We had another good week this week, we were able to start it off with a trip to the visitors center with Nathan and Brian. We talked a lot about the priesthood, and the family, and they had a lot of good questions and imput. I think that Nathan is a little closer than Brian, but I feel that they are both at least to the point of wanting to know. They have been reading, and they know a lot about the Bible. We are having another lesson with them tonight, teaching the Gospel, we are planning on using a lot of scriptures from the Bible as well as the Book of Mormon.
Tuesday we had our zone meeting, where we talked about the importance of members. We talked about member families, and the auxillary leaders that help to do missionary work, and that know the ward better than you do. We were able to do some tracting afterwards, and we found a single mother who invited us back, we were able to teach her on Thursday, and we is really open to learning, and she asked if her boyfriend could join us in the next lesson. WE also had a lesson with Merone, we read from Mosiah 13, and taught the 10 commandments, with a focus on sabbath day, and chastity. She believes that you should follow those, and had no problem in accepting the invitation to live them. We are still trying to help her recognize the answer shes received. We also met with Dan C, and Susan H. Susan is a member, and Dan is a Jehovahs Witness. He did missionary work for 10 years, and he loves to talk about God. He thinks we have an agenda, but he really likes us, and invited us back again. We also met with Rebecca L. We read from the Book of Mormon with her. That book has a real power to it to help calm a troubled soul.
Wednesday we had a DLC. We talked about some things that we could do to help our districts, and set goals to acheive in the month of May. I did the math on what it would take for each companionship to acheive the goals, and it is really doable. We went to have a lesson with Sam P, and it turns out hes crazy. We walked up, and he was outside in a trenchcoat holding a hatchet, and smoking. He told us that he'd been in the psych ward for a week, and that he hadn't read the Book of Mormon, but that he had prayed, and he knows its true, and that Joseph Smith is a prophet. He told us how great we are, and to not let anyone get us down. He then told us to leave. He called us Saturday and told us that he'd read some from the Book of Mormon, and he loves it. We met with David S, and went over the 10 commandments with him as well. We talked to him about his baptism in June, and he was realliy excited for it. He called us the next day, and said that he had been talking with Melissa, and he doesn't want to get baptized that soon. He is willing, but I think that she is hurting his progress. We also met with the Moore family, and taught them about the creation by request. A cool scripture I found in Abraham says " and they watched the things that they had ordered, until they obeyed." It didn't all happen at once, but they keep watching, until they obeyed, I think its the same with us sometimes. We also met with Clancy G. We read through a section in D&C. At the beginning f the day we had 8 lessons scheduled. We only ended up with 4, but it was still a good day.
Thursday we were able to meet with Jen, the single mother, and we had a really good lesson on the restoration. We were able to do some tracting after that, and we found another single mother, who was willing to learn more. She invited us in, but we didn't have anyone with us, so we taught her on the doorstep. We went over all of the restoration, and gave her a book of mormon, we are planning to return this thursday. Her name is Jenny.
Friday we had an exchange with the Summerlake elders, and I was with Elder Rock. He is very quiet, and doesn't say much, but you can tell that he is trying hard to overcome his fear. He is a good elder, and we had a good time together. We were able to have a great lesson with Dirk. We read through 1 Nephi 3-4, and talked about faith, keeping the commandments, and doing things you are not comfortable with. Elder Rock and good examples of doing things hes not comfortable with. We also had a lesson with Bill S. He is a jew, who's wife had died, and he is very lonely. He talks a lot, and has read all of ALma, and a lot of anti-mormon material. He realized that the other material is no good, and he is open to learning, and to coming to church. I think he will take a long time, but I can see good potential with him.
Saturday we were able to meet withthe stake president, and discuss the missionary work in the wards. The whole district was there. It was a good meeting, and accomplished a lot. We were also able to meet with our assistant WML, because our WML had just had a baby. WE met with our bishop as well, and he gave us a list of names to go see, of which we have seen 4 already. We were able to meet with Shawn and talk about the Atonement. Kristian didn't join us again, and we are going to pass them off to the YSA elders this week.
Sunday was great. We were able to visit a lot of people that our bishop asked us to see, and to do some tracting. One of the people we visited was a single sister who had just moved in from the YSA. The person we were looking for had moved, but we were able to talk to her, and then to her nonmember friend, who is a world champion fencer. We are planning to do a P-day activity with them in the first of May.
Love Elder Schultz
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