So this week was awesome, and tiring.
Thursday
we got two new investigators. One we found about a month ago while
contacting. We gave him a Book of Mormon and finally got in touch with
him. I talked about him a bit last week. He is doing good. We taught him
the restoration and he liked it. He is looking for a church that is a
good fit for him.
The other new investigator's name is EJ. He is 16 and
we met him at a fourth of July party that one of the members had. EJ is a
member's nephew. On Wednesday, Elder Howard and I were biking quickly
to an appointment. EJ called my name and said hi and I called back and
we rode off to the appointment. It took me a while to remember who he
was. Later that day, we saw him, on the same street, and he said hi
again. This time we were able to stop and talk to him. We set up an
appointment for thursday. We went by with a member and it went great. We
invited him to be baptized and he accepted for september 9th. We have
been doing great at keeping up the contact with him. He was in church
yesterday, and enjoyed the sunday school class and young men's lesson.
Not many investigator's I've had have come to church the first week
after we started teaching them. We also played basketball with him and
some members of the ward yesterday, and had a lesson with him earlier
this morning. He is doing awesome, and is excited to be learning and
meeting with us, as well as being excited to be baptized.
We also got two new investigators this morning as well.
We taught a man named Jamal and his two kids (one is 8 and one is 7).
He wasn't overly interested in joining, he just wanted to know more. He
also really wants his kids to know more about God. We think the key is
getting all of them to church. The kids will like it, and they
are already close with a member family. We were excited to get in with
them.
It is really nice to have some new people to teach. We
had some that weren't really moving, but now it seems like we have a
bunch of people to teach, with even more potentials. It is also nice to
have someone working towards baptism. This stake is one of the toughest
in the mission, but right now, you wouldn't know it. There are 13 people
getting ready for baptism in the stake, the most out of other stake in
the mission. As the missionaries here have been working hard, and have
been more obedient, the Lord, and the members, are trusting us more. The
fruits of prays and labors are starting to pay off. We just need to
help get these people into the water. It is amazing to see how the zone
has turned around.
We are still teaching tons of less active members as
well. We had one guy there on sunday, and he hasn't been here in the
whole time that Elder Howard has been here. His work schedule changed a
while ago, so he has been able to come, and this Sunday, we finally got
him there.
We were exhausted at the end of the week, but it was a great week. This week has already started off really well.
Well the computer is going super slow, so this will be the end of the letter
-Elder James Richards