Halloween

Hello everyone!

Well, once again, it's pretty hard to remember everything that's gone on this week! Haha but it was still a good one. 

Halloween was lots of fun! I was actually able to go to TWO ward parties because we went on exchanges again this week and I was able to go to the one in Coulee Dam as well as the one in Omak. Let's just say I ate a lot of food this week. 

Lots of stuff happened yesterday. Our investigators Tom and Rosemary came to sacrament meeting! It was really good to see them there. Hopefully we'll be able to meet with them tomorrow. Another thing that happened was we had gotten a referral from the church website from someone named Elizabeth. She had requested the missionaries and a bible. So we went to the address and she wasn't there. But her husband was. He told us he went to the Lutheran church. At first we were having a nice, simple conversation about religion. But then it turned into a few blown argument. It was pretty hard to be involved with. We ended up staying there for over an hour trying to get our point across. But obviously in those situations you can't really do anything when the Spirit isn't there. We knew we had to leave so we both bore a simple testimony of the Book of Mormon. That guy may not have been able to feel the Spirit then, but I know that I did. That experience has definitely strengthened my testimony of the Book of Mormon. It's made me realize that the Book of Mormon truly is the keystone of our religion. And that's what it all falls back on. 

Another thing that happened yesterday was we were able to meet with Dorothy and Steve. There was a sister in the ward who had written a letter to them and she wanted us to deliver it to them. So that kinda gave us an excuse to go over there haha. I was very surprised by how welcoming they were towards us. We chatted for a bit just to see how they were doing. And then we immediately started talking about what was holding them back from baptism. At times it was hard to hear some of the things they were saying. But what they really wanted to tell us was that there are too many doctrinal differences with what they personally believe and what the church believes. And not once was their daughter being gay ever brought up. They told us that we would be more than welcome to come back anytime and they also told us that if they gained one thing from all of this is that they know that Mormons are true Christians and they felt the Saviors love for them when they were meeting with us and the members. Elder Pullman and I left with the same feeling of peace and acceptance. We know that this is completely in our Heavenly Father's hands now. And I personally know that they will one day accept the gospel--whether in this life or in the next!

We got two new investigators this week, Eli and Peter. Eli is a single dad who we've been trying to sit down and talk ever since I got here! But we've never been able to. And we finally did this week. And I'm very hopeful for Peter. We tracted into him, he's a senior in high school and he's living with his grandma and his brother. His dad passed away last May and he has no religious background. We were able to sit down with him and teach a little about the plan of salvation. He's a very humble person and we're really looking forward to meeting with him! 

That's pretty much everything that happened this week. It's getting colder and colder by the day. And it's raining--a lot. 

I love you and miss you all! 

Elder Scott