We had a great week this week. Some ups, some downs. All of the people we found last week stopped investigating, one way or another, which is very disappointing. But the good news is that we found a lot more people, and hopefully among them we`ll find some `keepers` who really want to change their lives.
I told you about S in my first email - the taxi driver who is trying to quit smoking. Well, after that first appointment we never had able to find him again, because he got a new job and was busy all the time. Yesterday he was finally home and we stopped by to visit with him. He was doing a lot worse than the first time I had seen him - he was tired, and stressed. But still with a desire to do things right and change his life. We taught him about the commandment of Sabbath Day observance and how that renews us so that we can handle the stresses and problems of life. He committed to start observing the Sabbath. The chat helped him - when we left he was better than when we arrived. He`s a really great guy.
We celebrated the 4th of July over here, singing patriotic songs and saying the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag. It was fun! And we celebrated with some of the other North American missionaries in our zone on the 2nd, after district meeting, sharing our pie and flag with them. (It was really tasty pie.)
(Kind of a fun and silly musical (???!) video clip Andrew's companion sent to us ... )
On Saturday, Elder Leatham and I contacted a man who has known the missionaries since 1992. He told us right up front that he enjoys talking with the missionaries but it always comes down to one point, which is whether or not he`ll be baptized, and that he`s never decided to be baptized. So we talked about baptism - what it is, why it`s essential, and why he should get baptized. He told us that he needed to think about it, and pray... as we were leaving, he asked us about the time of church and whether we would be there... indicating that he wanted to go. He didn`t show up at church, but later that day we ran into him in the street and he told us he was going to go, but woke up too late. We really felt the power of our calling in that lesson, though, and we really felt that we were acting as representatives of Jesus Christ.
Elder Leatham and I made pizza this week when a lunch fell through. It was pretty good!
I`ve managed to save some of the photos off of my virus-infected camera card and put them onto a CD. I`m going to save the other ones on the card and not try to use it in a computer until I get home and can open it up in Linux to disinfect it. Hope I don`t lose them!
Love you all so much! Thanks for your letters. I hope you have a fantastic summer week!
Elder Stockton
On Saturday, Elder Leatham and I contacted a man who has known the missionaries since 1992. He told us right up front that he enjoys talking with the missionaries but it always comes down to one point, which is whether or not he`ll be baptized, and that he`s never decided to be baptized. So we talked about baptism - what it is, why it`s essential, and why he should get baptized. He told us that he needed to think about it, and pray... as we were leaving, he asked us about the time of church and whether we would be there... indicating that he wanted to go. He didn`t show up at church, but later that day we ran into him in the street and he told us he was going to go, but woke up too late. We really felt the power of our calling in that lesson, though, and we really felt that we were acting as representatives of Jesus Christ.
Elder Leatham and I made pizza this week when a lunch fell through. It was pretty good!
I`ve managed to save some of the photos off of my virus-infected camera card and put them onto a CD. I`m going to save the other ones on the card and not try to use it in a computer until I get home and can open it up in Linux to disinfect it. Hope I don`t lose them!
Love you all so much! Thanks for your letters. I hope you have a fantastic summer week!
Elder Stockton
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