March 5th, 2012
Dear family,
I feel like my mission is flying by and I don't know where the time is going. Right now we have some solid investigators preparing for baptism on the 25th of March and we are very excited for them. They are 4 young women named Maria (late early 30's), Maggie 22, Jenny 18 and Iridian who is 15. They are really funny and they came on a Church tour and they all fealt the Spirit so strong. This was my companion's very first day with me about 5 hours after we met and the tour was a complete train wreck. There is a format usually for how it goes and it was hard to follow since my companion had only been in the field for a day and a half haha. But it was a testimony to me that it doesn't matter what we know or how talented we are but if we are worthy and doing our best then the Spirit will make up for everything else. It didn't matter that my companion was jumping everywhere or that there were awkward pauses or bad spanish. The Spirit took us where we were at and made up the rest because we did all we could and now those Sisters and preparing for baptism because they unmistakeably felt the Holy Ghost. The mom Maria said she felt it twice like a big hug that came over her all of a sudden. It was a miracle.
We have some other investigators that have very good potential for baptism but we need to work really close with them to keep them running and feeling the Spirit so that they are ready. Oh by the way here is a good story! So me and another Elder that was going to train were together for one day while waiting til the next day to get our official companion. So we went to see a less active but he was not there due to miscommunication. So we stopped by the house of the neighbor of this member. There was just a drunk man out on the porch and the contact wasn't going anywhere so we gave him and card and were going to leave when his girlfriend came out who is like 50 and she was talking coherently so we talk to her. So they let us sit down with them on their back porch and we start talking about the Book of Mormon and she is telling us just to teach her from the Bible cause she doesn't need some "little guide book" so we asked if we could explain briefly for 5 minutes about the Book of Mormon and then we would leave if she didn't like it. So we start and she cuts in about how the church is in you and the church is in me and religion is man made and we just need to read the Bible and love God. Then her husband/boyfriend guy was like wait I want to get baptized and so we say that through prayer God can show him where (which Church) he should be baptized. Then she yells out "I can baptize you in the tub if you want!" and start laughing like a crazy person. So we felt like it isn't going anywhere and so I tell her to read the Book of Mormon and God can tell her if it is true and she starts going crazy and starts raising her voice till she is screaming saying how we need to teach what is in the Bible and need to share the message about saving others not some church that is man made or some "little book". During this she gets up, while screaming at me and is getting closer and closer to me until she is right over me (and she was a big lady) and her spit is getting on me. And she is just yelling about how we just need Christ and not anything we had in our "little book". And then she started poking me in the chest! So I said she is right and we need Christ and that He is is found in this "book". She continued to ask "Just answer me this, is that little book more important than the Bible?" There was a 5 second pause and I said "yes" and she kicked us out and pretty much told us never to come back. I felt like Satan was sitting right there by that lady the whole time.
So I love my mission and it literally is the greatest thing I have been able to do as my own personal service. I am still working out and I have not finished reading Jesus the Christ but I need to and am going to. I am in Mosiah in the Book of Mormon and in Acts in the New Testament. I hope you are all searching for opportunities every day to share the Gospel and invite others to come to Christ in any means possible which may just be dinner at the house. Uncle Keith I have not had a "perfect day" yet and like you said it is extremely difficult but I am constantly striving to be exactly obedient and pray one day to get there. I love you all so much and do plan on writing you all more often so just wait for those letters. I love you and pray for you all. Thank you for all you do and all the prayers for me.
-Love your son/brother/grandson/nephew/
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