One of our investigators got arrested so we will have to postpone that for a while. We will see how this next week goes. The miracle we saw this week was we were knocking and there was a guy named Derol opened the door and said "go away I'm Muslim" (he was very English) and quickly shut the door. So we moved on to the next door and began to knock. Derol then opened the door again and said my girlfriend wants a bible. She then shouted from the background "I used to be a Jehovah whiteness" she was lying on the couch naked covered by a blanket so we just gave Derol a BoM and ran away! Later last week we went back to see if anything came of it and the girlfriend read the intro to the BoM and she loved it. She wants Derol to sit in on the lessons as well and he is said he was "open minded" which really means he is a pot head, but we be teaching them next week!
We went to a Jamaican wedding which was great until we had to wash the dishes... Washing 500 plates makes your arms sore. We were washing for a solid 1.5 hours. The whole time I was thinking about Tearzah and how she always complained about doing the dishes. I now fully know why.
We got our moves call this week and my companion and I are staying together another 6 weeks. When I first got the call I felt like my mission president completely forgot about me. I think everyone has "that one companion" during their mission and he is mine. I've tried everything to help him, but I've gotten to the point where I just say in my head "some people are lost and there's nothing you can do". The problem is though he is hindering the work and hindering me. I've recently started to get empty feelings where I just think what's the point of trying because literally nothing good comes from it. If anything if just creates tension.
I'm just having a hard time right now. It's has not caused me to stop trying or stop doing, it's just discouraging. I've tried making a list of all of his best qualities. It's a short list but it's something I'm trying to focus on. I also pray a lot which usually helps a ton but I feel like God is putting me through a big trial right now and I just need to step up and face it. I'm trying.So the family we are teaching are super solid. I'll tell you more about them next week though as we are teaching them this evening. They are really fresh too so not much to say other then they are a family of 5. The Dad is in the army and is a quiet guy but has very good questions. Mom is a full time mom and is really funny and open. Oldest daughter Daisy is 8 and loved the sister missionaries they used to see. Rubin is 6 and loves super heroes. Lacey-Ann is 3 and is adorable and has the cutest little northern English accent. The family as a whole is very solid and unlike most investigators we have, they aren't crazy! They are perfectly normal. I'm excited to teach them more! Thanks for helping me with all the prayers. They help a lot. Let me know what I can do to help and if there's anything you want from England!
Love, Elder Johnson
We went to a Jamaican wedding which was great until we had to wash the dishes... Washing 500 plates makes your arms sore. We were washing for a solid 1.5 hours. The whole time I was thinking about Tearzah and how she always complained about doing the dishes. I now fully know why.
We got our moves call this week and my companion and I are staying together another 6 weeks. When I first got the call I felt like my mission president completely forgot about me. I think everyone has "that one companion" during their mission and he is mine. I've tried everything to help him, but I've gotten to the point where I just say in my head "some people are lost and there's nothing you can do". The problem is though he is hindering the work and hindering me. I've recently started to get empty feelings where I just think what's the point of trying because literally nothing good comes from it. If anything if just creates tension.
I'm just having a hard time right now. It's has not caused me to stop trying or stop doing, it's just discouraging. I've tried making a list of all of his best qualities. It's a short list but it's something I'm trying to focus on. I also pray a lot which usually helps a ton but I feel like God is putting me through a big trial right now and I just need to step up and face it. I'm trying.So the family we are teaching are super solid. I'll tell you more about them next week though as we are teaching them this evening. They are really fresh too so not much to say other then they are a family of 5. The Dad is in the army and is a quiet guy but has very good questions. Mom is a full time mom and is really funny and open. Oldest daughter Daisy is 8 and loved the sister missionaries they used to see. Rubin is 6 and loves super heroes. Lacey-Ann is 3 and is adorable and has the cutest little northern English accent. The family as a whole is very solid and unlike most investigators we have, they aren't crazy! They are perfectly normal. I'm excited to teach them more! Thanks for helping me with all the prayers. They help a lot. Let me know what I can do to help and if there's anything you want from England!
Love, Elder Johnson
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