Robert got baptized. Pics soon. It was really special. I’m so grate so grateful to have been able to teach and work with him. He is such a prepared person.
MONDAY! Robert prayed and it was so
touching and so powerful. He got on his knees and thanked God for the chance to
learn about the gospel and be baptized. He was on the verge of tears as he
expressed to God the changes he'd felt in himself. I was so blown away. It made
me pretty emotional. That night the Mag's bore such powerful testimony of the
law of tithing. It'd been a struggle for them and as they overcame it they'd
seen the blessings poured out upon them.
TUESDAY! We visited a former and he
like mocked us on his doorstep and wouldn’t listen to our explanations. What he
said in essence was, "With all due respect, I think you're liars, so I
don't respect you." He was contentious and mean. But it was comforting to
know that all his questions and doubts had answers, he just wouldn't listen to
them. He'd made up his mind before he even opened his mouth. I feel comfortable
and confident with things that used to be issues for me, blessings of prayer
and scripture study. We saw Stephanie that night for maybe the last time :(.
She's moving. She also said after coming to church she's changed her mind about
baptism. So the elders by her house should be happy!
WEDNESDAY! We had a long day of rejection.
We had a few people let us in and we prayed with and talked with them. Nothing
too super exciting. We taught a spiritual thought in mutual. It was dece. We
taught Parole again. He's a great guy, but he might not have the willpower
necessary right now to change his situation. I love the guy, but he's fighting
a lot of demons. But he's committed. We talked to a lot of cool people on the
street. We felt impressed to talk to these two young punk looking teenagers. We
did, and as we were explaining the Book of Mormon, you could tell that they
felt the Spirit because both of them became interested and wanted one and asked
for the missionaries to come by and explain more about it! There's power in the
Book of Mormon.
THURSRDAY! Interviews with President
Neider. He's the man. I'm so grateful for his wisdom. We visited a lot of less
active in FH to help the bishop. It's crazy to see how many less actives there
are in the wards. Like out of 150 households only 40 are active. It's crazy! We
stopped in at the church for a moment to talk with Sister Martinez and we got
wrapped up in the Relief Society party. It's nice to feel loved. It makes me
happy to feel how many people love us. I think I talk about this every week,
but when you feel overwhelmed with love, it's hard not to talk about! We went and
read Moroni 10 with Robert at the Mag's. I’m so grateful that we've developed
such a close relationship with them. They've changed my life forever just by
their good examples.
FRIDAY! We did weekly planning. Had
coordination. Had like 5 appointments flake out on us, but we don’t let it get
to us!
SATURDAY! Everything fell through as
well, but Robert's interview went well, and we did service for Sis. Thibodeau
and she gave us a lot of life counsel. We had dinner with the Donnelly's and
ate avocado ice cream. I liked it.
SUNDAY! Church was good. I got a shout
out from the pulpit in BV by name. A member bragged about me to the members of
the ward and told them to give referrals to us. That made me feel better than I
have in a long time. A little embarrassed, but who doesn't like extremely
public and extremely nice compliments? We had lunch with the Mags and Roberts’
family. That was nice. Then the baptism.
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| Elder Smith, Elder Anderson, Robert, and Elder Slik |
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| Robert's baptism |
I love you all so much.
Sam
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