E-mail of August 1, 2005
Man, this has been a busy week! We have been running around all week
trying to talk to people, but we've been having trouble getting a hold of
most of our investigators. We were able to teach the Baeza family three
times this last week though, and they love everything they have learned
about the Church. They won't agree to be baptized yet though, but are
praying about it. I am really excited for them, they are an awesome
family, and so funny.
Training has been fun. Elder Brough is willing to do the hard work, so it
hasn't been hard to get out and do it. Well, except that he has gotten
three flat tires! The day after he got his new bike, he got a flat tire,
so we had to try and fix it, but when we pumped it back up the pressure
blew a hole right through the patch. So we walked around most of Friday.
The training we recieved from the mission was kind of short, but just
taught us that we have to be the ultimate example for the trainees. We
can't cut corners on any rules, and we have to be willing to teach and
learn from our companions.
We had our first real Zone Conference with President Ewer on Friday. He
knows the scriptures so well, it's pretty amazing. He taught us about how
we need to keep perspective and remember that even though the field is
huge, you can't forget about the actual people.
We have also been teaching a few other people that are progressing pretty
well. We finally got Robin to start thinking seriously about the Book of
Mormon and the Church. She finally understood that we really do believe
we are the only true Church, and she still came to Church on Sunday, so
that's a good sign!
Are you guys reading the Book of Mormon? The Prophet asked all of us to
start today and read 1 1/2 chapters a day, and we would be done reading by
the end of the year. I hope you guys are trying to do that, I am starting
today, but I'll probably be done before than. The Book of Mormon is so
much more interesting now! I love reading it, and I have really gotten
into the war chapters, and why Mormon included them in the Book of Mormon.
Anyways, that's all I can think of for today. Have a great week!
Posted by jeff at August 1, 2005 08:21 PM