With
passing most of our investigators to the English Elders, we have been
doing tons of finding things. Finding means tracing door after door and
street after street. We got tons done.
While
tracting on a street, we saw a man, his wife, and their baby on a
second floor deck. We crossed the street and started talking with them.
We explained how we are missionaries and share messages about the family
and Christ. We then asked if we could come up to the deck to teach them
a message about these things. They said yes so we went and taught the
restoration of the Gospel. They were super cool but didn't say much
other than, wow, oh, interesante... Stuff like that. They said we could
come back a different day and share more of our message. We invited them
to read the Book of Mormon and come to church. They didn't come to
church yesterday which was a bummer but hopefully we can meet again and share a larger, more in depth lesson.
Since
we have smartphones we have been inputting our teaching records into
the church's app. While doing this, we found two former investigators
who had been taught many lessons but didn't have any drop reason. We
went over to one of them and he received us and we had a short
conversation. We think that his wife is against us. We believe that he
is very interested but won't go against the will of his wife. Which is
good but kinda sad. Hopefully we can meet again with them and have her
feel the Spirit.
The
other guy wasn't home when we knocked so we stuck a card in the door
with a note saying to call us and then we put our number. Later that
night, we actually got a call from him. It was super cool, we then met
with him a couple days later and taught the Restoration. By the end of
the lesson. He said, "so the church on the earth that is the same church
as Jesus Christ's in the Catholic Church right?" Elder Porritt shut him
down. He just kinda sat there. During the silence he seemed to get it! It was super cool. Again, he didn't come to church but hopefully next week.
A
couple weeks ago, Elder Neeley and I reactivated a less active named B. Her daughter introduced us to D. She had received lessons from the missionaries years ago but she
did not ever do anything about it. She approached us and asked us to
come over and teach her about the Gospel. When we were teaching the
Restoration, I was reciting the First Vision in the own words of Joseph
Smith. During this, I felt the Spirit so strongly. It was incredible! I
definitely cherish that moment. The lesson was very successful. She
didn't make it to church because of work but she said she will get it
off next week for sure.
We
were tracting at 8:30 one night in one of the most ghetto parts of
Waterbury (SO MUCH FUN) and we knocked this guys house. After he finished swearing and calling us names, he said, "don't you guys mess
around. You in the hood now." and slams the door. We walked down the
street and a house caught my attention. As I looked at it Elder Porritt
says, we should knock there. It's cool when both companions feel the
same prompting. We knocked the door and a woman answered. She said to
come back Friday
night. We gave her some cards, left, and sent her record over to the
English Elders. At church, this woman walked in with the Elders. Later, I
found out that they had a super spiritual lesson with her where she
cried, accepted baptism, and said that these things were true and she
has been looking for them. It was cool to know that the spirit used us
to find her and the English Elders to teach the lesson.
We have had a great week! Love you all!
Elder Bushman
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