Dad,
It’s been a great week, full of
thanksgiving. First of all, the bishop’s family fed us on Thursday,
giving us a full Thanksgiving meal just like at home. The next day we were
fed by Mike, a less active member, who fed us loads of mince burger and chips,
then Saturday night we had the ward thanksgiving and Scottish dance activity,
and ate loads there as well. Tonight and every night this week besides
Saturday we are getting fed by members, I'm pretty stuffed full of good food
and I think it won’t matter how hard I try I will likely put on some weight
this season. The members of Liff ward are certainly taking good care of
us, we are also seeing an increased desire in them to do missionary work and
invite their friends. The potential energy is high, we think we just need
an initial success, a couple baptisms, to get the momentum going and send the
whole thing off.
We are teaching the husband of a
member here, his name is …. and he's not religious at all but is always up for
a good challenge. As part of our lesson plan, we decided to challenge him
to a test of faith. He works at the city market 4 days a week, one of
those days being Sundays, and this is his main excuse for not coming to
church. He says Sunday is his best day for profit, and it would put him
way behind if he missed it. Our challenge was for him to go to church on Sunday,
and not attend the market, with the promised that he would make more money that
week by attending church. He was passive about accepting the challenge
but told us to keep our eyes peeled on Sunday. Unfortunately, he didn't
show up. Nevertheless, it was a great faith building experience
and we felt the spirit guide us through trying to plan according to
his needs.
We have a had a week of much
finding and seeking new friends to teach, and have managed two new
investigators. Also we visited a couple, David and Kayli,
who was that couple we stopped on the street after missing our bus
stop. David was the one we thought we were going to teach, but after a
few minutes of speaking with them, it was clear that Kayli was the one
prepared to receive our message. Not long after beginning
our discussion, and after testifying that they could understand Gods
plan and know that this was his true church through the Holy Spirit,
Kayli asked, "what do I need to do so that I
can know that". GOLDEN question right there, we have
an appointment with them on Friday I believe, looking forward to it. Plus
we may go golfing with David soon.
We were pulled into a surprise
conference on Friday to implement the "He is the Gift"
initiative. Go to Christmas.mormon.org if you've not heard
mention of it yet. We are using cards, the website and
other resources to integrate the "true meaning of
Christmas" into our finding and teaching. I'm pretty cool with it,
seeing as how I've been very turned off at how the world celebrates Christmas; to me
it’s the worldliest time of the year, where Christ is far from the hearts
of men. So this is perfect.
Thanks for your email Dad; I hope
you have a great week. I love this work, can't wait to see you soon and
catch up on all that is going on. Love you Dad,
Elder Merrill
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