We had yet another fantastic week! 8 new investigators this week!! We were busy busy busy preaching the gospel! I've never been this busy and this happy! I don't know why you think I always know what to say because I don't haha. But thank you for always seeing the best in me.
We taught a guy who wants to be a catholic priest because he wants to dedicate his life to God. The catholics believe you can't even consider another beliefs but he said he would read the BoM so I told him he better be careful because he'll find himself considering our beliefs!
We taught another guy who had met with missionaries in the past year but didn't like them at all but said they enjoyed us coming by. He grew up in a rough part of town. All his friends are either dead or in prison. He has a beautiful family though. Man it'd be so great to see them accept the Gospel after all they've been through.
Lyle said that he wanted to get baptized. He's 36, 6'8" and been in prison for 18 years total in his life. And he gets so emotional so easy talking about his family and wanting to change. He said he really wanted to start coming to our church but later his wife told him that she didn't want. So we're praying that her heart will be softened.
Also talking to some crazy people as always! This young kid was walking and started talking to us and said he was athiest but liked talking to mormons when (one of the crazies) came up and invited himself into our conversation and going off on the dumbest tangents talking about how the kid needed to watch his favorite TV show after we moved on from it. So it was frustrating because it killed everything completely but maybe he'll run into missionaries again. I love talking to athiests and people that say, "oh man, I'm not the kind of person you want to talk to".
We have some pretty cool investigators. I'm learning not to fear and really love them and the Gospel in order to do the Lord's work effectively. It's funny when people shut us down saying, "nah man. It's all about love. You don't need anything else." Well true, and the message we share is completely about love and how we can feel it infinitely more!! The love you feel will change your love! I don't know of anything that's more love based. Love is being willing to sacrifice anything for someone. There is nothing more love based than the Atonement of Jesus Christ giving himself willingly to take the blow that was aimed at us.
We met a drunk guy looking for his dogs so we offered to help walk around and help him find them. On the way a lady pulled over in the car saying she had talked to missionaries 7 years ago. I asked if she was a member and she said, "no, but I want to be!" He name is Susan and I've never met anyone with such tender feelings for the Savior. She tears up just talking about Easter. Her biggest hold up is coffee and smoking so we're going to set her on date and help to kick them! But she's been drinking coffee and smocking ever since she was young. At 15 she ran away to Mexico and was on her own. We're excited to be teaching her!
We also had a very powerful lesson with a less active. She said she doesn't feel like she has much of a testimony and wants to. Just taking the time to understand her instead of preaching to her helped her so much to open up and see that she really could have that testimony that she's always wanted.
It's so great to be able to see people open up and desire to change. In Sunday the high council speaker said, "do you know where missionaries go for refferals? New converts. Why is that? Why not go to the old pros that have been in the church for years and years? Because they've very recently felt the power of the Atonement." He talked about how if we allow the power of the Atonement to enter our lives then sharing the Gospel becomes so much easier. It's all about the desire. If we have the desire, everything else falls into place. The way gets opened up to us on how to be better missionaries, or husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, friends, neighbors. When the Lord sees that we want it, it gets so much easier and natural. So pray for the desire and read those scriptures that inspire you the most!
It's so great to be his instrument. We don't get payed once cent for it physically, but not even being a millionaire would come close to the blessings we receive spiritually.
Los amo a todos!!
-Elder Edgel
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