We have had success in finding new people that are interested in the gospel but are very hard to schedule with. We have plenty of people that are on the verge of baptism literally probably 10 people that are almost ready to take the dunk but just feel like they have all the time in the world. I wish thy felt the same urgency to get baptized as we feel to baptize them haha. The good thing is that there are some kids in Sandhill that have been going to church every Sunday for months. So next week we are going to teach them 2 lessons 2 times and cover everything so they can be baptized that same week. They want to be baptized there is only the need to be taught by missionaries that is holding them back. Again we did a hecka ton of service this week. One of our investigators wants to be baptized but want her aunt to be there who won't be able to come down here until July so that is frustrating for us haha. Just working with people and teaching them what we believe. I thought i knew all about, The restoration, Faith, repentance and baptism, the sacrament and everything but I learn more and more about is every time I teach it. The spirit really does teach through us that is for sure, we have had some really good questions recently about certain things and we answered them very well. I am also coming out of my "greeny shell" and talking a lot more. I always let me companion take the lead and i just added testimony and further explanation when needed but now we are both teaching in unity I am glad that i know these things well enough now and feel confident about teaching other people about are beliefs.
Just so yall know Missionaries are a million times more effective when they teach people who are already friends with members instead of random people we tract into. So if anyone asks you about our church refer them to the missionaries because that is where conversion will happen even if they don't expect to be converted. People tell me all the time they have a friend who asks questions about our church but is just curious about it and is not looking to be converted. Well i want you to know that EVERYONE we talk to "is just curious about our church" and no one is looking to be converted. We walk into someones house who just wants to know about our church and within 45 min. after our message about the restoration we are supposed to always ask them to be baptized by someone holding the priesthood authority of God. Crazy huh? Within 45 minutes we ask people to be baptized!! Do you think they expected that when they called us or their friend sent us over? No sir. Many people will accept our message and we should not be the one to judge for them. Let them talk to the missionaries and decide for themselves. We can make it awkward and weird and as members just blame it on the missionaries and move on it will not effect your relationship if anything it would strengthen it because you were willing ti share your personal beliefs with them. Basically i am saying get involved with the missionaries. They would appreciate, you will feel the spirit and we will bring blessings to peoples lives that they never expected. Being sealed to their family for one!!
We have so much truth and so many blessings I wish I could have told more people about it before i was a missionary. How wonderful it is to be LDS! I just want everyone to be given an opportunity to feel the blessings that we as Latter-day Saints feel every day! I love this gospel, I love Jesus Christ and the wonderful and infinite atonement he did for us. What love he must have had for every individual to say "yes i will pay for everything for you. Even the things you did on purpose i will pay for it." I am so gratrful to have tasted a part of this atonement for myself and have seen the changes that can come. I love the scriptures how lucky are we to have honorable men and prophets of God write down and preserve records for us. They didn't benefit from them at all. The plan in simple and yet majestic and infinite! I love having the knowledge of there things for myself and would strongly encourage anyone who is struggling with these things to read the Book or Mormon and pray in faith to know of these things for yourself! What a wonderful blessing!!
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