August 11, 2014
Area: Broadway-Central
Companions: Spencer and Petersen
This week went well for us, we are working hard and are starting to see the fruits of those efforts. We haven't been getting as many lessons as we would like, but we know that we are doing our best and we are getting more new people and we are helping the less-actives from the ward. We believe that the service and love we are showing to others is causing the change in their actions because we had 3 less-actives come to church this week!
We had the opportunity to teach one of the less-actives
that we found last transfer, and help her move out of her dad's
apartment and into her own. She said that now we can go and knock on her
door to wake her up for church if she doesn't message us in the morning
saying that she is awake. She is really excited to get back into going
to church, and she was able to attend the baptism that our ward had this
last Saturday. She met the bishop of the ward and we got her to church
so she could participate and get to know some other members in the ward.
We also had the opportunity to find and teach a
couple of new people that seem more interested/willing to act than the
ones that we have been teaching in the past. We are excited to take part
in allowing them to find out the truth for themselves and to partake of
the blessings of the gospel. We did visit a couple of the investigators
that we have taught in the past. As we mature in the mission, we realize that our approach needs to change- we have shifted our vision from
teaching them in a way that is just throwing information at them to now trying to help them see what they can
gain from it and why it would be important. We are having them think of
goals that they can set for themselves to get them to progress. It is a good approach because it has personal agency involved, which is one of the true gifts Heavenly Father has given to us...personal agency, personal goals, personal 'change of heart' = slowing down enough to know and feel the love that Heavenly Father has for each of His children.
As for the people behind those four doors that we
contacted before (the ones that Carolyn is asking about), I have no idea
what happened to the first guy, I assume the English missionaries are
seeing him, but if not, I will ask them to do so. The second person
hasn't had anything happen with her, we have seen her once since that
initial contact, and she still isn't interested. The less-active we
found as a result of knocking on the third door is the one we helped
move, and she is super awesome. We almost had a member present lesson
with her, and she came to church on Sunday because we were able to knock
on her door. And the last guy we found has gone to church, but said
that he didn't really like it, mainly because he didn't feel like he
learned anything (we think he just went to sacrament meeting and left
before the classes...)
That about sums up our week, it was a pretty good one, could've been better, but we are starting to get there.
I love you guys,
Elder Stanley Scott Dye
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