Dear
Family,
About
those two investigators . . . let's just say it didn't go exactly as
planned. We met with HJ and taught him the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and it
went really well. We had planned on inviting him to be baptized next
month, and it felt right that we should invite him after we finished the
lesson. I even felt clearly impressed to say certain things to him about
the gospel and baptism, but I guess he wasn't thinking along the same lines as
we were. He says his parents wouldn't support him. So not sure what
to do there, especially because he's been avoiding us since then, I think he
feels bad that he doesn't want to do what we asked him to do or
something.
That
same day that we invited him to be baptized, we had the baptismal interview for
JH. Before the zone leaders got there, we went through the questions with
him, and he was good with everything and really wanted to be baptized. But
then he did the interview, and for some reason he decided that he isn't ready
to commit to paying tithing and coming to church every week. It was really
disappointing, but at least he's honest about it, right? So we'll try to
work with him to prepare him to do that, but I don't see him getting baptized
any time soon. So honestly, this week was kind of depressing because of
those two experiences.
We
had the mission party last week, and it was really fun. We listened to talks
from the mission presidency, had a bunch of musical numbers, ate lunch, sang
Christmas hymns, and then watched 17 Miracles. And yes, I got the second
package, but I haven't opened it yet :)
The
ward party was also really good. It was just kind of like a talent show,
some people did musical numbers or dances, the missionaries did a skit acting
out that Mormon Message about the meaning of Christmas (it's the one with the
kids doing a play, have you seen that?). Our ward mission leader asked JH
to dress up as Santa Claus and give presents to all the kids, and I think he
enjoyed that a lot :) Only a few of the members ended up inviting friends, but
it was still a really good opportunity for the few who came.
Well
that's about it for the week, see you in a few days!! :)
Love,
Elder
Hines
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