Hello Everyone! Weekly report!
It has been such a great week! Last Monday we spent most of our
day cleaning our apt.! Very fun!!!!!!
Well, I really don't have much to say- Here is what we have been
doing for the past week really!!! We have been visiting every former and every
less active in our area......!!!!!! We did that most of Saturday, and we were
able to take off quite a few names from our potential list.!!!!!
Our teaching pool is rather VERY SMALL:
First on our list is Deloris- She was being taught by the elders,
but we have only been able to see her once in the time we have been here......so,
we need to see her soon :(
Next- Winnell- She was also being taught by the elders. Her main
concern right now is that it would be too weird to change religions, so we are
teaching her about the ONE true gospel with everything in it! In the lesson she
just stopped and asked us, "Why when y'all come over I just start to cry?
Simple answer, "Your heart is recognizing this from the pre-existence. What
are you willing to do to keep that feeling around?" I really hope she is
pondering on the question and answer because it will change her life!
Next one-- and most stressful- amazing
one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LORI THE MUSLIM-- So Lori is not the typical Muslim- She grew up
catholic, but when she was 18 she hated the heaven and hell thing so she went
to non-denominational. Then a few years later her and her husband (now ex)
looked into Islam and they decided that they liked the "theology" of
Islam, but she doesn't practice too much anymore. Like, they don't eat pork,
but she doesn't pray the prayers, and I guess in 2011 she had a neighbor who
was Mormon and had 4 kids. Lori has 4 kids so they hit it off and LORI LOVES
MORMONS! LOVES, LOVES, LOVES, MORMONS!! SHE CONSIDERS HERSELF LIKE 1/2 MORMON…
SHE TRIES TO RAISE HER KIDS LIKE MORMON KIDS AND SHE TRIES TO DO EVERYTHING
MORMONS DO BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO HAVE THE SAME LIFE AS US BASICALLY.... HER ONLY
HOLD UP and a HUGE hold up with that is............. She doesn't believe that
Jesus is the Christ......So we are working with that.... She has been meeting
with missionaries for almost 3 years. After we got out of her house sister Turner
and I looked at each other and were like, “WOW....We have our work cut out for
us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Lori wants us to come over and teach her kids about the
Book of Mormon stories and relate the stories to their lives and what not. So
we are going to kind of do that, but we are going to figure out why she doesn't
believe in Christ.... So if anyone has ideas we are going to be fasting and
praying to know how to help her.!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SOOOOOO EXITED TO TEACH THIS
FAMILY! We know ultimately she needs to have a spiritual experience with the
Savior! So that is what we are going to try to do!!! Anyway ,that is about
it!
I have been fighting a cold, so I haven’t been feeling 100%--
but fighting though! Hopefully I am at the tail end of it!!!!
I
love you all!
Have
such a great week!!!
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