Investigators:
Alan- We were able to get a referral from the spanish elders on Saturday for this guy named Alan. He is a really cool guy who has been meeting with the missionaries for 40 YEARS!!! Yes, you read it right! 40 years!! We met with him on Tuesday and went over the baptismal interview questions with him and he is 90% ready to be baptised! We just need to teach him a few more lessons and he should be good to go! He told us that he almost got baptised in Apirl of last year but didnt because he was concerned about his feet that have a medical condition that makes it so he cant get them wet and a couple of other really good excuses as well. So he stopped meeting with the missionaries for a couple of months and now he feels ready to take the discussions again! He also told us that he is ready to be baptised soon!! So we are working with him to meet that goal!
Tammie and Megan- Another really cool experince happened on Tuesday as well. We went tracting and tracted into Tammie and Megan who are mother and daughter. They acceptingly let us in and we were able to teach them the restoration! We asked them if this is something they felt like this is right and Tammie (the mom) said yes! When we asked if they would like to learn more about it Megan said that she wanted too! Sister Erickson and I literally started jumping with excitment. So, we set up a time where we can meet with them again later that week!
Tony- We were also able to teach Tony this week. He is doing really well and has been reading the Book of Mormon. When we met with him on Tuesday we were able to teach him the Restoration on his porch in 10 degree weather. haha but it went really well. After feeling like our fingers and toes were about to fall off we set up a time when we can meet with him again later that week. We were also able to meet with Tony on Friday this time we met at the church to teach him. Which was a lot warmer. haha we were able to teach him the Plan of Salvation and he loved it! He asked a lot of really good questions. Later that night he called us and said he was a little confused on chapter 4 of the Book of Mormon and so we were able to help him understand it better. I loved that he felt comfurtable enough were he could call us for that! We invited him to come to church with us on Sunday and He did!!! He loved sacrament meeting and Gospel Principles and said that presthood was a little weird since we havnt gone over temple work yet. We were able to explain it to him afterwords and he felt a lot better about it. Im excited to continue teaching him and watching him progress!
Ben- We also were able to meet with Ben on Thursday which went really well! We taught him about keeping the sabbath day holy and tithing and fast offerings. We read 1 nephi chapter 7 with him and loved it. He is doing great and making his way towards his baptism!
Heather and Pat- Heather and Pat are mother and daughter as well. We met Pat(the mom of Heather) while trying to get in contact with Heather who was a referral from the spanish elders. We finally caught Heather on Saturday. She told us that her house was a complete mess and of course we told her that we didnt mind so she let us in to teach her family. However while we were going inside their massive pit bull comes running straight at us and growling at us acting like its about to bite us. So, of course I froze with fear while Sister Erickson was pushing me around trying to get to safety. After what seemed like forever Heather was finally and gratefully able to get that big scary dog under control without anyone getting hurt. Other than that and the nasty red crock roaches everywhere, the lesson went really well as we were able to put them BOTH on date for baptism! I am so exicted to teach them and to watch their testimonies grow!
Ellic- On Thursday we had a lesson with Ellic. Sister Erickson and I both felt like we should go over the baptismal interview questions just to see where he was at and something about it told us that he was not intrested at all. Which was too bad. Maybe now is not the right time for him though. He will probably come around afrter a little break.
We were able to go to the Nashville temple on Wednesday for an endownment session with the Keefes! It was so fun! I loved being able to go to the temple and exploring downtown Nashville with them! I am excited to go with Sam and Judy on Tuesday for Baptisms! Oh, I almost forgot to mentiion that Sam BORE HIS TESTIMONY on Sunday!! They are doing so well and are loving the joy that the gospel is bringing them!
I love the lord and his gospel and this work so much! It brings me happiness studing it everyday and sharing it to people! Hope y'all have a safe and amazing week! Love y'all and miss you so much!!
love,
Sister Jensen
quote of the week:
"Crabs don't listen to the gospil"- Sister Erickson
"I've never been hit on by so many old man in my life!"- Sister Erickson
"How many people let you listen to christian music on their front porch?"- Tony
Scripture of the week:
Alma 40:23
"The soul shall be restored to the body, and the body to the soul; yea, and every limb and joint shall be restored to its body; yea, even a hair of the head shall not be lost; but all things shall be restored to their proper and perfect frame."
Temple trip!!
Downtown Nashville, Tennessee!!
The elders left a gift for us...
No comments:
Post a Comment