Another Baptism!

Quote of the day:

"Have a good night Tony!"

"How am I supposed to have a good night when I have to sleep in a trash can!?"

He had to move out and didn't have a place to sleep last night so he

said he had to sleep in a dumpster. Lol I know I shouldn't be

laughing, cuz I think he was being for reals but it was just so funny!

Tuesday was the most bizarre day ever. We were contacting all our

referrals and met this guy who "had no idea how we got his info" but

that he's been "waiting for missionaries because he wanted to teach

US". Yeah, shoulda left then. He probably referred himself just so he

could talk to us haha. But he caught us and talked to us for sooooo

long. Like 2 hours. Apparently he has a doctorate in bible study or

something. And he just kept saying we didn't know the bible well

enough and he just kept reading us verses that I had already known,

but obviously we just interpret differently. I kept trying to get out

of it but he was like "this is what you're supposed to do right? Talk

to people?" And we were like "uhhhh" so we kept talking to him and he

wasn't argumentative or anything but he just kept quoting the bible

and telling us that things we believed didn't make sense according to

the bible. He ended with telling us that he was telling us all this

because he cared deeply for us and our salvation and that if we were

wrong and if we are teaching people false doctrine, then we can be

sending people to hell lol. Wahoo!! First person to tell me I was

going to hell! Haha we invited him to read The Book of Mormon and he

said no, that he believed he had all that he needed in The Bible, and

we said, "Well how do you know if you never read?" And then he invited

us to read The Bible to know if it is true and we said "Sure but we

already believe it!" Lol. And later in the evening, we came across

this Native American guy, and he said that he really admired the work

that us missionaries did and that it's good but that he has his own

faith...he said this all before we had even said hello haha. But he

sang an Indian prayer for us and it was actually very cool.

The most amazing thing happened!!

We've been teaching this guy named Tony and he's .... An interesting

fella haha. He has a batman tattoo on his face and he's like 40

something. He said that he was shot in the head, so he has a really

hard time remembering things but he is so funny. He was praying once

with us and this guy walks up and tries talking to him in the middle

of the prayer and he was like "Dude! I'm trying to pray with my

women!" He always calls us his chicks. But anyways, he's been being

taught for a reallyyyyy long time. Like over a year. But all the other

sisters wanted to drop him. They just didn't want to put in the

effort, because he talks off subject a lot and can't remember things

well. But we have been working so hard with him. And so we invited our

district leader to sort of practice interview him because we just

couldn't tell where he was at spirituality and like where the line

would be if they weren't like 100% mentally there. So we were present

for the interview and oh my goodness. It was the most amazing thing

ever. The spirit was so strong and Tony answered every answer

perfectly. He was remembering everything and he started crying and

bearing his testimony. So we didn't have him on date, and at the end

of the interview our district leader said "I know you don't have a

date picked out yet, but you know what, I just have a feeling you need

to be baptized on Saturday!" (This interview happened on Thursday

night!!!) so we threw together a baptism in 1 day and it happened!

Haha he almost slept through it though. We had to go wake him up.

We have a 9 year old named Dylan on date for November 14 and we have 6

other investigators. The work is going so well here. It's a miracle.

Just gonna continue to do my best!

Love ya all! Write me!

 

P-day attire!