This last week was Thanksgiving and it was fantastic!
We actually ended up having an American style Thanksgiving, which was a
surprise, but it was delicious. We ate at a member's house whose husband is not
a member and has kind of been dodging missionaries before. He is a really great
guy though. We shared a nice little message about gratitude and the importance
of it. It fit with the day pretty well. After dinner and when people
were leaving, he came up to us and thanked us for our message and we started
talking. He brought up a bunch of stories in the bible and it was a nice little
discussion we had for about 15 minutes. Now as a result we are going to start
having a little bible study with him every week with our Branch President. We will be trying to strengthen our relationship with him and try to start
bringing the Book of Mormon into it here and there. Also on Sunday the branch
had a special fast for him.
After their house we went to Pops and Sweeties for
dessert and ended up playing some games for a little bit. So, after a long day
of planning for the week and eating a ton it was nice to play a few games to
keep us awake after all that turkey we ate!
We were able to find a few people that were lost before as
well. We have an appointment with 2 previous investigators this week and our
finding pool has been growing a whole lot too with referrals from members
and everything.
On Tuesday we were able to go out with our newly appointed
Branch Mission Leader to meet Ramona and her family. It turned out to be a good
little visit. They haven't been keeping their commitments to read the Book of
Mormon so we were able to focus on it and address their concerns as well. As a
result they now are starting to read by themselves =).
As for everything
else there has just been a whole lot of planning and organizing, getting things
that we need in order to get things going here. We have been able to get our
foot in the door with a lot of less active members who no one has been able to
meet with for a while.
On Sunday we had a less active/part member family come
to church for their baby son to be blessed and I was able to participate in
that. What a tender experience it was. To stand around that newborn and the
Spirit and love that was there. It was incredible!
Needless to say, this next
week we have jammed pack and it seems a lot of good things are starting to come
our way, so I am excited! The Lord truly has been blessing us with so many
miracles daily and it has been great working with Elder Meservy.
I know that this church is true, that Jesus Christ is at the
head of it and it is his church. I know that he knows us perfectly and is
filled with love, compassion and mercy toward us. I know that He lives and
truly the only better thing than knowing about him is coming to know him
better than we do now. I say these things in the name of Jesus
Christ, amen.
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