Hello everyone!
This week has been good. I actually don't have much to report. Just a few things. Firstly, it stinks losing all those investigators I mentioned the last couple weeks. We were actually starting to fill our
schedule, but now we've been cut back to a lot of finding again. However, the work with less active members and recent converts has picked up a bit, so we are a little busier on that front. And we are
slowly finding new non-members who actually don't mind us coming by.
We also picked up two new investigators! It is a young couple, Josh and Tavia. They moved to Cedar from Texas, and they seem really awesome! We first met them about a week and a half ago when we were just tracting an area with Brother Brown, one of our ward mission leaders. Believe it or not, door knocking actually paid off for once! We talked for a while, and Josh quite enthusiastically invited us back. On Friday, we had a pretty awesome lesson with them. They were engaged in the lesson, Josh asked some really good questions, and the Spirit was really strong! Unfortunately, I was a dunce, and left the pamphlets and the Book of Mormons in the Jeep, which was parked at Brother Brown's house (he gave us a ride to the appointment). So, we committed them to prayerfully read from the Book of Mormon, but didn't actually leave them with one to read from. That's only pretty much the most important commitment we offer (besides baptism). It was kinda funny because we offered the commitment, and then I realized I forgot the Book. So it was all super spiritual and then flop. Luckily, they were totally cool about it, and we were able to drop off two Book of Mormons, one for each of them, as well as the Restoration and Plan of Salvation pamphlets, the next day, which Josh accepted quite excitedly. So it all worked out. It was just a little embarrassing. As an Eagle Scout, one would think I'd always "Be Prepared". I guess not this time! I totally spaced it. Anyway, I think this couple is golden. They are incredibly nice, and super open minded, and from what he said, they seem to have been guided to Cedar City, and they're still not sure exactly why. I'm excited for them. At the very least, my moment of unpreparedness didn't ruin anything, so that's good! Our next appointment is Thursday, and we'll be teaching the Plan of Salvation. I'm excited for that, because not only is it one of my favorite lessons to teach, but it is something they seemed really interested in, and I think they will really enjoy it!
Besides that, not much else happened this week. We did more service painting toy cars at The Happy Factory. We had a Zone Meeting. That was kinda fun. It was nothing like the Mission Conference with Elder Bednar though. I'm still wallowing (does that word work in this context?) in the awesomeness that occurred with that experience. Also, I can't believe it's the second part of August already. Time just goes so fast? I feel like I just barely hit my 6 month mark, but I'm just a few days away from my 7 month mark! Crazy!
Well, that's about it for now. I miss you guys! Have a great week!
-Elder Oswald
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