Last week I told y'all about Steven. We messaged him on Facebook shortly after meeting with him for the first time, and he told us, "I want to be baptized." We had an appointment with him last Tuesday, but he had to cancel because of something. We set up another appointment for Thursday, and so we went over to his house that day. He has that Vivint Smart-Home thing at his house, so there's a camera and microphone at the front door so the people inside could talk to us without opening the door. Anyway, someone (not Steven) was talking to us. The microphone didn't work well, and we could hardly hear her, and it seemed as if she couldn't hear us at all. We kept trying to say that we were there to see Steven, but she didn't ever really respond to that. We finally hear the words "not interested," a familiar phrase to us. That was a bummer. We left, and tried to get a hold of Steven over Facebook for the last several days, but he has yet to reply.
Sometime early in the week, not sure what day, we met with a referral named Barbara. She had requested a Bible and a Book of Mormon. We introduced the Book of Mormon to her, gave her a Restoration pamphlet, and set up another appointment for later in the week. A little while after we left, we added her on Facebook and were talking to her through that. She told us that she had read the pamphlet already. Usually people never do, let alone do it right after we leave, so that was a pretty big accomplishment. At our next appointment, we taught her the Restoration and we emphasized the necessity of Priesthood authority. Given all of the Restoration lessons we have had where people just don't get it, we thought that emphasis would be the game changer. Barbara understood better than most people have recently, but still didn't quite get it. We're excited to keep teaching her, and she enjoys learning from us, so we are going to do our best to continue to help her learn and understand.
On Wednesday like right after we got home at night I started to not feel great. I'm not sure what is was because I had felt fine all day. Anyway, I went to bed and like an hour later I woke up with "the plague" as my brother calls it. I spent a good 3 hours in the bathroom that night. It was not very fun haha. I have no idea what I might have eaten or what I might have done to cause that, but I'm pretty much over it now. If nothing else, it helped me to not eat as much for a few days so that I can keep losing some weight haha.
On Thursday we went to give a blessing to a less-active member, Sister Gilbert, who was having surgery the next day. I had met her and her son once previously, but her husband was there this time, so I got to meet him, too. They were great people, and I enjoyed visiting with them. Brother Gilbert used to be the Elder's Quorum President in a different ward before, as well as Young Men's President. Since that time, he has had some changes in work and he now drives trucks, which makes him unable to attend church. That's too bad, but he still has a strong testimony and shared much of it with us. I got to give Sister Gilbert a blessing, and afterwards she just said, "I love that feeling." I do, too. It's such a great thing to be able to not only give people blessings, but just to be a blessing to them. I love it.
On Friday we were going through some old Bible referrals in the area book and there was one named Randy. He said that he remembered meeting a couple of times with missionaries before, and he invited us back to meet with him again. We went back on Saturday and taught him the Restoration and invited him to read the Book of Mormon. He drives trucks pretty much all week, is home on the weekends, but will be gone next weekend, so we made another appointment with him in two weeks.
On Saturday we were trying to go see a bunch of old Bible referrals who have no information in the area book as to whether they were ever contacted or not. We tried a ton of them this week, just so we could either give them a Bible, start teaching them, or drop them so they don't have to clutter the area book anymore. Anyway, we saw that there were like 5 on this one street, so we went to try them and some others in the area. As soon as we park and get out of the car, this guy pulls up in his truck and says, "Y'all got any brochures?" We gave him a Restoration pamphlet, told him about it really quick, and set up an appointment to see him again this upcoming Saturday. That was pretty cool, so hopefully something comes of it.
Sister Bentley came to church on Sunday! She showed up like halfway through Sacrament meeting, and stayed for the rest, so that was good. She really enjoys coming, and I'm glad that she does. She told us that church is her boost for the week, and that was a great thing to hear. She's pretty solid, it's just that she works a ton, lives 40 minutes away, and her family isn't nearly as on board as she is. Brother Bentley has yet to come to church, and I'm not sure why. I wish that they both would just come and bring their kids. We've been encouraging them to for weeks and it hasn't happened yet.
Anyway, this was a pretty good week. We have some new people to teach, and we are still working on our old ones. The area book app is still a pain to enter in, but it is getting faster and is becoming more helpful. I'm thankful for all of your support and your prayers. You're always in mine. Love y'all!
Love,
Elder Beach
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We rode the sky ride after doing service at the zoo.
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