We
had dinner with our recent convert Abigail and helped her with some
party things for her daughter! It's so fun to see how her testimony is
growing and that it's HERS, that SHE has developed herself. She even
teaches Gospel Principles now and does sooooo well.
We
visited Brother Newall and taught him about how to be a good
friend/member present when he comes teaching with us! We also invited
him (just for fun) to read from PMG and watch the District!
We
also taught a very prepared woman who didn't understand the Priesthood
authority and so we read from the Restoration pamphlet and explained it
in Laymans terms and then she understood it perfectly, no questions. She
felt the spirit make it click in her head, it was cool to watch.
We
also saw Donna, aka Mother Teresa, and talked to her about conference.
She just loves everything about the church (which is a good thing
because she is a recent convert). She is excited for her family to get
baptized one day!
We
visited the Neves family and were able to read the Book of Mormon with
them and they're going to be reading together as a family every night!
But it was cool because as we read 1 Nephi 1, we talked about the vision
Lehi saw and about when "he saw God sitting upon his throne"-- and
Sister Neves' eyes got so big. (I love those little tender moments)
Yesterday
we had the special opportunity to work on some family history with a
member and I just know the spirit of Elijah is real! We're so excited to
continue on with this holy work!
Afterwards
we talked to her neighbors and they were these cool hippy parents who
were so welcoming and want us to come back next week! We're excited
about it!
Oh,
it was so cool. We were tracting one rainy/humid day, and we knock on
this one door and this young guy answers the door [shirtless] and was so
interesting? He told us he recently accepted Jesus Christ into his life
because he just got out of jail and while there, could only read the
Bible. So he welcomed us in and his whole family was there and we taught
them about the Restoration and at the end we asked, "Is there anything
we can do for your family?" And his mom was like "You can come back?"
OKAY. :) and are excited to go back and invite them all to be baptized!
One
day, we had a lot of awkward experiences. We went to this one crescent
to tract, and it was just full of so many interesting things that
happened. First we talked with this man and as he was going inside, all
his dogs ran outside and so we're trying to like wrangle them back in
the house and then close their front door for them
And
then we go to knock on some doors and TWICE, the person is pulling up
in the driveway as we are walking to knock on their door.
And
then this Asian man answered the door and I tried to speak Mandarin to
him and he was like, "yeah that's not gonna work with me."
andddd it was just funny and awkward there haha...
So
yes, this week was good. We have lots of names to work with and have a
great ward council and are excited to build the area back up!
Have a good week!
