Another week come and gone and another week of pretty cool stuff in the ol' APM. I actually didn't have any e-mails to respond to this week so I'm able to write a bit of a longer post (for the first time in a long time :))
This week was a pretty interesting week. I guess to start off with I did another baptismal interview for one of the English companionship's in the district. There were two of them (a father and a son) and both of which were ready for baptism. But, interesting enough, when I was talking the the dad before his interview I told him that I was from Missouri and he simply told me that he had only visited Missouri once in his life and he wasn't quite fond of the place. I simply laughed and asked what part he visited. He responded "Ah, it's not that big of a place, you've probably never heard of it before." (Mind you, I get that question a lot and about 90% of the time I know where they are talking about) so I simply told him "Give me a shot". He responded "Well, the place was called....STEELEVILLE!" I just simply laughed and told him I knew exactly where the place was and that, in fact, I had visited there quite a few times on school competitions and other church things. He. Was. Stunned. Apparently I was the first person ever since his visit that knew where Steeleville was. Simply said, Small World.
Area wise, things are going well. A little slower than we would like but constant. We had some pretty eye opening experiences: Some good and some not so good. On the plus side, we did re-set a baptismal date this week, found 3 new investigators, and had 5 member present lessons. On the not so good side, one of those 3 investigators decided it would be best to learn about the church on the internet and became very, VERY misinformed about the stuff we do. We had our first lesson with him on Thursday night and when we went back over on Saturday (I was doing a split so I wasn't AT the appointment) he kinda went all sorts of nuts and, long story short, would never believe anything that we would say. It was a pretty heart breaking experience for me because just 2 days earlier we had this fantastic lesson and he showed a TON of interest but, in the end, it just didn't turn out good. As a result, he had to drop him and moved his Teaching Record to the "Former Investigators" tab of the Area Book. One day, when he realizes that something is missing and he is humble enough to recognize it, he will accept the missionaries back into his home. Until then, we know that Heavenly Father will continue to prepare him for that day.
This past Thursday we were blessed with the opportunity to attend a Valley Wide Mission Tour with Elder Paul V. Johnson of the 2nd Quorum of the 70. Both President and Sister Beck spoke as did Elder Johnson and his wife. We were also able to do a bit of a Q&A Session. By the end of the conference, I was spiritually full and was ready to hit the streets and start knocking doors. It sure is a blessing to have such inspired leaders to guide us through these troubled times. Life sure would be different and a whole lot more scary with out them.
As for the rest of the week, it went as well as could be expected. The ward is starting to take off with missionary work and between the two companionship's in the ward we have lots of people ready for baptism. On the other side of things, Satan is not very pleased with our work. He is try SOOOO hard to discourage what we are doing. But, as we learn from the scriptures, truth and righteousness will always prevail. All we need to do is keep hope and faith and push forward through the tough times. I feel like things will begin to take off here pretty soon and am excited for the future.
Speaking of the future, we received transfer news last night. I..........................
Well, I believe that is about all for this week. In closing I just want to share a quote I read the other day. I bought this inspirational calendar from the dollar store last P-day and in it are some pretty profound statements. In closing my post for the week I wanted to include a couple of them for you all to ponder this week:
"To be happy you must forget yourself."
"It is not enough to be busy...the question is: What are we busy about?"
Okay my friends, know that you all are loved, missed, and are in my prayers. I hope and pray that you all will have a safe week and receive Heavenly Fathers choicest blessings for you. Take care and, until next P-day, iHasta Luego! :D
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