and were leaving and told us she wanted to give us some books so we were like alright. After she walked away from the door I told my comp that I didn’t think she was LDS but he just said he didn’t know and sure enough she brought back two 7th Day books. haha wow it was definitely interesting. Later that night we were supposed to go on splits but our appointments canceled and so did one of our members. The member we were with just asked what we normally do at night when we have nothing to do we told him sometimes we walk the streets and contact people at bus stops and stuff and so he was just like "alright let’s go!!" He turned out to be awesome!! He was soo good at talking to people it was insane and it taught me a lot! He would just walk up to a bus stop with people at it and say "hey how are you all doing? Would any of you like a card about Jesus?" and a couple would raise their hand and we would go talk to them and share our message with them. It was super awesome! We got 10 contacts (share a message about the church and leave a commitment such as call this number or look at this website) in 30 minutes which we had never done before! As of then I have loved street contacting and can do what he was doing. Not quite as well yet but I let people know what we are about and the people I’ve talked to seem at least more interested than ones we have contacted in the past.
Friday we had mission tour!! Elder Packer came and talked to us and it was awesomee!!!!!!!!! But.... it wasn’t THE Elder Packer. It was Elder Packer of the 70. President Packer’s nephew I think. It was still really cool though. It went from 8 in the morning till 4:30. He talked a lot about ways to become a better missionary, and a big one he focused on was dress and grooming. I’m doing fine though so it wasn’t really anything new or shocking to me. He also talked about how the mission president is called of God and we need to realize that he gets direction for our specific mission. It was good because he didn’t really beat around the bush about his topics really he just went right in and nailed them. After that is when I met Elder C my "brother" and waited for our flu shots. Yep they gave us flu shots, which is awesome! Lots of people actually didn’t get them but I decided it was worth it over getting the flu. My "brother" Elder C is really awesome and we are a lot alike. He is only one transfer older than me so he will be here for pretty much the whole time I am. I say brother because here with the companionships it’s like a family thing I guess. So my trainer is my father, my follow-up trainer is my mother, since my trainer trained someone already the last person he trained is my brother. My trainer’s trainer is my grandpa. It’s all just really crazy haha.
After that we went to visit a member that we visit every week who is still struggling with things. We were sitting in the car before going and wondering what we should teach her that would really help her and Elder T gave an idea but it didn’t really feel right and then I got the idea that it would be good to talk about the atonement. He didn’t really seem like he wanted to but when we went up and just started teaching her she led it into the atonement perfectly by talking about her struggles. She’s had and then she said something along the lines of "I’m trying to do better and I’ve repented why is it still so hard and why do I have to always feel this kind of pain?" So I just started in with the Atonement and she really liked what we had to say! It was a really good lesson and she just takes things in so well! Later that night we did a little bit more street contacting. It wasn’t quite so good but I still enjoyed it and we got a few contacts.Wednesday it rained alllll day and it was awesome! I absolutely loved it! We worked at the Bishop’s storehouse again and its fun because I know a lot of the people that work there now so we just have a good time. After that we had our regular Wednesday appointment with S the 9 year old and she is still progressing toward baptism and her family is a lot more comfortable with us now and I got to talk to the son that’s a sophomore for a little bit and he doesn’t seem so nervous around us anymore. That night we visited some less actives and one of them we happened across said that he wishes he had never left the church and just doesn’t really know how to get back into it because it would have just been easier to stick to the normal LDS lifestyle than to leave and try to come back. We asked if we could stop by once a week though and just "practice teaching" the lessons so that we can get better and he happily accepted and said that he thinks his non member wife would like to sit in too! So that should be pretty good.
Thursday went great though we went around and tried to meet less actives. One lady let us into her house and was really nice but just hasn’t been to church because it was forced on her as a kid and she just hasn’t wanted to go back. We just got to know her and she loves to do embroidery or however you spell it and I was like "my mom loves to do that too!" She kind of opened up a little after that and she was fine with us coming over and it was a good thing we went at the time that we did because she said that she goes to sleep at 6 because she works at 3 in the morning in Orange County so we just happened to catch her at dinner which was 4 haha But yeah hopefully we will be able to visit with her a few more times. We went up by our house then and were trying to meet some other people and I had to go to the bathroom sooo we looked up a member’s house and decided to just stop by and use the bathroom, share a scripture thought, and ask for a referral. Well we knocked on the door, the lady answered and we just asked if we could use the bathroom and she just said "uhmmm yeah I guess... I don’t usually let people but I know what it’s like to go door to door." So we just thought okay sweet we get to use the bathroom. So I went to the bathroom and then came back and my comp used the bathroom and so I just talked with her and asked her what she did door to door and she sold Bible books for children, which is pretty neat and we just talked for a bit and I realized... this lady isn’t LDS... we then thanked her and were leaving and told us she wanted to give us some books so we were like alright. After she walked away from the door I told my comp that I didn’t think she was LDS but he just said he didn’t know and sure enough she brought back two 7th Day books. haha wow it was definitely interesting. Later that night we were supposed to go on splits but our appointments canceled and so did one of our members. The member we were with just asked what we normally do at night when we have nothing to do we told him sometimes we walk the streets and contact people at bus stops and stuff and so he was just like "alright let’s go!!" He turned out to be awesome!! He was soo good at talking to people it was insane and it taught me a lot! He would just walk up to a bus stop with people at it and say "hey how are you all doing? Would any of you like a card about Jesus?" and a couple would raise their hand and we would go talk to them and share our message with them. It was super awesome! We got 10 contacts (share a message about the church and leave a commitment such as call this number or look at this website) in 30 minutes which we had never done before! As of then I have loved street contacting and can do what he was doing. Not quite as well yet but I let people know what we are about and the people I’ve talked to seem at least more interested than ones we have contacted in the past.
Friday we had mission tour!! Elder Packer came and talked to us and it was awesomee!!!!!!!!! But.... it wasn’t THE Elder Packer. It was Elder Packer of the 70. President Packer’s nephew I think. It was still really cool though. It went from 8 in the morning till 4:30. He talked a lot about ways to become a better missionary, and a big one he focused on was dress and grooming. I’m doing fine though so it wasn’t really anything new or shocking to me. He also talked about how the mission president is called of God and we need to realize that he gets direction for our specific mission. It was good because he didn’t really beat around the bush about his topics really he just went right in and nailed them. After that is when I met Elder C my "brother" and waited for our flu shots. Yep they gave us flu shots, which is awesome! Lots of people actually didn’t get them but I decided it was worth it over getting the flu. My "brother" Elder C is really awesome and we are a lot alike. He is only one transfer older than me so he will be here for pretty much the whole time I am. I say brother because here with the companionships it’s like a family thing I guess. So my trainer is my father, my follow-up trainer is my mother, since my trainer trained someone already the last person he trained is my brother. My trainer’s trainer is my grandpa. It’s all just really crazy haha.
Saturday was good because everywhere we went I felt like it was the right place for us to be. We finally contacted a guy we have been trying to get a hold of and turns out he is really cool we talked for a bit and then he asked "so with your church how do they want the world to be? What do they want for the world?" We thought about it for a minute then I just said "well our church is all about family and what we would really like is a world that would be like a giant family." It was definitely the right answer he was looking for. He opened up and totally agreed and apparently that’s really what he wants for the world too. He hates all the garbage in the world and the way people disrespect others. He thinks that "we are all humans and we should all just love each other and get along." We get to go back next Saturday and talk to him a little more. Also Saturday morning we got to attend a wedding in the Bishops office! Those two people we have been teaching that want to be baptized but couldn’t because they weren’t married are now married! But sadly they haven’t been to church enough to be baptized... So we just have to work on that now. Not really anything else to exciting for Saturday or Sunday.. yeah it was a good week though and went by really fast. We got transfer calls this morning only 1 person is leaving from my district and our district leader is going to be training somebody so I won’t be the newest in the district anymore! nah I’ve had multiple people tell me that if they didn’t already know I was a greenie that they wouldn’t think I was. That is always a good thing to hear. But yep that’s all for this week! I love you sooo much!!
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