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| my district for this transfer (left to right: Sisters Gillman, Luke, Arriola, Yours Truly, and Allen, Elders Mortenson and Mitchell) Elder Mitchell was the district leader and he's getting transferred so Elder Mortenson is the district leader for this coming transfer. |
HOLA, COMO ESTÁ TODAY IS MY TWO MONTH MARK
This week was pretty uneventful up until this weekend. On Thursday we went to visit a former investigator named Cole. She and her husband have a little boy who is more accomplished than any seven year old I've ever met. Such a well rounded individual. Anyway, we knock on their door and they were about to leave for something so they told us to come back the next day, they would feed us, we could chat and get to know each other and then we could roast marshmallows.
We spent the whole dinner on Friday talking about spirituality and we answered some questions about baptisms for the dead. It was an adventure from start to finish. These people were not afraid of any question. We did our best, and we would habe failed if it wasn't for the spirit teaching through us.
On Saturday the sisters in the Huntington ward met a guy named David who is a member of the Church of Christ (from the Philippines not from Missouri). He invited them to his church to compare the Book of Mormon and the Bible but his church is in our area so they asked us to go. So we went on Sunday night to this office building type place and we had invited our ward mission leader (Brother Tafua) because he's pretty knowledgeable and we weren't sure if it was going to be a bible bash thing or a rumble or if they really just wanted to compare. We needed someone that knows more than us.
So we get there and we get in and people started showing up. There were maybe 10 people from this congregation including their minister so we felt pretty outnumbered but we've got the true church so it wasn't THAT stressful. Their minister gave a little sermon about what they believe which I really tried to listen to, but his accent is really thick and it was pretty difficult to understand. We tried. Then we got up. We started to teach the restoration lesson because where else would we start then from the beginning right? They asked really good questions. I was sweating something awful and they were pulling out bible verses and it was intense. I mean, it probably wasn't that intense but I'm not a fan of being in front of people anyway so it was interesting. They were actually being really nice about their questions and we were able to answer most of them and the ones we couldn't, they said we could come back and answer another time. We'll be more prepared. When we left we were talking to Brother Tafua and we were asking him if we did okay and such and he said that he could have jumped in more but he really wanted us to have that experience. I guess it was pretty cool, but super stressful. We gave the minister a Book of Mormon. I'm curious how that turns out.
That's probably it for this week, other than your basic all around wonderful missionary work.
For a spiritual thought this week, I'd like to remind you to help out your missionaries and share the gospel. The church is true and brings joy so why wouldn't you want everyone to have it! As a missionary who currently doesn't get any referrals from members. Make missionary work a little lighter and share the joy! *steps off soapbox*
I hope you all are having a stupendous week and life!
Love, Sister Dorrance
Ps. I forgot to mention that we had transfers, I'm staying in East Pasadena with Sister Allen, but Sister Arriola is going to Hacienda Heights. Back to Spanish work she goes! She's excited.
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