My dearest family,
E aí! Como vai, gente, beleza!
This week went pretty well. From Wednesday to Sunday, my companion and I had our district leader working with us. He hasn't had a companion for about a week and a half or something, so he has been hopping around from ward to ward so he has someone to work with. It was actually a pretty good experience to have him here with us. Something that I learned in the MTC is that missionary work and trios don't really mix with each other, but we managed just fine.
We had a couple people drop us this week. That's always a bummer, but I've kind of gotten used to it. One of our best investigators is living with our ward mission leader's daughter, who is an inactive member. He really took to heart our challenge to read: he read all the chapters we marked for him in the Book of Mormon, and then he started from the beginning and made it to 1 Nephi 11! We were all pretty blown away by that. Anyway, he told us the other day that he still hasn't felt anything while reading or praying. And he hasn't gone to church yet. And he told us that he's pretty uninterested now. So...
We taught another twentysomething dude last week who was really good. We read in the Book of Mormon with him and he said right there that he felt the influence of the Spirit as we read. And then he said that he wanted to read the entire Book of Mormon before even making a visit to the church (which I think is a little preposterous, but wutevs). That would be fine, but we passed by his house the other night and he still hasn't read a single verse yet. And he told us that he's kind of uninterested right now, too. So...
BUT,
We taught a super elect girl this week. A young woman who is a friend and neighbor of a great member family went to church last week. She also went to a fireside, ward activity, and children's choir event thing. Apparently she has really been liking the Church a lot. We taught her for the first time this week in that member family's apartment. WOW, guys. It was so great. We taught the message of the Restoration up until Joseph Smith, and then we watched The Restoration (the film) and taught about the Book of Mormon. And, like, she got it. No one ever gets it, guys. But she did! And she's excited about everything and she has a lot of friends in the church and her mom has already given permission for her to be baptized which means that they have talked about baptism and man I'm excited! She didn't go to church yesterday because she was staying at her aunt's house, but we're going to have a family home evening there tonight and teach her the GOSPEL and she's going to LOVE IT and it's going to be wonderful.
Other than that, our week was pretty normal. I'm getting a little tired of talking to people who don't care about what we have to offer them, and I'm reeeeeeally tired of hearing people's excuses. I'm also pretty tired of all the apostate churches down here, but fazer o que, né? Então. Anyway, things are going well. My companion and I get along and we've become good friends. We work hard and obey the mission rules. I'm still doing my best.
I love you guys. For real. Good luck with all the traveling and moving and all that.
Let me know how you're doing!
luv
elder wiggins
E aí! Como vai, gente, beleza!
This week went pretty well. From Wednesday to Sunday, my companion and I had our district leader working with us. He hasn't had a companion for about a week and a half or something, so he has been hopping around from ward to ward so he has someone to work with. It was actually a pretty good experience to have him here with us. Something that I learned in the MTC is that missionary work and trios don't really mix with each other, but we managed just fine.
We had a couple people drop us this week. That's always a bummer, but I've kind of gotten used to it. One of our best investigators is living with our ward mission leader's daughter, who is an inactive member. He really took to heart our challenge to read: he read all the chapters we marked for him in the Book of Mormon, and then he started from the beginning and made it to 1 Nephi 11! We were all pretty blown away by that. Anyway, he told us the other day that he still hasn't felt anything while reading or praying. And he hasn't gone to church yet. And he told us that he's pretty uninterested now. So...
We taught another twentysomething dude last week who was really good. We read in the Book of Mormon with him and he said right there that he felt the influence of the Spirit as we read. And then he said that he wanted to read the entire Book of Mormon before even making a visit to the church (which I think is a little preposterous, but wutevs). That would be fine, but we passed by his house the other night and he still hasn't read a single verse yet. And he told us that he's kind of uninterested right now, too. So...
BUT,
We taught a super elect girl this week. A young woman who is a friend and neighbor of a great member family went to church last week. She also went to a fireside, ward activity, and children's choir event thing. Apparently she has really been liking the Church a lot. We taught her for the first time this week in that member family's apartment. WOW, guys. It was so great. We taught the message of the Restoration up until Joseph Smith, and then we watched The Restoration (the film) and taught about the Book of Mormon. And, like, she got it. No one ever gets it, guys. But she did! And she's excited about everything and she has a lot of friends in the church and her mom has already given permission for her to be baptized which means that they have talked about baptism and man I'm excited! She didn't go to church yesterday because she was staying at her aunt's house, but we're going to have a family home evening there tonight and teach her the GOSPEL and she's going to LOVE IT and it's going to be wonderful.
Other than that, our week was pretty normal. I'm getting a little tired of talking to people who don't care about what we have to offer them, and I'm reeeeeeally tired of hearing people's excuses. I'm also pretty tired of all the apostate churches down here, but fazer o que, né? Então. Anyway, things are going well. My companion and I get along and we've become good friends. We work hard and obey the mission rules. I'm still doing my best.
I love you guys. For real. Good luck with all the traveling and moving and all that.
Let me know how you're doing!
luv
elder wiggins
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