Remember how I said last week it was cold? Yeah, well it's nothing compared to this week. Most of the snow has melted, and usually we have sunny days and clear skies. Except it's absolutely freezing! A few days it was about 7 below zero, and that was without the wind chill! Pretty crazy! But in a way, the cold is great. Usually people are a bit more sympathetic towards us and let us in, or they're the exact opposite and are even more irritated. Either way it's never a boring day!
We were able to have four new investigators this week. Carol, Eric, Mark and Karen. Karen is the grandmother of a less-active girl we were asked to visit. And we were finally able to visit her and the granddaughter a few days ago. Mark is... interesting. We knocked on his door a week ago and he seemed like a really cool, chill guy who was really interested. We went back yesterday and it definitely wasn't as good haha. He basically was ranting on and on and on about the government and he was getting pretty upset. We weren't really getting anywhere and it definitely wasn't helping with our purpose, so we just had to leave! Hopefully our next visit will be better. Eric is a very nice guy. We knocked on his door a few weeks ago and he said we could come back but we've never had the time to since he lives so far away. But we finally visited him a few days ago and we had a really good discussion about the restoration. He had a lot of really good questions. The only problem with him is that he'e pretty devote to the church he's going to right now. So we'll see how that goes. And our other new investigator, Carol, is absolutely amazing. We had two lessons with her this last week, and both of them were awesome. A few months ago there were some pretty crazy forest fires about two hours south from Omak. Carol lost her home to one of the fires. And she lost everything except for a few pairs of clothes. So she's living here in Omak for now in a little rental home. She's trying to find another place but of course we want her to stay so she can hear the gospel! She's been so prepared. Her husband passed away a few years ago and she is so incredibly humble. When we were talking about how she lost everything in the fire, she just said, "it's just stuff." She's so awesome! And she got along very well with the members we brought with us to the lessons. In the first lesson we had with her we invited her to read the restoration pamphlet and the introduction to the Book of Mormon. When we followed up in our second lesson she told us she had read all the way to 1 Nephi 6. Amazing! She definitely has the desire and she's humble. Unfortunately, she didn't come to church yesterday. But she's pretty shy, so we think things like meeting a bunch of new people all at once seems pretty daunting. But I know that over time she'll be given the strength to come to church!
Thanksgiving was great! We had two huge dinners on Thursday. And I could barely eat another bite. Our first dinner with the Thompson's, they were telling us that this was their first Thanksgiving without their mom or other family. And it was great because it was also mine and Elder Pullman's first Thanksgiving with being with family too! So it all worked out great.
We were unable to meet with Tom and Rosemary this week. Always pretty busy. But we have a set appointment with them this week so hopefully it will be great!
Some bad news about the Sorensen's. For a few weeks now they've been rescheduling and rescheduling our appointments. A few days ago when we went over there, Brother Sorensen told us that their lives are pretty hectic and he will let us know when they want to start back up again. So that definitely wasn't too fun. After that we went over to Peter's and he was actually there without his grandma! Yay! But then Peter told us that he read through the pamphlet and said that it just wasn't for him. But we're not giving up on them! Especially with Peter. I really see a lot of potential with him. But I'm definitely getting used to rejection out here. And it's all part of the missionary experience!
I'm not sure if I've told you guys about Jack Payne at all. But one day we were out knocking on doors and this guys answers and says, "Oh! You found Me! I guess I better start coming back to church." He was actually a member. And he told us that he would definitely start going to church again. That happened about a month ago, and Brother Payne has been to church every Sunday since. We were talking with him the other day and he told us how grateful he is that we knocked on his door. He knew that he needed to come to church, but he just needed that extra push. Brother Payne is awesome!
Things are great! I'm loving it here! The church is true!
Elder Scott
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