this week was a lot better talking about success wise. first off i did a mini division with the other elders of the ward Elder Washburn and Elder Tyree. this time i decided to go with the Elder Tyree and work with him. it was pretty interresting not because of who he is, but because of the people we talked to while we were with him. we first went over to an investigador named Blanca. she's a 60 year old woman who has been listening to the missionaries for about two months without results... we started talking to her, trying to figure out why she didn't want to get baptized. when halfway through the lesson she says, "i i've been needing to tell you guys something, i was talking with my granddaughter these past couple of weeks and i realized, i'm already a member of this church!" HUH???? i asked her if she knew what church we were from and everything to make sure that she wasn't confused or anything and she wasn't mistaken. she whips out a picture and it's a picture of her baptism in the church! with the elders and everything. i was trying soo hard to figure out how she had forgotten something that BIG. she's not even old enough to forget things like that!!!! but oh well.. i also did divisions with the Zone leaders this week. i stayed in my area and elder duke went over there with Elder Sheppard. Elder Vilchez came ands worked with me for the day. it was super fun and it seemed like for the first time in lots of time that all of our plans worked the exact way that we wanted them to. we found some super cool people and we were able to get a lot of things done. we also found quite a few good investigators. almost all of them are friends of the new convert named lourdes. she has been so stinkin excited after visiting the temple because now this is what she wasnts to do, help all of her friends feel the eternal blessings that the gospel brings! it has been a great opportunity for me to be able to see the great change in her life trying to follow christ in everything. she is now trying to change her work because every now and then she has to work on sundays so now she is trying soo hard to find a job that she doesn't have to do that. but that was kind of my week in a nut shell... this area has been getting better and better so i can't wait to see what else this area has in store for me.
love you all,
Elder Atkinson
No comments:
Post a Comment