Awesome moments from the week:
K. is found! Do you remember K&A who I found on my first day here? Well, they broke up and K. moved. No worries -- the elders tracted in to him and he is taking the lessons again! They told me that he's reading and praying. I think he'll get baptized -- I'm so excited for him!
We had an amazing lesson with H. last night! We emphasized the Book of Mormon this time. He's the most excited about a living prophet, but we know that he needs to gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon. It's so important. We read with him and discussed a lot of things. He is a very spiritually minded guy and knows the Bible very well. He comes from a Baptist background. The best part was definitely when we asked him to pray at the end of the lesson. Without any instruction from us he said a beautiful prayer in which he asked for guidance regarding Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. It was amazing. The Spirit was thick as peanut butter.
We also had a fantastic lesson with Hi. last night. I can't even count the times I've knocked on her door -- probably almost 100, no exaggeration. But we have become close friends and we had an amazing lesson. The Spirit was crazy awesome. She really felt it and opened up.
Our district wanted to go out together to eat, but there are 11 of us (including the zone leaders), and we're not supposed to go anywhere in a group larger than eight. So we all went different places to buy our food and then met up at the church. We brought tables and chairs outside in the parking lot and had a picnic-style lunch. It was quite brilliant because everyone got what they wanted and we still got to eat together. Sooooo fun!
The extra hour of companionship study for training is awesome! Love it! Training is the best. It is so good to be able to go over the fundamentals and re-evaluate how you are doing on the basics. For example: we have re-evaluated the way we talk to people at the door. We are going to go back to square one and really emphasize the Book of Mormon. If they read the Book of Mormon with an open heart they will feel the Spirit. That is what needs to happen!
The zone leaders wrote a Powell Sisters song for the ukulele. I will send it home so you can hear it. It's hilarious! Made my life!
Don't Eat Pete. Huge success here in my area. Seriously, though -- the adults love it just as much as the kids do! There's just something about scaring the bejeebers out of someone by screaming "Don't eat Pete!" that appeals to everyone.
Contacted a DNC in the area. Four Dobermans and a pit bull. I was so very afraid, and I had forgotten my pepper spray in my other bag! It was amazing to see the lady's countenance change as we talked with her. She consented to a return appointment on Wednesday! Wow! Plus the pit bull sat on my feet . . . a lot! That is so much better than biting me!
We found an amazing family. They knew a member of our ward, a young man who has gotten us into more people's hearts than he knows! I want to be as awesome as this guy. The entire family sat and talked with us for a good half hour. They were so open to reading the Book of Mormon -- the mom was afraid that we would forget to leave her a copy! They said we could come back when we're in the area again. Well the next day we talked to T., the member they knew, and the family's son had told him all about our visit. Not only that, but when the son was talking to T., it was in front of 10 other high school kids. The son was talking about how cool we are and how the Book of Mormon makes so much sense. P.S. His mom has already started reading! Also, the son was telling T. that we were going to stop by all the time . . . sounds like an awesome family that's ready for the Restored Gospel!
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