Hello my dear family!
haha, I took my subject line from a well-loved Christmas
movie (can you guess which one?) but it describes this week pretty well!
Right from the get-go we were busy:
On Monday after FHE with the ward, we went to contact a
potential and although they weren't home we found a new investigator in their
neighbor! He told us that he was raised Church of Christ but that he's been an
atheist for the past fifteen years or so. We taught him about the plan of
salvation right then and there, and set a return appointment for Wednesday! The
lesson with him was a really good one. We had a member there who joined
the church about three years ago and she shared her conversion story. She said
that when she prayed to know if the Book of Mormon was true, she didn't do it really wanting
to know until about the third time, so she didn't get an answer until she
really meant it. Our investigator had invited his friend to sit in, and his
friend was drunk the whole time :I But, he told his friend that out of all the
religions that he's studied (he used to be a religious studies major) if he
joined any of them, it would be the Mormons or the Muslims. That's kind of a
wide spectrum, but it was an interesting discussion!
On Tuesday we set a baptismal date with Jessica for the
20th! We were able to find some new service opportunities and so we did some
service at the Ronald McDonald house in town, cleaning and sorting and they
even had us in reception answering the phone for a little bit! That was fun. It
was a really nice place, it kind of reminded me of the cabin that we go to with
the Harmon family and also Uncle Steve's cabin. It had a really nice kitchen :)
On Thursday we were able to go to the Family History Center
and I found some names! I had forgotten how much I love family history and what
the spirit of Elijah feels like. It's so cool!
On Friday we had lessons with THREE new investigators! Two
of them were a referral from a member that we have been trying to contact for
about two weeks now, and we finally caught them at home! We taught them the
Restoration, left them with an assignment to read in the Book of Mormon, and
set up a return appointment :) Then we had dinner/a lesson with a member and a
friend of hers who wanted to meet with the missionaries. Not only was dinner
really good, but the lesson went well too!
Saturday we had a bunch of lessons with recent converts and
less active members. We did them all in the morning, and so by lunchtime we
were plum tuckered out! That night one of the elders' investigators invited us
over for dinner and there were a few young adults there who had a lot of
questions about the church! It was super cool.
But then, the real exciting thing that happened this week is
that we met with Jessica again yesterday. She didn't come to church and so we
were concerned. But, it turns out that she had an incredible experience
interacting with some of the members of the church she used to attend and she
told us that she knows without any doubt or hesitation that the Book of Mormon
is true and that she wants to be baptized sooner! So, we set a date for this
Saturday! We were so excited!
I love you all and I hope you have a fantastic week!
Love, Sister Tycksen
p.s. it was over 80 degrees this week!
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