Hey Mom!
I know it is crazy that time keeps
on rolling! Time has started to go faster this week. I finally am
starting to find my feet and feeling success. I really appreciate you
sending me everyone's letters each week, and getting letters from
everyone. Always fun to get letters in the mail! Tell the kids I
would almost rather them write me hand written letters. I have more time
to do that anyway.
So this week we have had a
lot of fun and success! Sister Frampton and I went out to follow up on
some old referrals and less-actives right after I email last week.
Nothing went through, and we had a lot of negative mean responses that
day. So we went to the last house, and after being rejected again we
noticed a construction worker sitting and waiting for his concrete guy to come
up. We went over and found out his name is Craig. Craig doesn't
believe in church. That is great because neither do we! Ha! I
told him that, and he immediately dropped his guard. We told him how we
believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ, and that it doesn't matter what building
you attend, you always find the same teachings there. He liked that. He
told us that our church was the best he had ever heard of. So
we taught him the whole restoration right then and there! He
was eating it up like candy! His eyes were glowing and you
could tell he was feeling the spirit. After we shared the first vision,
he said "I believe everything you are saying." He asked
if we would keep teaching him right there! Ha! We didn't want to
overwhelm him so we are trying to set up a good time to meet back up with
him. He accepted to be baptized and everything! The
church is true! If that was the only good thing I do for
the next 18 months, it was worth it! I love being a missionary!
On Thursday we went out
tracting, and kept being rejected. People here are mostly Catholic
because of tradition. We knocked on our last door for the night, and a
big dog came rolling out barking and growling. We heard a laugh from a
man inside, who put the dog in another room. He came out and said,
"sorry, the dog is a Lutheran." Ha! Never heard that
before! The man's name is Tom, and he is a journalist and a recently
graduated lawyer. He made the joke that he is Tom, which means by nature
he is Thomas the Doubter. He is super smart, and was fascinated by
us. We were the first missionaries he ever met, and kept pushing us to
argue. When we didn't he decided he wasn't interested and left.
Before he did, we shoved a mormon.org card in his hand with our number on it. He
scoffed and left. On Friday much to our astonishment we got a call
from Tom with the Lutheran dog! He said he wanted to hear our
message. We met with him Saturday. The lesson was a bit wild with
questions. He has read a lot of literature, just none that has been
sanctioned by the church. The best thing we walked away with though, was
establishing what he wants. He told us he was envious of our faith and
surety of what we believe. He said he wanted that in his life, and has
been seeking the truth. He says he can't have the truth without us being
able to answer all of his weird Joseph Smith questions first though. We
will see how that goes, but I feel like if we can help him establish and
understanding that God loves him, and that the Book of Mormon is from our
Father in Heaven, the questions won't matter. It is just about getting
him to that point.
Well, I love being a missionary, I
love Ohio, and I love working. I am starting to understand doctrine more
and more, and hopefully I will be at the place as some of these other
folks! Thank you for all you do for me!
Love,
Dani
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