IPADS!!
We found out that ipads have been approved for our mission, and we'll
get them in the next 2 months or so. The only thing, is that we have to
pay for them, but I'm fine with that! No more paper records!!
We have assisted 2 funerals this week. One of them was for the
young girl that died last Sunday, and the other was for the wife of one
of our investigators. This particular investigator has been taught for
quite a while and therefore knows quite a bit, but unfortunately had
never been able to go to church because he was always caring for his
mentally and physically ill wife. After she died of a heart attack a few
weeks ago, he met with us and basically told us he would conform to the
will of the Lord. At the funeral, he introduced us as his 'teachers' to
the Pastor who was conducting the service. He has a lot of respect for
the church and is completely willing to do whatever is asked of him. He
accepted a baptismal date for July 26! As we talked about tithing during
church yesterday, he leaned over to my companion and asked what the
quickest way to pay tithing was. We're very excited to see his
progression this week and up to the point of baptism.
We had a neat experience yesterday with another one of our
investigators. She has been taking lessons FOREVER because of marriage
problems, but we solved that all yesterday! As my companion Elder
Swanson was teaching a different lesson across the balcony, I was
sitting with Emma and talking about her future. We decided that it's
time to set some goals and work towards them. I invited her to think
about and set her own goals for marriage and baptism, and set did
without hesitation! She chose August 9 to be married, and chose August
16 to be baptized. We are also working with her boyfriend, trying to
strengthen him again as an investigator.
We had a really neat experience with Nikki, a girl we decided
to talk to one night. We were on our way to an appointment, and saw
Nikki folding some clothes outside. I kind of got the impression to
start a bigger conversation with her than just , "Hey!". I walked over
and my companion followed and we began to get to know her. She has been
going through lots of struggles recently, and hasn't known where to turn
for help. She has some friends and family tell her to ask the 'mormons'
for help because 'they help everyone'. She didn't feel comfortable
seeking us out, so she prayed for us instead. And we showed up! We got
her set up with the English Sister Missionaries, and she seems to be
doing a little bit better. It just shows us that the Lord truly does put
us in certain places at certain times, even if our intended plans don't
work out.
Have a good week!
Elder Pilkington
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