July 18, 2011

Hi Everyone!

So this week went by fast! I guess that is typical. I really need to get over it. But the work is moving right along here in Endicott! We are finding people slowly but surely and hopefully our efforts will help us to find golden people. We have an investigator who is progressing wonderfully! She reads and tries to soak everything up. Only problem is getting to church - nobody here has cars, kinda frustrating when it takes 2 hours to walk to church - no, we haven't tried it yet but I was hoping to convince Sister Duncan that sacrificing our ride and walking so that our investigators could have a ride to church would help... she didn't go for it haha. So the only thing stopping her from getting baptized is church... but at the same time if she isn't willing to go to church so she shouldn't be baptized

We work with a lot of less actives who are all really good! They are very willing to let us in and talk about the church, but also getting to church is a little hard since they don't have cars. Different world over here - the bus system is the common mode of transportation. We are working with a girl who really wants to come back to church and have it for her family. She is starting to try to bring the spirit into her home more and her husband is opening up to having us stop by. It has been a slow process but the spirit works wonders, he even went to mormon.org to chat with missionaries!

Crazy story for the week: So we got a referral and naturally we called to set up an appointment. I couldn't understand her but we arranged for Friday around 1:30. We go to this SUPER ghetto apartment complex and knock on the door. We enter a 1 room apartment with a mattress on the floor, which we sit on. She goes off on another church organization and saying how they wont help her get what she needs. Sister Duncan says, "You know that we are not that church right?" She says, "Yeah, I know" So I respond with "So.... what are you expecting from our visit?" Basically she wanted a free handout from the church. When I said the church would help if she was willing to work. She responded with but I can't get a job - if I do, Social Security will fine me for having a job AND receiving their checks...... ???????? Uh... first off not my question, second that is the point- doing something with your life. Wow. We wont be going back to teach her.

But we are finding lots of people to teach and we are teaching more. I feel right at home when we are teaching and testifying. If people would open up we could help them have happier and more fulfilling lives through our Savior. People are sitting on their porches waiting for life to change but it wont until they do something about it. Answers are at their fingertips but sometimes they don't want to accept it. That's okay, we will find those that do and until then we just find, find, find! Off for more adventures this week! Until then!