Things are
going well in the great and spacious city of Katy. We spent a lot of time
knocking doors and not as much time teaching. But that's okay because we still
saw lots of miracles.
On Wednesday we taught Rosa the why of the commandments in
addition to the Word of Wisdom and Law of Chastity and she accepted all of them
without a problem. She is still on track for her baptismal date on the 6th of
November and is very excited about it. She has decided to invite her family to
her baptism, so we are praying that they come and their hearts will be softened
and that they will want to learn more because of it.
On Thursday, we met with MarieAntonietta's dad Giovanni for the
first time since he got back from his 2 month work trip to Iraq. He worked 12
hours a day, 7 days a week so he didn't read at all in the Book of Mormon
during his trip, but he committed to read it in the coming days and weeks. He's
not sure about baptism right now, but said if he comes to know that The Gospel
is true he will get baptized. So prayers for him are definitely welcome!
On Friday I went on an exchange with Elder Norton and we
stumbled upon a Jehovah's Witness. He started out asking some questions about
our church and what we do as missionaries, but then proceeded to challenge us a
little bit so it kind of turned into a Bible bash. The point we discussed that
really stuck out to me was when we talked about the need for a prophet and
continuing revelation. We helped explain that Jesus taught us in Matthew
chapter 7:15-16 that we will know a prophet by their fruits. We asked this man
what his obligation would be if God gave him an apple or a banana as evidence
of a prophet. He said he would be obligated to try it and decide if it was a
good or a bad fruit. So then we presented the Book of Mormon to him as the
fruit or evidence of the prophet Joseph Smith and he said he wouldn't touch it.
I love and respect those with strong convictions in other faiths and think do
great good in this world. I just can't understand why many of them won't even
read a book that claims to be a second witness of the Lord Jesus Christ. They
would lose nothing from it. But I digress.
On Saturday we saw some really cool miracles. We were knocking
in an apartment complex that hasn't been touched because it was built in August
and ended up finding a guy named Craig who was interested in the message of the
Restoration and committed to read the Book of Mormon. When we asked him if he
knew anyone else who needed the same message, he called up his friend Chandra
and sent us over to her house that same night. So we went over and she was in
tears because she had prayed the night before asking God what to do because she
didn't know. We listened to her and assured her that the Gospel brings peace,
comfort, and joy to our lives. She really wants to learn more because her
grandmother used to meet with missionaries and loved the message of the Gospel,
but was never baptized because her husband wouldn't let her. So we sent her
information to the English sisters so they can teach her.
Anyway, I hope that everyone is doing well and is happy. I know
that this is God's work and that He lives and loves us.
Elder Barrus
We went mini golfing last P-day.
Sorry I haven't taken too many pictures.
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