Great week this week! Just when I think that the work can't get any better--it does! A lot of very amazing things happened that I was so very grateful for.
My birthday was great! I was really happy that this year it landed on a Sunday, because I absolutely love Sundays as a missionary! Since it was the Superbowl yesterday we had permission to do our weekly planning session on Sunday instead of Friday because it would be pretty much impossible to get in with anyone on Superbowl Sunday... So we mostly visited by a few less actives and other members then went back to the apartment! So it was a pretty nice birthday. And thank you so much for all of your birthday wishes:)
Anther thing that made yesterday so great was our testimony meeting during church. Haha it seemed like all of my favorite people in the ward bore their testimonies. It was a very powerful meeting. And something that I love about this ward (maybe it's just a Utah thing), the members don't go up to the pulpit and tell these long stories. Everyone keeps it very simple and sticks with bearing their testimony of this gospel. This ward has set a goal this year for every member to read the Book of Mormon from cover to cover. Most of the testimonies were centered around that. About how much strength they have received from reading in the Book of Mormon. In turn, it strengthened my testimony so much. The Spirit was so incredibly strong. I know that the Book of Mormon is true and that it's the word of God. I've been able to receive so much comfort and peace from reading its pages. And I'm so grateful for the chance that I have to share that with others.
We had an amazing lesson with our investigator Erik. Last week he was able to finish the entire Book of Mormon (he started about a month ago). We asked him what he thought of it and how it made him feel. We also asked him if he knows it's true. It took him a while to answer, but when he did, he looked both of us in the eye and said, "Yeah, I think it's true." After he said that I just couldn't stop smiling and neither could he. We read with him 3 Nephi 11. As we read with him he told that that same feeling came back to him. That feeling of comfort, peace and joy. Elder Pullman and I are both so excited for Erik. We still have a few barriers with him that we will need to hurdle, but he'll make it there eventually.
Last Saturday one of the family's daughter in the ward was baptized. We thought that it would be good for our investigator, Martin, to see a baptism and to feel that Spirit. So we invited him to it and he came! He even took his son, Lofa, along. Afterward when we asked him what he thought he told us that when the little girl went under the water he could feel something warm and peaceful inside. Hopefully we can start getting him progressing again.
We had two new investigators this week. One of them is Gena, she is the mother of one of our other investigators, Chris. Gena is a single parent and only lives with her son. They just barely moved into an apartment here not too long ago. They are such a sweet family and when we were able to teach the Restoration to them the Spirit was very strong and they were very receptive to it. Our other new investigator is Dustin. We met him on the indian reservation. Very young, energetic, super nice guy. He was very excited to see us when we knocked on his door. So we'll see where it goes!
We could tell by the solemnity of Omak that the Seahawks lost... Oh well...
We went on exchanges again this week! And I was able to take over the area again! Thankfully things ran MUCH smoother than they did last time. I made sure to have plenty of gas in the tank;)
I'm grateful for this chance that I have to be a missionary. To be able to bear my testimony of this restored gospel and about the Book of Mormon. I know that it is true, and I know that this is the Lord's work. Boy do I love being a missionary!
Love you all!
Elder Scott
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