Hello friends, how are
you today? Unfortunately, almost all of our appointments fell through this week
so there isn't a lot of interesting news to report. We were able to meet with
Charles and Molly though. They are both doing great! We taught Charles about
the Word of Wisdom and at first he was very much like "No, nope, this is
never going to happen." But by the end of the lesson, he had really opened
up to it and was willing to give it a try. He says he's going to start with
alcohol though. Which is good but... not any different than what he's already
doing. Oh well, I guess you've got to take what you can get right?
This week we've had a
lot of meetings but it has been good. We had interviews with President Miller
and he asked us to ask our ward in ward council what we can do to make it more
of a ward where we assist members in doing missionary work, rather than doing
most of the work ourselves. We brought up the idea and got a few suggestions
but nothing really solid. But, at least it's out there now. Also, if any of you
have any ideas that would be most certainly accepted!
When we met with Molly
this week we were able to talk to her about a new bap date! She doesn't have
one yet, she needs to talk to her mom, but she said it is something she wants to
do as soon as possible!
On Monday we spent the
day in Las Cruces for a zone conference. Elder Bennett of the 70 came and
talked to us from 10-5! It was super good though and I was personally chastised
for not inviting people to be baptized on the first lesson. Ha, ok not really
chastised but he asked why we don't always do it and I brought up how often
times for me it's because I'm worried that the person will be defensive and
surprised and not want to meet with us anymore. Ha and then he talked about
that for like an hour. So I guess I had better do it huh?! He was saying though
that what it really boils down to is that if they get freaked out and they're
not ready, they're not ready, and regardless of when you asked, they would have
said no. And that by putting it off, which is what they're expecting anyway,
you're just making it uncomfortable for everyone and actually reducing their
likelihood of saying yes, because they want to know why their not being
straightforward with you. Kind of like an awkward, beat around the bush dtr.
Besides, something Sister Dummar and I were talking about a bit before the
meeting anyway was that when you ask someone to get baptized the first time,
you really aren't even asking them to get baptized at all. What you say is when
you find out these things are true, will you follow the example of Jesus Christ
and be baptized by someone holding the proper priesthood authority of God. So,
what you're really asking is, are you willing to change? If you knew for sure
that this was the truth and that this was what God wanted, would you do
anything about it? Because if you're not willing to change, if you're not going
to do anything, what is the point of us coming to see you anyway? Elder Bennett
said that if we started inviting at the first and every lesson that we would
see the baptisms in our mission double. So! Here we go ha ha.
Oh, Sister Dummar and I
had hot chocolate this week made from egg nog instead of milk or water or
whatever. It was actually not bad but holy cow was it rich! Well, I hope you
all are doing awesome and loving Christmas!
Love,
April
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