This week has been quite unique. We had many
different things that got us really excited, stressed, happy, sad,
peaceful, and frustrated.
I'll get the frustrating things out of the way first:
We
may have to drop Olivia and her family. We have been working so hard
with them. But when we were trying to visit her, she pulled up in a
truck with another lady. The other lady asked us to come up and talk to
her. She was a Jehovah Witness. She said that Olivia will be studying
with her from here on out and that Olivia would let us know if she
wanted us to come back. NOOOOO!!! I wanted to bash with her soo bad. I
wanted to stand up for what I believe in. Nobody can tell me what to
do! Haha. That's everything that came to my mind. We had to just walk
away. We plan to just drop by Olivia and give her some cookies and let
her know that we respect her agency and would love to come back if she
really wants us to. It's crazy how all these miracles just lead up to
this. I know the Lord will figure everything out though. We just need to
try our best and it's up to Him and Olivia for the rest of it. She has
to be converted, not us converting her.
On the bright side, Bob continues to progress. We will focus on getting him to church this week.
It
was a little crazy Saturday because we were planning a discussion at a
members house where we would give a stop smoking workshop to one of the
less actives. He showed up to church on Sunday! He really wants to quit.
I truly hope he does. Keep him in your prayers.
We have an
new investigator. Her name is Angie. She has muscular distrophe so she's
confined to a wheelchair. She is very humble and just a great wonderful
lady. We feel the spirit strong when we are there.
We also
are teaching a member's less active son. He hasn't come to church since
he was a teenager and he's in his 30's so he has forgotten everything.
He is really humble and has gone through a lot of trials. He is truly
interested. He is our top priority right now. I'm so glad his mom gave
him to us as a referral. His name is Darrel.
It's been a crazy
week, but this next week, we will focus on finding more investigators
to increase our teaching pool. I'm so glad the Spirit has lead us to the
investigators we have now, and I know He will continue to lead us to
the right people. And as we teach people, if we are sanctified, we will
be endowed with power. It's such a cool promise. Sanctification was the
topic of my studies this morning. As we use the atonement to become
perfected in Christ, we become sanctified and purified. I will be
focusing on becoming more sanctified so that I have that power given to
me from God.
I hope y'all are having a great week. Be happy in your work!
Love, Elder Chandler Allen
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