March 1, 2011

Whats up matey, we have just been finding and teaching we had to drop alot
> of our investigators this week with the faith that the lord will fill the
> empty spaces. But we were working with wendy i tracted into 5 months ago
> atheist and she was progressing to the point that she read the book of
> mormon, bilble, came to a baptism... and we went back and she said that she
> wouldnt ever be able to make a committment of being baptized but she said
> that she is grateful that we installed a belief in god for her and admitted
> to feeling the spirit. I then told her that we wouldnt be around very much
> more and then we got in the car. I wanted to cry, i felt like the biggest
> poofter in the world it was like someone punched me in the face, There was
> nothing else i could do. and it hurt me pretty bad. Marvin is a 16 peruvian
> that we have been meeting with but his family is baptist and wont let him
> come to church. We asked him about the book of mormon and he said it makes
> his heart burn when jesus christ speaks and believes that it is true but
> there is not much we can do because hes only 16. we just set a date with a
> brazilian surfer girl named yasmin who is very sincere and wants to get
> baptized but her visa will end shortly and we might not have enough time to
> teach her everything so that she understands. Alot of good things are
> happening but it just seems like the world is smashing down on everything.
> Still at the northern beaches, and it has been a while i want to see
> something new, its almost too the point where i have talked to everyone i
> see haha. We taught a man named rob last night and we taught about the
> apostacy and restoration using buckets instead of cups, and then when it
> came to the apostacy, he took his beer bottle and killed the
> apostles/prophets and so the church fell. We taught him of joseph smith and
> he thought it was amazing and said we touched his soul but he said he
> couldnt make a change like that. We have a goal that every companionship
> baptizes in march and its march and we havent been able to find anyone solid
> yet investigators are dropping like flies, and potential investigators are
> few and far between. My companion Elder brough has depression and they put
> him with me? he was telling me how he is just trying to survive for the next
> 7 months. he is doubting his testimony and feels like he brainwashed to go
> to the temple to make covenants... is was pretty crazy and then its me just
> like alright elder lets go find some people to teach and that is probably
> the last thing on his mind. He has mental problems, but president doesnt
> want to let him go home because he has made it this far so i have alot of
> responsibillity on my shoulders, anyways Keep it up back home.!
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