Oh man, where to start. J has been an interesting case. Last time
we taught him we were telling a bunch of the stories from the Book of
Mormon, trying to get him interested in it more. When we came to the
Tree of Life chapter, I pulled out a picture of Lehi's Dream. He saw
the tree and started freaking out. Apparently his mom was a Jehovah's
Witness and there are all sorts of messed up thoughts in his head, one
of them being that the tree is evil and to even think about it will
let the devil get you. He hasn't been real keen on meeting since
then, but we've been working on him. After that he went and tried to
do everything that he knew he wasn't supposed to. He got new tattoos
and harrasses T and H with cigarettes and coffee. He's
actually knelt down with us twice now though, and is actually friendly
and joking around these last couple days. Eventually he'll come
around again.
As far as T and H go, T got fed up and dumped all the
tobacco in the house down the sink. She was tired of it all and made
the rule that there would be no more smoking in the house. H has
been real good through this, giving her mom support, and even quitting
herself. When T broke down and bought a box of cigarettes last
week, H took them and hid them. T made it to church again on
Sunday, but H had a fever and wasn't able to make it. Pretty soon
I'll be able to visit Kirtland with them.
And... we have another great investigator, P . His wife and son are
members, and they've been married about a year or so. She was less
active, but wanted to get back in to church. So she invited us over
and we met with them yesterday. It was the perfect lesson, I don't
know that they get much better. Their home teacher was there with us,
building up and teaching at just the right time. We taught the
Message of the Restoration, as he wanted to know what the difference
is between our church and all the others. Elder P and I
testified the whole time and just built off each other. At times I
thought I could see tears in P's eyes. The Spirit filled the room,
and P committed to be baptized on December 10. When we asked what
he would ask God if he saw Him, he said he would ask how he could be a
better person, in Christ. Then he prayed, the most sincere prayer I
have heard. He prayed fervently, and paused for a minute at the end.
I started praying for him, and the story of Ammon and King Lamoni came
to mind. P was so happy afterwards he came and gave us a hug.
While we were walking out their home teacher turned to us and said
"that was awesome." Oh, it was. We were so excited. That is this
great work, that's why I love it so much. Seeing this change in
people, as they gain a hope in Christ. Purely amazing.
Other fun things this week: not nearly as much tracting as I thought,
keeping in control a fire, exchanges with Zone Leader Elder H , a
few more less actives at church (there was actually a whole side
full!)
Well, I better go get a haircut, I've waited way too long. Have a
great week, thank you for the letter, its great to hear how you are
all doing. The computers yelling at me, so I better go.
Love you lots! Talk to you next week!
Love,
Elder Tanner Newey
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