Not really... It was a super slow week! It was hard.. We weren't able to get our numbers up this week but instead they went down. It was hard to get Member Present Lessons this week but hey I'm still super grateful for what we were able to get.
I think the hardest thing about my mission so far is when investigators don't go to church but they have a testimony about the Restoration but won't commit to baptism! This is the hardest thing about being a missionary. When you don't understand why people choose what they choose sometimes. We have been teaching a Sister Grace for like 5 weeks now. She is a babysitter/maid(timbang) for a member family. Her Mom is a member of the Church. She has a strong testimony about the Restoration but won't be baptized. In our first lesson with her this week she said she can't relate to us. That's the hardest thing we've had right now is getting a sister fellow-shipper her age because there are none right now. They are all of missions. But Elder pretty much taught the Restoration again real quick while I was just praying and pondering. I related to her so personally. I talked about families and obviously how she wants a family in the future, loves kids, wants the best for them, and etc. I related about temples, priesthood, and the truthfulness of the Gospel to families and how I want to have an Eternal Family but the only way to get that is to set a goal to go to the temple and be sealed to your spouse and family for all time and eternity but that is only possible now through the Restored Priesthood with the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. Luckily the members had a computer with internet... I then went on google real quick and showed her my Temple (The San Diego Temple), The Cebu Temple, and The Manila Temple. I then talked about when we have these desires and we come to the truth we need not deny the truth but act on it. I then ended the lesson and gave a the closing prayer. She started crying and then went into her room right before we left. That relativeness was inspired of the spirit and what she felt was the Love of Our Heavenly Father. She still is struggling though. Our last lesson last night with her was about Prayer specifically. I want to Baptize sister Grace so bad. Its the hardest when things like this happen.
Another investigator is Sister Alicia an around 65-69 year old who is still super strong and so funny and fun. When she smiles she looks like she's so mad insane crazy woman but that's just her and its awesome. She's not actually crazy or anything. This old woman has such a strong desire to know the truth. Our past lessons with her have been so hard though. She has so many doctrines and stuff that she learned when she was younger that are false and true. Every lesson I've been really stern with her but in a loving way. I can see her being baptized really soon. She accomplished my assignment I gave to her and it was about the Plan of Salvation. I honestly was blown away. She had all these questions and let us talk more instead of her babbling. My sternness of telling her to forget and leave all the things of her wisdom and knowledge that she has learned in the past and rely only on our Heavenly Father and what she feels and thinks, not what other people have told her. Something I have been really trying to do is every person that I teach I imagine that they are dressed in white baptismal clothes waiting to go down into the waters of Baptism. It makes love in the lesson come in so much easier and faster.
Anyways its been a good week! Next week will be awesome though too! Why? Its my Birthday!!! I am turning 20! I will no longer be a teen in my lifetime again. Thank goodness.... Most horrid years and hardest. haha!
I love this Gospel and know its true and that Joseph Smith Restored the Truthfulness and the Priesthood back to this world again.
Priesthood - The Power given from God to men for the Salvation of Men.
The sisters had baptisms this Saturday. I baptized 4 people. =D
The 4 Baptized .
All of us.
Brother will be baptized next week. Sister was pregnant if you can tell when I baptized her. haha It was a different experience.
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