Dear Mom and Dad,
This week has been a good one. I keep realizing what a blessing it is to
have been sent to Oklahoma. With so many Christians here it seems like every
misconception that can be made has been made, and we have to know what we
believe and why we believe it. I'm getting the basics down pretty well, but it's
still tough when we teach pastors or other people who have studied religion for
years. We also get some pretty interesting people. I don't know if I told you
about the time when some guy was yelling at us, and told us how wrong our
religion is and that King David hated handicapped people. He tried to convince
us of a rapture and some weird things about Mohammed. Haha where do people get
this information? Haha I've definitely heard some interesting things.
Ok so we met with an older lady this week, and we had met with her a few
times before and it didn't seem like she was interested, but we love her because
she's awesome so we went back. She told us about a lot of the struggles that
she's been facing in her life. In the last couple of years her oldest daughter
and her husband passed away. They both died of health problems, but she still
blames herself because she wishes she would have done more. We watched her
painfully tell us these stories. It is so hard too because we have this message
that would bless her life so much, but she won't know how good it is until she
tries it. I feel like so many members take for granted the knowledge and gifts
we've been given. If she more fully understood the plan of salvation and had the
gift of the holy ghost her burdens would be lightened. If she understood the
atonement more fully she would have someone to lean on. If she came to church
the relief society would have her back. I remember being in the MTC and having
the feeling of how can I teach these people? Now that I have come to love these people it
becomes more of a feeling of how could I possibly not teach this person. There
are so many good people here that deserve that gospel and the comfort that comes
with it. I just hope that they'll be willing to accept it.
Haha sorry about that it just gets so frustrating sometimes that people
won't accept and believe everything we say. I always feel like I should be doing
more.
We have had a lot of success though. Investigators are coming to church,
we're teaching lessons, we finally got some referrals (super exciting!!!), and
the ward loves us. Hopefully someone will get baptized soon. The mission average
is 25 a month, but the new mission president wants 100 baptisms in August, so
we're going to have to contribute.
Anyways I love you both lots, and I definitely chose the best family ever.
It's always fun to hear how things are going with the family.
Love,
Elder Hoddy
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