October 7, 2013

So this week has been a bit long. It was actually the longest week I have been here, but it contained the best day of my mission so far. No one has been home this week, it has been absolutely frustrating! Every time we would go to visit someone we would get no answer. Then we went and saw a less active sister (she has multiple personality disorder) and we got her bad personality. It was so weird and you could just feel the tension on the doorstep.

Amidst the terribleness of it all we were able to meet with a great family. We had a lesson on the Plan of Salvation and out of the blue the 9 year old daughter said that she wanted to be BAPTIZED! She is going to be baptized on the 19 of November (her birthday) and hopefully we can have her sister and mom baptized on the same day!

Conference was great this week! It definitely was the spiritual kick in the pants that I needed to move forward with the work. I was so excited that basically all of the Saturday talks were about member missionary work! That is really what is effective, because people don't want to hear about the Gospel from someone on their doorstep. In order for the work to progress we need to be on the same page as the members and they need to be with us. I hope that you at home will try your best to find missionary moments and help others feel our Savior's love. I hope that members here will be able to find people for us to teach in their homes, because it is the greatest feeling to know that you have helped someone accept their Savior and that they have the opportunity for an eternal family.