Each we visit Sister Ferris since she is in a nursing home and she was reactivated by a previous missionary. The plate she is holding is something her mother found years ago. Sister Ferris thinks it might be ancient. I think it was made recently.
Elder Gouch is our new district leader. He is a Portuguese missionary. He didn't change areas; they just added his area to our district, which is now the Metrowest district. Now we have five companionships in the district.
Investigators:
Pastor Trobar: Things didn't go well. I knew the conversation was going to take place sometime. Pastor Trobar disagrees with us on the Godhead, and he doesn't like that we say our church is the only completely true church. I believe the other churches have truth and are good, but they just don't have the fullness of the truth. Anyway, I don't want to say more about what happened other than I am grateful that we had dinner with the Morgarath family afterwards, because they are fun and cheerful, which is something we both needed.
Jason: He canceled his lesson, but he came to church.
Pauline: Moved back into Ocoee, so the same Elders are teaching her again. She is getting married to someone from that area.
Alyss & Will: Tried calling, but no one answered. We have plans to drop by their apartment to see if we can get in contact again.
Okay that was all the sad investigators. [Dad's Note: I'd consider Jason a big success!] On to the happy ones:
Gilan: We were able to teach him a quick lesson, but he wants to read the Book of Mormon more before we really meet. He asked which book would be best for him to read. We told him 3 Nephi, so he plans on reading that before we meet up again. We tried explaining that he doesn't need understand everything before we meet with him.
Madelyn: The appointment fell through, but we were able to set up a time to meet with her this week. :)
George: Our district leader, Elder Gouch, accidentally called us. We called him back to see what was up. When I heard it was just an accident, I was a little flustered. This was wasting our time: we could be talking to more people. However, because we "wasted our time," we were able to see George pull into his driveway. We had meet George before, and we had tried to visit him, but he wasn't home. We then proceeded to have a great lesson with him.
Jennifer: We were able to have two lessons with her this week. She agrees with most things we teach except the authority part. For her, the Bible is the authority. Anyway, we are meeting with her and her friend, who wants to learn more about our church since her son is a member, this week.
Keren and Rosa: They came to church a few weeks ago with the Haz'kams, because Brother Haz'kam is friends with Keren's dad. Keren is taking a comparative religions class, so she came because she picked to research the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We got to meet with Keren and her mother, Rosa, this week. It turns out, as she researched, she became more interested. Rosa is also interested in learning more, but she is very cautious about false prophets. We are going to meet with them again after Keren has done her report, which shows she really is interested for herself and not just for her class.
This week we meet our goals for lessons with members present, other lessons taught, referrals contacted, and new investigators. We were so exicted last night, since we got Keren and Rosa to schedule an appointment (making them investigators), thereby surpassing our goal by one. We were able to have a lesson with Jennifer together with two of the young women, also one of our goals. It was awesome!
Miracle: This week on Thursday, during Zone Training Meeting, I somehow twisted my back. If I stood up straight, it hurt. It also hurt when I was sitting down. Anyway, I got through the day, although it was hard to concentrate. I prayed so much for Heavenly Father to help me. I also laid on ice when I went to bed. Each day the pain has been better. Now my back is only sore and not painful. I know the Lord has helped me. I am/was worried about it, because if a missionary goes to a chiropractor five times (indicating a chronic problem), she gets sent home. Anyway, I don't want my back to become a problem. I have a great sense of peace about it.
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~Sister Aurora Pack
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