Investigators at Church Rocks!

January 16, 2017

The sad news of this week is that J. texted us and said that he is not interested in meeting with us any more. It's funny because I realized that the past two letters home I've said how excited I am to teach him and his family. That was a hard day. I think it was the first time that someone who we had already met with a couple times told us to not come back. :( Sadly we can't control others' agency, but we can at least set an example for them.

We have several new investigators! One of them is M., who is 17 years old. He is a friend of a member of the ward. He is so cool! He is really looking to lead out in his life. He sees how the gospel has blessed his friends, and wants to be part of it. He always tells us how he feels happy and warm when we come. We told him that's the SPIRIT! So now he knows what that feels like. Sweet! In our lesson, we invited him to be baptized on February 4, and he said that he knows that will help him! So cool. We definitely have a lot to teach him, but he has a strong desire to learn!

Another new investigator we are teaching is C.! He is living with his fiance, M. who is actually a long-lost less-active. He loves God and knows the bible super well. He is excited to read the Book of Mormon and compare it to the bible, and he's already started! We just have to help him understand that he needs to pray about it too.

Sunday was so cool! We he had two of our investigators show up to church! M. and C.. It was ward conference, and the Spirit was there so strong! It was the perfect meeting for our investigators! They both loved it. We are excited to talk about it more with them this week!

Also another bit of sad news..... :P J., the one who threw away his cigarettes last week is getting some negative feedback from family. He's not sure if he wants to meet with us still. :( His fellow-shipper is really helping him though. She told us that he is going to go ask God sincerely if this is the right thing to do. We are praying he gets his answer and chooses to progress.

We haven't been able to meet with K. because he has been out of town. We plan on seeing him this week and passing him off to the YSA elders!

This morning we did a sunrise hike up a nearby small mountain! We had an awesome time! See the pics below!  Finally it wasn't cloudy!

I love being a missionary so much! I think each week gets better and better! I think it's because I am gaining a more and more eternal perspective.

Have a great week!