We'll we had some miracles and things happen last week, that set us
up nicely for this week. No new investigators yet, but there should be
some that come this week.
We had one potential investigator, named Richard,
who lives in a gated house, so we could never get to the door. We met
him a few weeks ago contacting, gave him a Book of Mormon, and asked if
we could go by. He gave us an address, but we could never get past the
gate. Yesterday (Pday), we were walking to the Spanish Elder's
apartment, so we could get a ride to the stores, and we walked by the
house. As it turns out, the gate was open. We went Inside, knocked on
the door, and we saw Richard. He was busy, but
gave us a phone number and told us to come back some morning this week.
Now we have a phone number to call which makes things a bit easier. I
was so glad I was wearing the normal proselytizing clothes, like we are
supposed to on Pday. If I hadn't been he wouldn't have recognized us or
been happy to see us. Miracles for obedience.
Also yesterday, we were playing soccer at our normal
spot, and two kids asked if they could play. One of them, Niko, is
actually a former investigator. Elder Howard and the previous elder
taught him, but then he got sent to Juvy. He wasn't supposed to be out
for 6 months, but it has only been 4. He is a 16 year old Tongan, and is
cousins with some members in our ward, one of which is getting his
mission papers all finalized. Hopefully we'll be able to start
teaching Niko this week as well.
We've seen a lot of great things happen this week. It
has been a testimony builder to me that the Lord really does recognize
our work and our obedience. They tell us that the members "check us out"
to make sure we are good missionaries who can be trusted with
referrals, and I feel the Lord is same way sometimes. He doesn't reward
the missionary for being obedient, he rewards the person with an
obedient missionary. We like to get caught up and think all the
investigators and baptisms and such are for us, but it is all for them.
It is just up to us to do our best for these individuals.
Everything is going well here. Thank you for all the support.
-Elder Richards