Today was Sunday. Sunday is a big day in the life of a missionary. Not just because of the Sabbath, but because it is when investigators show progression for the week. We had 4 investigators show up for church. Let's go through and talk about them. We will start with the miracle story of Kristen. She is the girlfriend of an RM in the ward. They came to our gospel principles class (the one for investigators). The topic for that day was temple marriage. Well, she decided with Jeremy that if they were to get married, it would be in the temple. It was really good, but she said she'd call us when she was ready to be taught. Guess what? It's been about 3 weeks, and she called us back. She read all of "Our Search for Happiness." We met with her last Tuesday and taught her all of the restoration. She had a bunch of questions written down that she had about the book. She wanted to wait until the end of the lesson to ask them, but funny enough the Lord guided us in answering all of her questions. She wanted to be taught again, and soon. So we set up an appointment for that Thursday. We taught her about the plan of salvation and stressed baptism. At the end of the lesson, we asked her how she felt about baptism. She said "I'm EXCITED!" with the biggest smile on her face. So we asked her how she felt about the 19th . She immediately accepted. She had it almost all planned out today. She has such a strong testimony of the gospel. So next sunday we have a baptism!
Investigator #2. Chris. Chris came to the baptism of Andy and liked it. He was really happy and you could tell that he could feel the spirit. We got him interviewed by the DL and the ZL. They said that he isn't ready but he isn't far behind. They both received an answer from the spirit saying that he is pushing the spirit away because he is afraid to receive his answer. There is some big concern that he is holding on to that he won't let go of. I feel the same way I did in the beginning with him. That his parents are holding him back. He feels very strongly in honoring his mother and father, even though they abused him as a child. Well, we went with him and his parents to the Seguin Rodeo. Just to tell you how funny Texas is... they shut down everything for 3 days for this Seguin Fair/ Rodeo. They let kids have school off and everything. Rodeos are big in Texas. So we try talking to his dad to soften his heart. I can see why he is holding Chris back. He said to us "I know you are just doing this for your riches." I explained how we don't get paid. His reply was "No, your riches in heaven." I tried my hardest to let him know that we were only there for Chris, but he wouldn't believe us. He is a mean stubborn old man. It's too bad. At church this Sunday, Chris pretty much led the discussion. He gave very spiritual insights that were definitely given to him by the spirit. He knows the doctrine so well. I know he has a testimony and that he's just afraid to act upon it. He's coming along though so pray for the best.
We next have Marshall. He is the one that gained a huge testimony from conference. He decided that after he was done watching conference, that he would stay on his computer and look up Mormons on YouTube. Just in case you were wondering, YouTube isn't the place to find good things about Mormons. We luckily went and talked to him during the week. He was antied like crazy. He still came to church on Sunday! We also have an appointment with him on Wednesday. (email update: They had to drop Marshall cause he was too "antied." He thinks that if Mormons would have church on Saturday and celebrate passover, it would be the true church. He refused to pray about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. So they dropped him and Nathan and Elder Finger were both sad.)
Investigator #4 is Olitha. She is the sweetest black lady. Looks just like a southern black lady should. She just showed up at church! She felt like she wanted to know more and this is where she needed to be. The biggest problem we have is that she lives in San Marcos. That's not even in our zone. She tried the church there and didn't like it. She said she wants to come to our church, so hopefully it works out. She is coming down to Seguin later this week to be taught... just to be taught! That is a sign of true electness.
We didn't have this investigator show up and it's slightly upsetting. Her name is Monique. She is Grandma Sligr's granddaughter. Grandma Sliger is an old lady we do a lot of service for. She wasn't active till we stared bringing her back to church. Well, Monique is living with her now. She has ben for the past 2 weeks. We've been teaching Monique. She knows everything is true, but she doesn't want to be baptized. The only way she will have a desire to come and be baptized is if she goes to church. Well, she missed all of conference because Grandma Sliger found it more important to bake a pie or do something with the truck. Grandma Sliger wouldn't sit down for just 2 hours to watch conference, and she's the one that wants her to be taught. She didn't make it this week as well because she went to San Antonio for some reason. Really upsetting. We are probably gonna have to drop them.
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