8 August 2011

Hey There,

So this week was alright, there were a few appointments that fell through but the more solid investigators kept their appointments. We got the car back on Friday which was exciting and a huge relief. Although it would have been nice to have had it during the heat instead of this nice overcast weather that is semi Oregon-ish. I bought a suit from Goodwill a few weeks back and I had a member shorten the pant legs for me so that was cool. It is a sweet gray suit with criss cross lines on it, it is super awesome, I will take a picture in it one of these days.

So cool story of the week. We had a lesson with a new investigator couple who have 3 kids(ages:8, 5, 2). The wife has talked with missionaries before and has read the Book of Mormon all the way thru and believes every word of it, and she knows that Joseph Smith was a prophet. The husband isn't quite as spiritual as she is but he does have a good relationship with God. We had a great Restoration lesson with them and it went very well up until the very end when we invited them to baptism when they knew that these things are true. They were relating very well to everything up until that point. They have been baptized before and they think that if they are baptized again they will be going against their first baptism. So they got spooked a little when we brought up baptism but they are still willing to meet with us which is a huge relief. So we brought this up to the Ward Council and the first councilor of the bishopric told us to share with them Acts 19. That is where some saints were baptized unto John's baptism, so Peter or Paul(I can't remember who) baptizes them again and gives them the Holy Ghost. He told us to tell them their first baptism was by faith, this one will be by authority. So we are going back on Wednesday and we will bring this up to them and I will let you know how it goes. There is my story.

So here is the news you have been waiting for. I am not being transferred! I am staying with Elder Empey another transfer. This was a big surprise to me, I didn't think I was going to stay, I thought if I did stay I would train here but neither of those things happened which is okay with me. This is going to be my first area that I stay 6 months in. That's half a year! Crazy! I definitely knows how he feels, how long has he been out by the way?

One of the Zone Leaders is going home today and his companion is going to be stuck with us until he goes to transfers which will be fun. I don't know if you remember me telling you that my district leader down in Bloomington's was Elder Roberts, but he is my Zone Leader now. Pretty cool.

Love
Elder Robertson