Hola mi familia,
We've had a great week here in King's Lynn. We don't have too many
solid investigators yet. There is mainly just one we are working closely
with. Her name is Justina. She is from Lithuania. She has been taught
everything and really wants to be baptised but she is still living with
her ex-partner. I don't understand completely. She told us yesterday he was moving out, but when we called her last night she said he hadn't so we aren't sure what is going to happen there. Please pray for her.
We've come to the conclusion that there are very strange and
crazy people that live in King's Lynn. The funny thing is that the
people that live here even talk about it, including the people we meet
on the street and the members. It was comforting to know that it's not
just us. We had a lesson with one man that was so interesting. He had
his whole front room filled with cameras of all sorts. He was telling us
about all his problems but wouldn't really let us teach. He said he was
taught by missionaries years before so he already knew everything,
unless we had something new to tell him. The member that was with us
starting telling him about General Conference, which I thought was
perfect, but he just tried to shrug it off and say that he was
enlightening us rather than us being able to teach him anything. So
strange.
We did have a really neat experience though. We are really trying
to improve the quality of our conversation with people and really
talking with everyone. Elder Ballard made a promise that if we have 10
gospel conversations each day then we will baptise every month. So we've
been working up to having 20 conversation each day (10 for each of us).
On our weekly planning day we set a goal to get 15. We were really
close and only had about an hour left. We started talking to this man
who thought he knew so much better than us and that there wasn't
anything more we could teach him about God that wasn't more than just
our opinion. We just sincerely shared our testimonies of the Book of
Mormon and asked him if he would like a free copy. He was so shocked. I
could really see the spirit softening his heart. He was so impressed and
curious about why weren't asking for anything in return and just
wanting to share this wonderful book with people. He was so happy to
receive a copy and said he would definitely read it!!
We had another experience when we were just walking through the
park talking with people. We past a big group of teenagers that were
smoking and having energy drinks and I didn't think they would genuinely
be interested, especially because I find when we talk to groups of
people, usually they all just agree with each other and don't want to
stand out by being interested or even admitting to believing in God. I
felt like we needed to atleast offer them pass-along cards, so we did
and just briefly explained what we were doing and what the website is
about. Then later that night we got a text from someone who said he was
in that group and would be interested in hearing more!! We are meeting
with him tonight!
We're really focusing on the members. I feel like I am slowly
getting to know more and more of them. Hopefully we can really see this
ward change and grow!
In sacrament meeting yesterday
a young man gave a great talk on preparing for a mission. He talked
about how if we want to prepare to be great missionaries, we have to DO
what missionaries do in order to FEEL how missionaries feel. It really
made me think about how I can always feel the way I do now. Maybe not
exactly, but I just need to keep praying the way I do now and continue
to really study the scripture like I do now. The spirit is a promised
gift to all those who keep their covenants. IT is available to all. I am
so grateful for it.
I love you!!!
Love, Sister Davis
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