5 Minutes Messages . . . Not Massages

Another week of adventure! 

We'll start with the not as spiritual stuff. On Monday we met this crazy guy named R. We were teaching about the gospel of Jesus Christ, and he asked us if we believed pot was a drug. 'Cause he has to be on it all the time to function. Then we walked over to his friend's house, where he was helping them move. And we helped too. And the place was quite exciting in a very gross sort of way. Is this real life?!

On Wednesday morning, our appointment fell through, so we went for a walk. We came across a man named D, who's finally turning his life around after years of alcohol abuse. He was very intrigued and excited about the Book of Mormon.

On Thursday, we went for an evening wander ('cause our appointment fell through) and happened across two men who were talking. Turns out one of them is the fiance of the mother of a young man who got baptized about a year ago, but has been off in Boot Camp. The other was the man's brother. And they were also very interested 

On Saturday, we tried something out of the box. There was a  festival downtown on Saturday. We took our whiteboard, wrote some questions of the soul on it and offered 5 minute messages (not massages) and sat over there. We shared some good messages (again, not massages) and found some sincere seekers.

We had to rearrange our schedule a little bit today to accommodate the part-member couple we found a few weeks ago while 224ing. They work 12 hour night shifts, and were eager to go on a church tour. And it was probably one of the best experiences of my mission. They were both very tired 'cause they'd come straight from work. 

T (the nonmember) was very aware of the feelings of peace in the church building. J (the member) hasn't been very active for the past few years, but would like to be. His testimonies of sacrament and baptism were heartfelt and perfect. They both stared for a long time at the picture of Christ in the Americas. When we walked into the Relief Society room, she just stared at the font, and asked at the end if she would be able to be baptized again. Near the end of the Restoration lesson, he turned to her and said, "If you come to know this is true and are baptized, I would like to be sealed to you." 

It was a tremendous experience to see her desire to put her past behind her and commit to follow Christ. 

Another miracle--M, a wonderful woman we are teaching was hoping her controlling husband would allow her to come to church, but didn't think it would happen anytime soon. We, along with a few members that had met her fasted for his heart to be softened. And by His grace, she was able to attend yesterday and had a wonderful time.

Next week, Elder Perkins is coming to the mission, and he's meeting with the missionaries here and in South Bend on Monday...so I won't be emailing 'til Tuesday.

It seems like things are finally starting to pull together a li'l bit, so it's been purdy exciting.

Hope everybody has a fantastic week.

(note: The 224ing is this: they have an appt at a certain house & they are not home. So they knock on 2 doors to the left, then 2 doors to the right, then the 4 houses across the street from these houses)