Well another week gone. We had a great week, we were able to teach a lot of
our investigators and we have been working really closely with our new ward
mission leader, he is a stud. He didn't serve a mission but I've never seen
anyone so excited to be involved in missionary work, it's awesome!
Not sure if I
told y'all but we have been working with an older man who was excommunicated a
long time ago. His wife is a convert and they have been returning to activity
and we have been teaching them for the last while, they are hilarious. They
fight with each other and joke and smack each other around, I love them. Well
last Sunday he went and met with the high council and he passed the interview or
whatever it may be (Dad might know the official term), but he is getting
re-baptized on Wednesday! We are looking forward to that.
We also met with the
Elliots, the contentious couple who we go and gently bible bash with each week.
We talked about who the great "I AM" is and about prophets and they asked us how
we felt knowing that apparently 90% of the people who leave the church go
aethiest. It just makes me think of all the Nephite dissenters who, after they
had fallen away, were worse than the Lamanites and were the cause of all the
wars, so it didn't really surprise us. They are so hard to teach, all they want
is for us to either show them facts and proof or admit that we are wrong. They
know the scriptures way better than we do but they are missing the fullness of
the gospel so they don't understand half of them. Our meetings are kind of
pointless but there is a hint of hope so we are trucking on.
We also set a
baptismal date with another part member family. They chose to do it on a
Tuesday, kind of odd but it is apparently the day that the husband got baptized
when he was a kid so great!
Tony didn't propose this week, they got in an
argument so it wasn't quite the romantic atmosphere he was looking for, this
will be the week. We had ward conference and we were eating dinner with the
choir pianist on Saturday and she roped me into singing with the choir the next
day, it was decent. The Behunins came to church, they are a part member family.
The husband is a less-active member and the wife is a nonmember but they came to
church and were touched by the talks and now he wants to get active again and we
will get to teach his wife! Blessings from the Lord, not always in the way you
expect but always amazing.
I'm grateful to be out here serving a mission. I'm
learning first hand the true power of faith and am building a foundation on my
Savior Jesus Christ. I am grateful for the knowledge I have gained so far about
living life but more importantly I am grateful for the blessing of spiritual
strength and the power that comes to us as we are willingly obedient. I love my
mission and I know this is where I need to be. I love you all!
Elder Williams
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