First off congratulations to Amber on her new baby!!!
This week went pretty well. Nothing crazy happened, but we continue to feel happy in the Lord's work. I am so happy I received my new rain coat recently because with the exception of a few short lived hours Sunday afternoon, it has been pretty much a downpour of water everyday. Now all I need is a waterproof backpack. People are really funny when you knock on their doors and they say "we are not interested in your message but I hope you have a nice day and stay dry." Haha, I wouldn't have it any other way though. I have become accustomed to the rain and can't even imagine what a dry day is like.
This past week we did find a really prepared lady who is like golden....but she is a single mom so we passed her off to the sisters. They pretty much told us that she is amazing and SO prepared to receive the gospel. Now we just need to find a man like that. The Hermanas also tracted into Jesus (our investigator) and had a lesson with him. They were thinking that it was a little bit interesting how he already had a Book of Mormon, knew so much about the church, and looked a little familiar. They just laughed when we told them at correlation meeting that they had just taught and set up a return appointment with our investigator. They asked Jesus' girlfriend when they were there is she wanted to learn and she said "no." We are still working on it, but looks like it could be awhile more before her heart is softened to us.
One of the counselors in the former stake presidency (it was just rearranged 4 months ago) came and did a Book of Mormon presentation for the branch this past Friday. He served his mission in Peru and while there learned from the tribal leaders about their history. All of their history was memorized and passed down from generation to generation. Many of their stories match up with the Book of Mormon. The way the missionaries had success and permission to teach the people was to talk with this tribal leader about the Book of Mormon. He would see that what they taught was the same in the Book of Mormon and give the missionaries permission to preach to his people. It was super interesting and I wish we were able to stay for the whole presentation (we had to be home). The cool thing is is that the words "Nefita" and "Lamanita" (Nephite and Lamanite) are in their language. Over the years their meanings have been changed a little and "Nefita" means destruction or destroyed and "Lamanita" means fruitful or prosperous.
Love you all,
Elder B.
This week went pretty well. Nothing crazy happened, but we continue to feel happy in the Lord's work. I am so happy I received my new rain coat recently because with the exception of a few short lived hours Sunday afternoon, it has been pretty much a downpour of water everyday. Now all I need is a waterproof backpack. People are really funny when you knock on their doors and they say "we are not interested in your message but I hope you have a nice day and stay dry." Haha, I wouldn't have it any other way though. I have become accustomed to the rain and can't even imagine what a dry day is like.
This past week we did find a really prepared lady who is like golden....but she is a single mom so we passed her off to the sisters. They pretty much told us that she is amazing and SO prepared to receive the gospel. Now we just need to find a man like that. The Hermanas also tracted into Jesus (our investigator) and had a lesson with him. They were thinking that it was a little bit interesting how he already had a Book of Mormon, knew so much about the church, and looked a little familiar. They just laughed when we told them at correlation meeting that they had just taught and set up a return appointment with our investigator. They asked Jesus' girlfriend when they were there is she wanted to learn and she said "no." We are still working on it, but looks like it could be awhile more before her heart is softened to us.
One of the counselors in the former stake presidency (it was just rearranged 4 months ago) came and did a Book of Mormon presentation for the branch this past Friday. He served his mission in Peru and while there learned from the tribal leaders about their history. All of their history was memorized and passed down from generation to generation. Many of their stories match up with the Book of Mormon. The way the missionaries had success and permission to teach the people was to talk with this tribal leader about the Book of Mormon. He would see that what they taught was the same in the Book of Mormon and give the missionaries permission to preach to his people. It was super interesting and I wish we were able to stay for the whole presentation (we had to be home). The cool thing is is that the words "Nefita" and "Lamanita" (Nephite and Lamanite) are in their language. Over the years their meanings have been changed a little and "Nefita" means destruction or destroyed and "Lamanita" means fruitful or prosperous.
Love you all,
Elder B.
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