It's going to be a hot summer!

Hello everyone!

This week seemed a lot shorter. Probably because our last preparation day was on Tuesday. But regardless, time is always flying by fast! So what else is new!

It's been insanely hot these past few days. Right now it's a 105 degrees out. It's going to be a hot summer. But summer time is also great because a lot more people are outside and even when it's 9 o'clock it's still light outside! Perfect missionary season!

President and Sister Ware had their last MLC meeting last Thursday. They head home on the 28th of this month. We all got to hear their departing testimonies and it was a very spiritual experience. And then to top it off we sang "If You Could Hie to Kolob" for a closing hymn. It was one of the most special moments of my mission. I'm going to miss the Ware's so much. 

We were able to a lot more teaching this week which was really nice. We have some pretty solid investigators who we're teaching it's really exciting. One of our investigators is Brett. He's really awesome. He's from New Orleans, he's black and he's got these big, thick dreadlocks. And he loves basketball! Last Saturday we had an amazing lesson with him at the church with the Bishop. We set up some chairs right at the 3-point line. He's been having trouble reading regularly in the Book of Mormon. We testified to him how the Book of Mormon would bring peace into his life and it would help him to be a better father for his kids. The Spirit was very powerful and he committed to read everyday. This is kinda the last straw for him so we'll see where it goes.

We've been having a really tough time finding new people to teach. We've been doing all we can to work with the members and find on our own efforts. But since I've been here, it has seemed like every person we talk to has zero interest--at all. So that has been pretty tough. The area here is pretty wealthy and most people are comfortable with where they're at in life. We've been praying a lot that we would find someone new to teach. And last night a miracle happened! It was 8:50pm and we out walking along a street. We decided to knock a few more doors before heading in for the night. One door we knocked on, a younger guy answered and he told us that missionaries have come by before and that he's not interested. Door closed. Then we walked a bit farther down the road and there was a house that stuck out to me. Mainly because I saw people inside the house through the window! So we went to knock the door and, once again, a younger guy answered. He came outside and was very friendly. His name was Sean. We talked to him a little bit about his life and we found out that he grew up in Idaho and most of his extended family are LDS. Elder Malcom asked him how he felt about the church and he told us that he's had a lot of discussions in the past with his dad about the church, and that it's something that he's very interested in. Wait, what? I couldn't believe it. Someone was actually interested in learning more. I then told him about the Book of Mormon and gave him a copy and invited him to read it. And we're planning to go by later this week to see him again.

As we walked from Sean's house to the car, I felt so grateful to my Father in Heaven. It had been so hard getting rejected over and over again. But the Lord will always allow us to experience those miracles in life to keep us going. I know that He's aware of each one of our struggles.   

This last week I realized I have some repenting to do. I don't really know the Articles of Faith as well as I should. So for the next coming weeks I will be ponderizing each Article of Faith, or maybe two...

"We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. We believe that man will be punished for their own sins."

 

I hope all of you have an amazing week! I love you all! 

Elder Scott