So this week was a great one! The week started off really slow because all
of our appointments were dropped and everyone is getting ready for school.
Almost everyone was on vacation. But it was still good. We got to talk to a lot
of interesting people, and we have some appointments this week so we're excited!
We find out if we're getting transferred next Sunday, so if you're going to send
something to me either Friday or Saturday be sure to send it to the mission
office. That way if I get transferred it won't get sent to where I'm not. I
don't think I'll get transferred- just a heads up.
But anyways the last couple of days were amazing! We had one creepy, yet
very cool experience. We were out in Washington (every time we go to Washington
something amazing happens I swear) meeting with a former investigator. Previous
missionaries had lost contact with her when they left the area, and they said
she is pretty much golden. So we had the appointment scheduled, but we were
standing outside a member's house talking with them just for a second so we could
wait for her to get home (her car was gone). We were talking and this lady comes
from across the street completely intoxicated, and tells us that her mom was
threatening to commit suicide and she needed our help. Her mom is less active
in our ward. We go in with the members that were there talking with us (both
were high priests) and talked with her. She was intoxicated herself. Well they
were getting kicked out of the house by the owner and had no where to go, and
she's older and is on oxygen and she just was so lost and didn't know what to do
so she turned to drinking. We talked to her and calmed her down. The daughter
isn't a member. She was worrying too and while the members
were talking to her Elder Owen was very strongly prompted to give her a Book of
Mormon. He dug through my backpack and gave it to her, and she promised she
would read the entire thing. We're going back tomorrow hoping she's read some
and that she's sober. She was very serious though when she said she would read
it! We really might be able to work with her!
Well that happened for like a half hour, and so we walked down the
street to knock on Alice's door (the one who we had scheduled to go see) and her
car wasn't there. We had written her a note and were just about to walk away
when she pulled up! So if that whole thing above wouldn't have happened then we
would have missed her! We had an amazing lesson with her! She was a referral
from a family in our branch (one of the high priests who was there with us right
before) from a couple years ago. Well Alice is the most prepared person for the
gospel I could ever imagine. She said she just feels like half of her is
missing, she's been depressed for the last while, she had been reading the Book
of Mormon that she had been given by the previous missionaries, she was marking
it up and everything, she recognized that she felt the spirit when the
missionaries were over before and while we were there, she recognized she was
feeling the spirit when she went to church with the family that referred her,
she's just been ready! But she was looking for a purpose in life so we started
teaching her the Plan of Salvation. We talked about where we were from, and our
purpose here is to have joy. Well she said, "How can I have that joy? I want that
joy so badly!" We immediately felt we needed to change gears and teach
the Doctrine of Christ. We shared with her that true joy that she had felt when
the missionaries were there before came from the spirit, and she recognized
that. She kept saying throughout the lesson she wanted to be baptized and when
we explained that when we are baptized and keep the covenants we make with God
then God is bound to bless us with the Holy Spirit, and that is the joy and peace she
was looking for. She wants to be baptized and she's scheduled for September 7th!
She's just the nicest lady and she is so loving!
Well that's basically all that happened this week. Like I said before we do
have some return appointments and we are going to have some good experiences
this week! Oh! We ran into a Buddhist guy the other day, the most Christ-like
man ever! He loves missionaries and wants us to come over! He probably won't
progress too much, he's had missionaries over a ton before, but he's just such a
nice guy and will be fun to talk to!
Ok well I hope you all have a great week! Good luck in school! Love you
guys!
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