A scambio and some work

From: Benjamin Jolley

Date: Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 3:18 AM

Well, another week gone. Thursday was an interesting day. All of our appointments fell through, but we still had an opportunity to speak with someone and place a Book of Mormon. I love the feeling of a bag that has been carrying a Book of Mormon all day that is now empty. Another person has the opportunity to find truth. I hate the feeling of having a full bag at the end of the day. It feels so heavy on my shoulder, even though it's like 1/2 pound. It feels SO heavy. Otherwise, we taught Moreno and Laila about the Temple and Family History work, and they were pretty excited to get started.

 

Friday, we planned. My companion is senior companion this week. So far he's doing a WONDERFUL job. I feel like a huge burden is off of my back. And that frees me to just work super crazy hard. We went and taught our African friends, and gave an Urdu Book of Mormon to a man from Pakistan, and then we were able to teach several other people, including an adorable old man that looks like the grandpa from Up! who was an ex investigator and is now an investigator again. His name is Sandor.

 

Saturday, we were able to teach a father in a park about the restoration, he has wondered what we believe since he was a little boy, because he's seen the missionaries before but never talked to them. He wasn't particularly interested in learning more, but he was grateful that we satisfied his curiosity. We taught lots of people on the street. Then we went to our less active's house and talked about Temple work, and they got pretty excited about doing their family history and preparing a name to go get baptized for is the future months. We then taught Daniel one of the best lessons we've ever had with him. He was awake, active, and interested. He commited to church this coming Sunday.

 

Sunday, we didn't have any investigators in church. In fact, it was a rough day. But we worked anyways. We found our new investigator Raffaele, who tried to give us back the Book of Mormon, but he still has it, and he commited to English class, even if he dropped us as an investigator. Then we taught a few other people on the street. It was good. By the end I was REALLY wanting to go home, but my great senior companion kept us outside till it was time to properly go home.

 

Monday, we had a scambio with Rimini. I went down with Anziano Portellano, from Marseilles, France. It was an interesting scambio. I learned a ton about what I need to do better as a missionary and a district leader. We taught a wonderful member family about scripture study.

 

Tuesday, we had district meeting, and we talked about consecrating our missions. I realized how not perfect I am, but I'm trying. and especially I feel like I've made a lot of progress this week itself. That afternoon we did some contacting, and then we taught a member who has been coming back to church and is starting to understand things now as she reads her scriptures. It's super good to hear.

 

This morning we've come to email our dear families. I love you all.

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