The most important thing I need to tell you about is Nils. We taught him three times and his wife two times. He isn't our investigator since he is in another area, but he is Chinese so Sister Taylor taught him. He has gone back to China, and he likes what he has learned, but he is afraid of the Chinese government. He has a copy of the Book of Mormon in Chinese. We taught about the Plan of Salvation a lot. Nils' wife had a lot of really good questions. Why does everyone have a different body? Would there have been a fall if there was only Adam and no Eve? Were animals in the pre-Earth life? Why are there so many gods in different religions? She also asked many other things.
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| Nils and his wife |
The Temple is next to the Stake Center, so every other Tuesday we get to go to the Temple grounds and help out. It is lots of fun. The Temple is really pretty as well.
Mom, I'm not in Winter Park; I'm in Winter Garden. By the way, Sister Fairbanks liked the bookmark. I gave it to her at trainer's follow-up.
I got the iPad I'm going to use throughout my mission at that meeting. It has some really cool apps we use. The area book app replaces the area book as well as the missionary planner. It is useful, but it can also mess up, since it is technology. I will eventually use Facebook on the iPad. They want to train us a little at a time, so I'll use Facebook once my training is over. I will make a new Facebook account and use it to contact people in my area. It's not for making personal connections, however; so no friending. My focus has to stay on the mission. We can also use Facebook to teach lessons.
Thanks for the package. It made me smile with all the green things in it. Also, if you haven't sent the package with music discs, you can wait until Christmas and add it to that package. I don't want you spending lots of money on something simple like that.
While we were contacting people, there were two funny stories. First, the person said he looked into our church before, and that it is good, but not for him. After we talked with a few more people, we saw him again. He asked us if we were over 21. We told him 20 and 19. He then continued and asked us to karaoke and to get a drink. We said no. He asked us where we were from. Utah and Colorado. He said a person from Florida would show us how it is done. We again said no. He then told us he just broke up with his girlfriend. We parted ways then. It was funny. I don't get why he asked if we were over 21, but then ignored that we weren't. Second, I told another person my name was Sister Pack. He said it sounded gangster.
Mom, a previous missionary left orange oil, like the oils Heather sells. What is orange oil good for?
I saw Meet the Mormons at a Tri-Zone Conference. The movie is really good. It just came into theaters this past weekend. I would recommend seeing it for anyone who can afford to. If you want more information about what it is about, look it up online. I really like Gail Halvorsen's story about being the Candy Bomber, since I learned about the event in Gore's history class. I also really connected to the missionary mom. Also look up what Elder Holland says about the movie.
Investigators:
Jason: Things are going well with him. We just want him to read the scriptures daily.
Stan and Ruth: Things got complicated. Let's just say we dropped Stan, and we hope we can still meet with Ruth and her children. I really think Ruth is ready to hear the gospel.
Mat and April: We taught a lesson with them last night. It went really well. Sister Taylor has taught April before with her son, who is now living with his father. Mat has taken some lessons with missionaries before as well. We were going to teach the restoration, but we switched it to the Plan of Salvation. It was the best lesson I have taught so far. It was more of a conversation than a lecture. Mat said he would get baptized if he knew it was true. April is interested, but she is concerned with all the rules, especially the Word of Wisdom. I know she can give up [tobacco, tea, coffee, and alcohol] with Christ's help.
Miracle time: We visited a less-active sister with the Relief Society president. After the lesson, there were tons of police cars in the area. We wondered what was up but went home. The next day, at Jason's lesson, we found out that the police weren't letting anyone in or out of the apartment complex until 2 am. Sister Sorenson (the RS president) wasn't able to get out, so she stayed at Jason's house. Jason's wife, Vanessa, is Sister Sorenson's daughter. I know the Lord was watching out for us as we went home and were able to make it back to our apartment in time for curfew. I know we could have stayed at Jason's with Sister Sorenson, but it was better that we got home.
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~Sister Aurora Pack
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