Oi, family! How are you guys doing?
This week was pretty insane -- not because it was really eventful or anything, but because my companion and I are working like crazy and not seeing any results from our efforts. For five weeks we have been talking to as many people as possible and trying to be smart and effective in our planning. But nothing is happening! I guess this transfer is supposed to be the one where I learn patience, because I'm definitely not learning how to bring people to church or baptize them.
On Saturday my companion and I went to somewhere between 16 and 20 houses to try to teach people. We didn't get into a single one. Either no one is home or they're too busy to let us in. This week we made 180 contacts and only got 35 addresses (the mission standard is 160 contacts with 40 addresses per week). People just don't want to talk to us! And they don't want to go to church, either. We've been fasting and praying and studying and being obedient and working and working and working, and nothing's happening. This week was pretty rough.
I'm actually not discouraged, though, even if it might sound like I am. I know that everything will happen in due time, and that it isn't for us to decide when people will be ready to accept the gospel and that no work is wasted and all that. It's just hard. It's like, I just want to find the people who already are ready, and then teach them and baptize them. I'm tired of hearing people's excuses of why we can't teach them.
I really am doing fine, though. This is the last week of the transfer, and my guess is that my comp and I will both stay here for at least one more. I've been really fortunate there, actually -- Elder Gillespie has been a great example for me, and he's a hard worker. And the members here are great; the ward leadership is the best that I've seen on my whole mission, and the people here really do have testimonies of the gospel. It has just been tough getting their friends to church.
Anyway, that's pretty much it. I discovered the other day that I had eaten liver on my mission without realizing it. It was pretty nasty.
All is well out here. I love you guys! The Church is true!
-- Elder Bworggins
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