well, It could be alot worse than canon city colorado... but im warming up to it. hahaha there is 13 federal prisons in the one city. Colorado Springs is most anti mormon city in the world. all the anti mormon literature, and films are produced here. Its the bible belt of the west! My companion is Elder Evans He has been out about a year. He doesnt talk at all really, but he works really hard. My butt is so freaking sore and my legs hurt in the morning from walking so much. But because he doesnt talk very much I think im going to be pretty lonely for the next couple of weeks. He also makes this dumb farting noise with his mouth and it is driving me insane!!! but he works hard and know the scriptures very well and is always on time with everything. My first week we tracted about 20 hours since tuesday, we knock on doors and either no one wants the message or they already have their church. Ive heard of so many different religions. Well I will tell you all about my two awesome stories. We knock on a door and Roger answers, he says he is completely against mormons and feels sorry for us and hopes we find christ in our life. Right Then I have never had the urge to stand up for something like this in my whole life. Evans says have you prayed about it? he says i pray for mormons all the time. Evans says, to the church is true? then he told some bogus story of joseph smith and then told me and evans that we were bad christians and murders. I said who are you to say that you know nothing about this church and you just read filth agaainst the church. Evans said good christian what is that to you?? is a good christian like the ones who murdered joseph and Hyrum Smith, the ones who tarred and beat my ancestors, made their young children leave bloody footprints in the snow?!?!! he had nothing to say.. he started talking and nothing he said made any sense. In the middle of his sentence i said Listen to yourself, you have no Idea what you are talking about, If you werent so hard hearted and would humble yourself and pray and ask god if this church was true you would recieve an answer, because I did and Elder Evans did. He looked at me with rage and said the mormon religion is false and Joseph Smith Claims he saw god!!! I said Joseph Smith Saw Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ!! and he went inside and slammed the door. It was Insane, Like They say contention drives the spirit away but right then I felt like we did what we were supposed to do and it felt awesome.
Alright, So we were riding our bike and we saw a lady on the street and asked if she wanted to hear a message on how Jesus Christ has restored his church with a prophet, She said that would be the best church in the world!!!! OF COURSE!!! I looked at elder evans and just laughed we probably talked to 150 people since tuesday and 1 lady says yes!!!! HAHAHA I was so excited and filled with joy. We taught her the restoration. and When i gave the account of the first vision.. the spirit was felt. She started crying a little and said i feel calm and at peace..i havent felt this for a long time. Then we asked if she would be baptized and follow the example of jesus christ and she said yes!!! WoOOOOOOOOO September 8th! It was incredible all that work and i thought nothing was going to happen I think heavenly father was testing us. I prayed for rain in this 100 degree weather and it rained. He answers Prayers the church is true and the spirit is real. I love you all
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