This week is another full of surprises.
The ward is really starting to help us out a bit. We actually had a member come out with us to show us a bunch of less-active members homes cause out here, no one has an address, especially up in the hills. He came out with us all day and it was great! We visited an entire family of over 3 generations that used to be strong members and then they all just fell away after the grand-parents, Ma n' Pa Cress, passed away about a year or so ago.
The weather is still crazy. It was 60 degrees one day, rainy the next, snowy after that, then sunny and 40's since. Its supposed to be in the 50s today and rain over the next couple days. The best part is that tomorrow is a mission-wide thing called walk and talk Tuesday, where we walk and talk all day Tuesday. Go figure, huh? It's supposed to rain all day tomorrow. We'll be blessed for it though :D
We were visiting a Less Active this week when he started talking to us about Japan, and of course we don't watch tv, read the newspaper or listen to the radio so we had no idea what was going on. We soon found out that there was the earthquake and tsunami, and a nuclear reactor blew up. We were all worried cause most of us over here have a friend or two in Japan on their missions, but we have learned that they're all OK, phew! We also heard that there was some tsunami activity on the West Coast, but nothing much, just some broken boats and maybe a few people that were a little close that were swept out to sea? I cant remember. But I hope everyone's alright, and we're praying and fasting for those in Japan.
The area definitely is small. Everyone knows everyone. Also, we've had some interesting experiences that every missionary experiences. We asked a guy if we could help him out with his porch and he started telling us about this scripture in the bible that was about Paul telling the Galatians that if anyone came to them with another gospel other than what he was teaching then they would be cursed. He went on to tell us that we were cursed and blah blah blah. The funny thing is that he didn't know that it was Galatians chapter 1, and that his pastor told him about it. We told him that we believed that we were sharing that same gospel and were on our way. A member tried to warn us a couple days later about him and we were just like, well...
Also we knocked on a door and a little old lady came out and said that we she was a Jehovahs Witness. They like to bash and stuff, so we tried to say have a nice day, but she was just like "....come one in, boys!" with quite the smirk on her face. Ultimately, she tried to bash us with her simplified bible and told us we shouldn't change the bible(which we haven't) and that the Book of Mormon contradicts the Bible(which is doesn't) and that our look on pre-mortal life isn't in the bible(which it is). She got really offended when we told her that the Bible was compiled by a committee and Modern Christianity was started by a Pagan Emperor. We were able to get out after telling her we had an appointment. We tried to be nice, but man, it was hard! AHHH
But, Jehovah's Witness' are children of God as well, and we must love them for it! :D
Well, bot much else going on. Talk to y'all next week! :D
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