This week in Tigard....
We invented a new sport called Cup-Ball. It is an epic cross between lacross and ultimate frisbee. It is a intense game of athleticism and skill played using a cup, and a rubber band ball. It makes P-day sweet.
Tuesday we taught a lesson with an investigator and we invited her to be baptized. She said she wasn't sure if she was ready for that kind of commitment, but that she would pray about it. She didn't come to church yesterday.
Wednesday we taught our rock-solid investigator. He already has a testimony, and we gave him a baptismal date of November 19th. He didn't make it to church yesterday though, so we'll have to push that back.
Thursday we had a doorstep lesson with one of our investigators that is so close, but so far. She won't pray with intent, because she is content with life. We shared a short powerful message about our purpose and that its up to her. It hit her hard.
Our baptism investigator had his baptismal interview as well. He passed, and said he had the intention of serving a mission.
Friday we did our weekly service. My companion got a new suit, and we made ties from the lining of his old one, using duck tape. They are sweet, we are wearing them today for Halloween. We call them Franken-ties.
Saturday our investigator was baptized. We spent two and a half hours filling the font. The baptism went well, but the brother who baptized went in after we shut the curtain and drained the font. It wouldn't have been a problem except the other elders had a baptism an hour after ours got over. We turned the font on, said a frantic prayer, and began filling a 10 gallon bucket and water pitchers from the kitchen with hot water from the showers, and sinks in the bathroom. We filled the font in 45 minutes.
Sunday he was confirmed. The brother that did it came up as we were gathering around him and whispered in a nervous tone "I've never done this before". I just kept thinking "Neither have I." We pulled out the white handbook and got it done. We also gave talks in Sacrament meeting, which was interesting because they gave us a topic that wasn't in our lessons, so we had almost no study time. We gave a 15 minute talk with only 10 minutes of preparation.
Thats the jist of what happened this week. I tried to put up pictures but the computer won't work here so I'll have to try somewhere else. Love you.
Elder Schultz