Monday: As usual, was not very successful. For some
reason, our plans on Monday always fall through. The weather was bad as
well, so we weren't able to use the car to travel.
Tuesday: We saw Sister F again. She never answers or calls us
back, so we always just show up. It was a great lesson though! She
said that she is going to get active again. She knows she needs to come
back to church. She isn't happy with the baptist church anymore.
She's really hard to pin down.
After we went to see sister M and H Sister M
wasn't there so we just taught H! We asked if she'd be baptized
and she said yes! She said she was thinking about it again. She always
feels peaceful when we leave. She was super open to the church. The
spirit in the lesson was super clear. Everything just clicked.
Later that night, we went to the Addiction Recovery Program. It's
church sponsored, and focuses on the atonement. It's a great class, and
we're going to try and get more of our investigators to come!
Wednesday: We had our district meeting.
After we went to
teach A and K. J was there again, so we taught her
about the book of mormon. Right when K walked in J had to
leave. K brought her friend with her, so we closed the
lesson with J, and said an opening prayer to teach K and her friend. It was awesome! We taught them the Plan of Salvation.
She liked it all, and said she's going to get her mom to come!
We had BoM class that night, and it was amazing! It was only us,
the sisters, and J. The spirit was so strong though, and we all
learned something crazy awesome!
Thursday: We
had an awesome lesson with P. We taught him about the BoM and
prayer. He said he was going to come to church this Sunday. He said
that the spirit told him he needs to live righteously again. It was a
successful lesson.
We taught sister H. She asked how she can protect her family
from the evils of the world. We basically told her she needs to start
teaching them the gospel while they are young, and that is what will
protect them. It'll guide their choices, and they will be more
sensitive to the spirit.
We taught H at the Memmott's house. We had planned to teach
her this quit smoking program we have, but there wasn't enough time.
She said she isn't giving us her cigarette's. We were bummed, but
decided that the only way to get her to quit is to continue to do what
we are already doing-teaching. The spirit will be the one that helps
her quit.
We also had 2 lesson's with members seeking referrals.
Friday:
We went and taught sister H, and the same nurse form last week
was there. She was still interested in the gospel! She said the
missionaries we referred her to contacted her. It was awesome! She met
with them Yesterday.
We had a lesson with sister S, and taught her tithing. That's
what she has an issue with. We also committed her to come to church.
We promised her so many blessings. She didn't come. One day she will.
Saturday: We went to teach sister F. again. She
had the flu though. Her son who is 16 answered and
we asked if we could teach him! We had an awesome lesson about the BoM
with him, and he said he is going to read it. We are following up with
him this Tuesday.
We had a lesson with H later that day as well. We continued to
encourage her. We compared her life right now to the Joseph Smith
story. She feels like so much darkness is around her. But like Joseph
Smith, the light will come. She needs to continue to seek it.
We had dinner at the zebroski's after. It was delicious and super fun!
Sunday:
We went to church. No one we are teaching came... It was still a
great service. After we taught brother m. We helped address
some concerns. He is still struggling with how emma smith felt with the
whole polygamy thing. That's his biggest hang up.
It has been a great week! I love being a
missionary! It's so fun! Elder Johnson is such a great missionary, and
i am honored to be his companion. Transfers are coming up, and i'll
probably be training. If i can be half the trainer he was, i will have
succeeded.
Love ya!
Elder Birrell
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