It has been a super good week and a half, full of a ton of things. The Lord has really blessed this area. We are finding those people that are ready for the gospel.
We found an awesome family this past week. Last week, we
were riding our bikes around. We had just got out of a lesson and saw this lady
walking her dog. I think dogs are sent from God to make it possible for
missionaries to find white people walking around outside their houses.
We stopped and talked to this lady. She was going to the park with her daughter, who was a
ways in front riding her bike. We talked a little with her about the
church and our message. We asked if we could
come visit her and her family and she said that would be great!
We stopped
by at the designated time of Thursday. We were a little late because of the
rain. I was a bit scared being a little late. I don't like being late when
other people are counting on you. But it all worked out. She had forgotten we
were coming by until moments earlier. She let us right in. As we walked in, her
husband grabbed a thing of chew and asked his wife, "So what did
you sign us up for again?" The wife said, "O they are just coming to
share a little message about Jesus Christ." He seemed to feel ok about
that and had us sit down and asked us if we wanted any water.
We started
talking to them and the whole family about family interests and family stuff.
They have two kids. The husband's demeanor was changing,
which was very good. We soon turned the small talk into starting with the
lesson. Saying how families are the central units of God’s plan and he gives us
prophets to help us and so on. We got through all the way to
Jesus’ ministry and then I was kinda scared to move on. I could tell my
companion was too. He is a very religious man and knows his stuff. But the
spirit kept saying you gotta talk about Joseph Smith, so we did. And that was
probably the best part of the lesson. The husband really liked it because it
mirrored so well the olden day church of Christ and the Hebrews. The wife liked
it just because it was a good story, but she was a bit skeptical. We gave them a Book of
Mormon and told them we would bring a movie about Joseph Smith next time and
talk about the Book of Mormon. They really liked that and invited us to dinner
as well. So that was really good. People that feed you are always prepared.
We came back yesterday. None of them had read, except the oldest son. We watched the movie The Prophet of the Restoration, the long Joseph Smith movie. It was
really good; they all loved it and it helped both of the parents understand
Joseph and his life. The husband had heard a lot about his life both good and bad,
so the movie had put everything into perspective. It turned the bad things he had heard to good
because he understood why it happened. So it went really well. We also
explained the Book of Mormon more. They are excited to read it and would
probably come to church this week if it was not Thanksgiving weekend. They are
an awesome family.The sisters are doing really well. The oldest sister is still not smoking and excited about her baptism. The sad thing is her younger sister will not be being baptized with her because their mom said no and the youngest sister needs the permission from her mom. She's still learning more about the gospel though.
