So Matt, the man I told you all about last week, we had another lesson with him this last week! We did some research on his teaching record and found out that he had been taught everything, multiple times, not only that but as we were talking to him, he says he has been around missionaries ever since he was 5. SInce he is as smart as he is, we invited our mission president over to the lesson with us and from what was planned to be a lesson on Moroni 10, turned into a jabber war with my mission president as to why he hasn't been baptized yet. He claims to know the church is true, that what we are doing as missionaries is the literal gathering of Israel... don't ask how he knows that, the book of mormon is true regardless of who wrote it, and said that the Gospel message has changed every aspect of his life. He just won't get baptized and join the church for some reason. He just thinks to much and I learned something valuable from my mission president from that lesson, how we should all be accepting the Gospel, as a child would. That is literal doctrine straight from the mouth of Christ, and I think the simplicity behind the Gospel is too hard for him to grasp. He thinks he could hold advantages over his friends by just staying neutral as he presents the Gospel to them, that's how much he likes it. He is a missionary! His views and his concepts are quite interesting I don't know how to describe it. So unfortunately since he knows everything, there is nothing more we as missionaries can do. He is going to stay in touch with our mission president, but as for right now there is nothing else to teach him. I do think he is going to remember the things we talked about in this lesson and I think that could lead him to be baptized in the future, but as for right now he is not quite ready.
Alright, so another cool story that transpired this last week. We had a lesson with devout catholics that the sisters were teaching and Elder Williams and I were like, why the helk are these people being taught?? They were literally trying to convert us the whole time as they told us stories about all the saints to have ever existed. So we had to let them go as well, and that was frustrating because of how empty our teaching pool was after that. Even though that was hard, me and my comp just took a deep breath and decided to knock doors in that neighborhood right after that. There, we met this lady named Blair! When we showed up, she was like," hey I have students that go on missions, in fact one of them left 2 weeks ago and gave me a book of mormon and taught me a little about the church, she then asked me if I would meet with missionaries and I was like, that would be awesome." So then uncoincidentally, we showed up at her door! She even mentioned that it was a sign from God. Her and her husband are looking for a church that is the same everywhere you go since they travel a lot for military purposes. We asked her if she and her husband would like to learn more about the church and she got super excited and said yes!! So what had been a waste of time getting lectured at by some catholics turned into a testimony builder for me of the Lord puts us where we need to be. He needed us at that lesson because we wouldn't have been in that area if we hadn't had it. I'm so excited, we have a lesson with them next week and we are so stoked.
Well, life is good! I have been doing amazing and this area is growing on me. The members here are awesome and super happy that we are here. We still have a lot of work to do, but I can see great things coming. There are prepared people here, we just need to trust in the Lord for us to find them. Have a great week everyone, love you all!!
Love,
Elder Weese
1) Sorry, just the one! Elder Williams and I say hello!!!!
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