First off, I wanted to clarify a little about my email last week.
In no way did I mean to say that my ward here in Rapid stinks. This
ward is awesome! I love serving here, and I love the people in this
ward. But the issue is universal. Most of the people that I mentioned
that we tracted into that had friends that were LDS were out of town. I
just wanted to make that clear!
This week has just been amazing and full of blessings and miracles! First off, right when we finished emailing last week we went shopping, and while we were in line, a man came up to us and told us he was going to buy our groceries. He was a member of the church visiting Rapid from Mesa, Arizona I believe. That was a great blessing! I hope he and his family had fun here and were able to travel home safely. Second was how we found the C family. E. Bone and I prayed about where we should tract and we felt like we should go to 2 specific streets right next to each other. When we knocked these streets we found 1 potential on each streets. One was this family that was very nice to us and said to try back another day cause they were just sitting down for dinner. The other was a guy who we set up a return appointment with us for about a week later. We tried them a few times, but had no luck. Then, when we went for the follow up visit with that guy, he told us he just didn't really care to hear our message. We felt like we should go try the family now, since we were in the neighborhood, so we walked over, knocked, they opened and seemed very excited and let us right in. It went awesome! It's a mom, dad, and a 15 year old daughter. They drilled us with questions. What is a missionary, what do we do, why are we doing it, how long do we do it, where are we from, etc. etc. etc. We were there for about 45 minutes just answering question after question, then when we felt we should let them get back to their night, we invited them to take the missionary lessons. They seemed pretty interested in it, so we set up a return appointment, and they offered to feed us dinner.
When we came back, we
were able to teach them the Restoration. We would teach part of it, ask
a question to gauge their understanding, they understood it perfectly
and would always finish it with "That actually makes a lot of sense."
As we continued teaching the Spirit filled the room. It was so
exciting, cause they were just soaking it up! When we invited them to
read and pray about the Book of Mormon, they were all for it, especially
the mom. She loves to read, so she was all for reading a new book.
We're going back tomorrow,
and I can't wait to teach them the Plan of Salvation. They are just so
ready and prepared! They are probably some of the most Christlike
people I've met in a long time.This week has just been amazing and full of blessings and miracles! First off, right when we finished emailing last week we went shopping, and while we were in line, a man came up to us and told us he was going to buy our groceries. He was a member of the church visiting Rapid from Mesa, Arizona I believe. That was a great blessing! I hope he and his family had fun here and were able to travel home safely. Second was how we found the C family. E. Bone and I prayed about where we should tract and we felt like we should go to 2 specific streets right next to each other. When we knocked these streets we found 1 potential on each streets. One was this family that was very nice to us and said to try back another day cause they were just sitting down for dinner. The other was a guy who we set up a return appointment with us for about a week later. We tried them a few times, but had no luck. Then, when we went for the follow up visit with that guy, he told us he just didn't really care to hear our message. We felt like we should go try the family now, since we were in the neighborhood, so we walked over, knocked, they opened and seemed very excited and let us right in. It went awesome! It's a mom, dad, and a 15 year old daughter. They drilled us with questions. What is a missionary, what do we do, why are we doing it, how long do we do it, where are we from, etc. etc. etc. We were there for about 45 minutes just answering question after question, then when we felt we should let them get back to their night, we invited them to take the missionary lessons. They seemed pretty interested in it, so we set up a return appointment, and they offered to feed us dinner.
My birthday was great! Thanks you all for your loving Birthday wishes! They made my day! We had dinner at the Wilbur's home and the Worsley's came and they through me a little party. They smoked some brisket and ribs, and man, was it good. Couldn't have asked for more. And, go figure, they didn't make a cake! They made brownies! I don't think they knew I don't like cake, but it worked out perfectly. I had a blast!
That's
about all the time I've got for this week, but It was an awesome week!
I'm loving it in Rapid! Love you all and miss you tons. Hope all is
well back home!
Elder Carter V
Ah! How did I forget this! I got to go to Nebraska on exchanges, and we got to go visit the Blassingills in Hay Springs! That was such a blast from the past! I taught them when I was serving in Gordon. They're the ones that would not only feed us when we came over, but would stock us up with food to last us a good couple days. I love them so much! Pretty much all of them asked me "When did you get back?!" and sadly, I had to say "I'm not back, just here for the day." But, the other Elders are gonna start teaching them again.
Ah! How did I forget this! I got to go to Nebraska on exchanges, and we got to go visit the Blassingills in Hay Springs! That was such a blast from the past! I taught them when I was serving in Gordon. They're the ones that would not only feed us when we came over, but would stock us up with food to last us a good couple days. I love them so much! Pretty much all of them asked me "When did you get back?!" and sadly, I had to say "I'm not back, just here for the day." But, the other Elders are gonna start teaching them again.
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