This past week has been our busiest week teaching
people during my time here in Upland, it's great! We were able to meet with two
less actives and one came to sacrament meeting, and the other we met with twice
and he opened up to us and explained his reason for not coming, it being his
psychological state. But he quit his job so he can come to church. Now that's
what I call commitment! We also met with our less-active Todd, who we tried to
commit to getting rid of his stash of dope that he still has. But he's caught
on the fence about it because it's worth so much money and he doesn't want to
throw it all away and not use it or at least have it be used by someone. At one
point Elder Jeppsen offered to give Todd all the money in his wallet if he
would get rid of all his weed right then, but he didn't tell him how much money
he had in his wallet (he only had like $6 haha). Todd then treated the
situation like a gameshow and called Elder Jeppsen "a gameshow host from
God" haha.
We
talked to one of the lost members we had tracted into last week, and the lady
that was washing his dog gave us a flyer about the threat of bioengineering to
our earth and society (aka "chem trails" or the white lines you see
in the sky behind a flying plane). I read through it and couldn't help but
laugh, it was so cheesy and faulty.
Two Sundays ago I had fasted and prayed for the
Lord to help us find new investigators. That Sunday a member referred us to his
neighbors. We knocked on their door on Saturday and they let us in! We had some
small talk and they had questions about the Book of Mormon, which we answered.
The wife is a bookworm and committed herself to reading the entire introduction
of the Book of Mormon, and both her and her husband are totally open to
learning more about God! Who could be more prepared than this sweet old couple?
They are genuinely interested in reading it, and we have a return appointment
for this Friday! We are so excited we have this couple we can share the
restored Gospel with!
We have been knocking a lot of doors and telling
people about familysearch.org, and many people
are actually interested in learning about their family history. We've even had
several people say that they want to go check out the family history center at
the Upland stake center. We had two or three people tell us to come back this
Friday. Elder Jeppsen and I are doing great together. We're continuing to work
hard, knock doors, all that good stuff. I know that this work that I am
participating in is indeed God's work. It is inspired, and it will continue to
roll forth across the earth, blessing the lives of those who accept it into
their lives and live it. God is always looking out for us and is aware of each
of our current circumstances. I love you all, have a good week!
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