Dear Family,
I love being in the Meadows 1st ward! It is a lot different from Red Rock however!
This is a very low income area but the people are great! (and
interesting at times). We have a while list of potential investigators
and we are working on visiting them. most of them are not home but we
have been able to set up appointments with some of
them. My zone leader in my previous area told me of his observation of
missionary work, while on exchanges. He said, "its funny that all we do
for two years is knock on peoples doors for 2 years and see if they are
home". Its so true! all we do is knock on
their door and see if they are home. if they are then we say what we
need to and see if they would be interested, if we could set up a
time... and so on.
Elder Sanders is a great missionary! He is very quiet but we get along great.
I love living and breathing missionary work 24/7!!!
We were able to have a lesson with a returning less active member
on Thursday and it is great to see the change in people! He has tattoos
all over and he looks pretty rough. but he is the kindest guy in the
world! from age 15 he was out of the house and
into selling drugs. Now he is in his 30s and he is changing his life. He
talked about all of the horrible things that are on tv and even on
commercials. He has been able to recognize areas of his life that he
needs to improve on and he is doing it.
We had a discussion with a man named, Demario. He was a potential
that neither of us have met before. We knock on the door and the first
thing he says is, "hey guys I'm really not interested". but the
conversation soon changed and we were able to see what
he thought about religion. He does not believe in organized religion but
he does believe in the original church that Christ set up. He basically
taught us the Great Apostasy while he talked. We told him that the
original church of Christ is back on the earth.
we talked for over an hour in 113 degree heat on his door step and it
was good to finally be able to see him grasp what we were trying to say.
For most of the conversation we were trying to tell him that what he
was saying is exactly what we teach! and he wasn't
getting it! But by the end he started to understand and he was willing
to have us back again.
I love the mission and cant wait to get out there and meet some more awesome people!
Love,
Elder John
"wishing will not make it so. The Lord expects our thinking. He
expects our acting. He expects our labors. He expects our testimonies.
He expects our devotion." - President Monson
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