This week wasn't as good as last week, in that we did not teach 20 lessons, but it was a very successful week in that we were able to meet one of our goals, and we were able to get one of our investigators to sacrament meeting. We had a total of 16 lessons this week, of the 17 we had set at the beginning of the week we had 6 cancel on us. So, the events of this last week goes as follows.
Monday started us off with three lessons taught, and one new investigator. We had a quick dinner, and then went right out. We taught an MRL to the Campos family, then we stopped by one of our potential investigators around 6, and were able to teach her the first lesson. She seemed interested, but I believe that her 9 year old son has the greatest potential at the moment. She wasn't very enthusiastic on reading the Book of Mormon, but her son really wanted to. He talked her into giving it a try. She feels like God doesn't know everything because he lets bad things happen, and if he knew everything, then he would be able to stop those things. We talked about the principles of agency and opposition. I wonder if it would be good to share with her Amulek's story, when he and Alma witness the burning of the people. After our lesson with her, and setting a return appointment for Sunday we rushed to our next appointment, which was a family home evening with the L. We called to let them know that we would be late, and we also called the G, who we were supposed to go see after them. The G cancelled on us, which made the evening less rushed, but it was still disappointing. We had a great lesson with the larimers, we shared the story of Ammon, and how he was a friend to them, before he was their teacher. We challenged them to put up a mormon.org profile, and invite a friend to learn more.
Tuesday Elder A and I did the training and practice in our District Meeting. We taught the district on the importance of using members, and we taught them a basic MRL format. 1. Spiritual Thought. 2.Ask for Recent Missionary Experiences.3.Build them up, and relate their experience to the Savior, or tracting.4.Teach them about missionary work, and how to do it, i.e., mormon.org, or the visitors center.5.Help them to set goals on what they can do in the next two weeks to do missionary work.6. Follow up in two weeks. We commited them to teach an MRL at every dinner appoinment. After District Meeting we met one of our ward missionaries at the house of a part member family that we had an appoinment with. The member wasn't there, and her boyfriend told us they would talk to us later to set up another appointment. After that we went to a lesson we had with one of our potential investigators. No one was home there, and we don't have a phone number for her. Dinner also cancelled on us, and we came back that day with zero lessons.
Wednesday was much better. We did some service with a potential investigator, helping her put together furniture. We had a great talk about our missions, and why we do what we do. We weren't able to have a formal lesson, but we did set up an appoinment with her to come back and teach in a few weeks when she gets back in town. After a quick lunch we had a lesson with B E, we taught lesson two, and we also taught C G, also lesson two. With B he brought up some resentment for Adam and Eve, because if they wouldn't have fallen we wouldn't have to deal with any of the hard stuff, and sin. We explained that on the same token, if they hadn't fallen, then he never would have been able to experience all of the things that made him happy. He seemed to still be a little resentful, but I think he understands a little more now. That evening we went out with Bishop R of the Springville ward to a less active member. We read 1 Nephi 19, to help strangthen his faith in Christ. Bishop lovingly invited him back, but he declined, saying that he was comfortable with where he was at.
Thursday was amazing. We had a lesson with K E, we read through 2 Nephi 2, and set up another appointment to come back and teach the rest of lesson two. After that we took K D to the Visitors Center. It was an incredible experience. The Spirit was there, we taught him lesson three, and were able to hear his feelings about his experience thus far. He is still planning on being baptized on August 25. He told us that he would make it to church for sure on Sunday, we had one of his member friends join us. That night we had lesson four cancel. We stopped by a less active family for our appointment, and they had just left to walk the dog according to their daughter, as we were leaving though I saw their dog on their deck.
Friday we started the day with some tracting. We went for two hours, and only talked to a handful of people. We will try that place again sometime. We stopped by some members, and were able to set up two MRLs for this week, and teach one. We helped a less active member move some things into her appartment, after that we went home and ate, because our scheduled dinner couldn't have us over. That night we went out to see members in the Rock Creek ward to schedule of teach MRLs. We didn't teach any MRLs, but we were able to teach one of the families on the elders quorum focus five. They were very nice to us, and invited us to return this week.
Saturday we had a lesson with G, a less active member from Sprinville ward, and then we went to volunteer at the Party in the Park. We helped them to staff some inflatable slides and obstacle courses for the kids, and well as a rock wall, and a volleyball court. I was able to have several conversations about our church, and what we do as missionaries. It was a very neat experience, and was a lot of fun. We got free Tshirts, and were provided lunch. They were incrediblely grateful for our help. That night we went by to see our referral that we had recieved on Friday. We biked right to it, without knowing where we were going. They were excited to see us, they let us in, and then we found out that they were less active members and had asked for us because they wanted to come back to church, and didn't know how to do it. We taught them about faith, set up a return appointment, and gave them directions to the church. They were a great family. When we got home we had an MRL with the mebers that we live with.
Sunday we saw the S, the less active referral, they came to church, and enjoyed the fellowship of the members in Rock Creek. During Springville ward K D came, and he had a great experience. he has a lot of friends in the Springville ward. Our follow up lesson with J didn't happen, we saw her, and left her a chapter to read, but were unable to go in and teach. We will stop by again this week. We had our first dinner with a member family this week with the B, and taught and MRL with them, then we went over to Springville ward and had two MRLs there.
It was a good week, and this next week looks good as well. We have dinners set up for the whole week too, which will help. We have 17 lessons set again for this week.
Elder A and I are still getting along, and doing great. Its exciting to see his enthusiasm grow as we start to teach more. taching always brings me joy, and it is doing the same for him. Thank you for your support and prayers, they are much appeciated.
Love,
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