This email was sent December 4, 2017
Wow was this a wonderful week
or what? Last night I finished my second to last transfer in the mission and
have officially started my final transfer as a missionary. Kinda feels surreal
to me but life will always continue on. But now for the highlights of this past
week.
On Monday night we stopped by
a potential family and we got in. They admitted that they had seen us walking
around in their neighborhood and were kinda curious as to what we did as missionaries.
We talked for a bit and shared the “Light the World” video. Here’s the thing
though, they searched it up on YouTube and hooked it up to their TV, and right
after it was done playing an Anti-Mormon video started so we had to quickly
explain that that wasn’t a church sponsored video. But we set up a return
appointment and we’re excited to see where it goes from there.
On Wednesday I did an
exchange with Elder Fitt and we taught Francisco and Leslie and it went super
well. They had read 4 chapters in the Book of Mormon in only a matter of 3 days
and said they felt good when they read it. They weren’t able to make it to
church but we have high hopes for them!
On Thursday we moved
apartments because our lease expired. We moved to another unit in the same
complex, so the floor plan is basically the same, just updated with brand new
carpet and paint. That took probably half the day because we also had to clean
our old apartment but afterwards we did some visits and taught English Class.
On Friday afternoon after
district meeting we got a text from a young part member couple in our ward
asking if we could come over for dinner. We gladly obliged and the husband who
is not a member seemed different. Before when we talked to him he was fairly
closed off and serious but now he’s more relaxed and opened up. I think it has
something to do with the fact that him and his wife just had a baby 4 months
ago. He told us that he’s ready to start taking the lessons and praying to find
out if all of this is true. If he were to get baptized he would have some
pretty strong family opposition, but if God tells him what he needs to do,
he’ll do it no doubt.
On Saturday we ate dinner
with a couple from Iran who comes to our English Class each week and it was
fun. They don’t speak a lot of English and we don’t speak Farsi or Turkish so
it was hard to communicate but all in all it was fun. We are going to try to
find a Book of Mormon for them in Farsi because they are Christians. Super nice
people.
That’s pretty much all I’ve
got. I hope that everyone is doing well.
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| Nedi and Touri from English class |
Elder Barrus
THM
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