So our week went
pretty well. It is kind of a good thing that they pulled the sisters
out because it gives us a few more people to work with but it's now
kinda hard to work out how we are going to cover the whole area because
we had it all figured out before and now the house isn't in a very
convenient location because it is pretty far away from some parts of the
sisters' old area. And they aren't just going to replace the sisters at
least in this change because right now in the mission, there aren't
very many sisters... actually, something kinda interesting... there are
only two American sisters in the mission right now... and one is
actually from Argentina but has lived in Idaho for the last 9 years but
ya... just one... and so with that in mind... there aren't very many
other sisters either.... and actually less missionaries have been
arriving to the mission. Like... last change about 20 went home and... 7
got here... so it's a little crazy because we aren't as many as we used
to be and that is kinda going to keep happening at least for a little
bit...
The goal for my comp and I and each companionship is to have 5 baptisms at least in our zone, in September. Other zones have other goals.
David is doing very well, this week
we taught him about the Gospel of Christ and the Word of Wisdom... He
took it well but... wasn't so strong on the accepting the challenge of
keeping it, he said he would try... but wouldn't give a firm yes so we
are going to see what happens... he does have a date for the 29th and is
pretty excited about it :)
Jonathan didn't come to church... again...
he had to work late and didn't get out of work until after church...
(his schedule is pretty tough and then they ask him to stay longer!) but
he has been reading and it is great :) we went to just check up on him
and we talked about what he had read and a bunch of other stuff and it
was great to know that he is liking it and wants to keep reading and
learn even more.
We haven't really found any new prospects per se...
but we did "inherit" some from the sister missionaries that are pretty
good, like La Familia Duarte, they are a middle aged couple with two
young kids, one is 8 and the other is 2. The husband had talked to the
missionaries before, like a long time ago but told us that when he read
the intro and the testimonies of the witnesses in that time, he got a
super bad headache and had to stop reading and hasn't read it since...
but we are going to get him to read again, they are a really great
family and really want to get an answer from God about the truth. We
talked about faith when we visited them and it was a really good
experience :)
Things are going well with my comp, and we still talk a lot and it's good :)
A good experience from this week
would be when we taught Larisa about the Restoration. She had already
kinda heard it from the missionaries in her boyfriends ward but we
explained it again and it was a really great experience :) I could feel
the Spirit as we taught and testified of the first vision and when we
taught her about the apostasy, later she said "now I get it! why you
call it the true church, because it is the same church but had been lost
and now we have it again" it was really great to see that the Spirit
could teach her that important truth and confirm our words :)
That's about it for this week, I love you all :) take care!
-Elder Sampson
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