Sorry that I didn’t write on
Monday, It is because we went to the temple today :) It was great.
And, since it is the only place
where we can take our cameras, I took a good amount of pictures, which I will
send :) There is a picture of the Temple (we got there at 5:50 in the morning
while it was still dark!), my companion Elder Weiss and I, us and the sister
missionaries in our ward, and then most of my Zone :)
Well, things have been slow. Not
many investigators. We are working hard though. This week we are focusing on
Street contacts, and have been able to pull off about 25 or so per day. I have never
talked with so many people before! We are trying really hard to find new people
to teach.
We also made a deal with the
sister missionaries, who have a hard time contacting, that we would buy them
Campechanas (big huge tacos full of greasy meat) if they met 100 contacts this
week, and they are working hard to earn them, because they are pretty good!
I caught a very small cold at
the end of last week and the beginning of this, but nothing big, really.
A member gave us a huge bag of
Oranges! I quite enjoyed them :)
We were able to find a great
investigator last night. We had a guy in a car signal to us to come over, and
asked if we could visit one of his clients, because he really wanted to talk to
us, and gave us his address. So we had a member come with us, and not knowing
what to expect, we went to visit Jose Luis. Since the moment he opened the
door, he was just super excited to learn more. Some other Missionaries had
talked with him, and given him a Book of Mormon. Then he got sick, and so much
that he honestly thought he was going to die, and then decided to look to God
and has been slowly recovering. He is super smart though, talking about the Bible.
He wanted to know more about the Book of Mormon, and just super excited about
it, and had a ton of questions. We were just like, wow, hold your horses, let’s
start at the beginning. So we ended up giving a brief summary of 1 Nephi, and
then taught the entire Restoration lesson with him so he could understand where
we were coming from. And during the part where we taught the first vision, the
spirit was super strong. I tried to just bask in it as my companion quoted
Joseph Smith's experience in the Grove. And he said yes to baptism, but didn’t
want to set a date, because they are going to kick him out of his house this
week!!!! No!!!!!!!!! I hope they have mercy on him or something, because he is
Golden! He has our number, so he can communicate what happens.
Also, it is fun to be a leader
and get to know the investigators of the other missionaries in my district. One,
who is staunch, is a young man of 14 who has a burning testimony of the gospel,
and, who, apparently, told his parents to their faces that there religion
(catholic) was wrong, and that Mormonism was right, and that he was going to be
baptized, just like that. They didn’t take it too well, and for not going to
school one day, they are suspending him from going to church on Sunday.
No!!!!!!!! They are going to keep trying to soften his dad's heart, but it was
just great to see how passionate this young man was about the gospel. I really
do hope the best for him. He will be a powerful member one day! (but what a
stupid punishment, Eh? going to church is supposed to teach him to be a better
person!)
I am getting the hang of the
whole District Leader of a huge district thing, and Elder Weiss is a huge help.
:)
I am still waiting for my
packages.... so we will see if they even get here.... darn it.
Well, I didn’t feel like I have
a lot to tell, really... just working every day, talking to people, making lots
of phone calls (as DL), planning training meetings, and yeah, that’s basically
it. I hope to have more to say next week :)
Thanks for everything, I love
you all!
Elder Redford
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