Woohoo this week has been a good one.
P-day was just killer because we played 4 square for a couple hours. Things
were gettin pretty heated and intense, but luckily chief judge Hoddy was there
to settle all disputes and reign as king for a while. The next couple days we
did some service and met with some people. It was great. On Friday the sisters
had a baptism which was really awesome. The spirit was really strong there and
it was exciting to see. After that we saw one of our potential investigators, Jake, and had an awesome lesson. We taught the restoration and one of his
roommates sat in and listened. We were kind of rushed for time, but we have
another appointment this week, so we should have time to do everything.
Saturday was a really awesome day. I don't really remember what happened in
the morning cuz it's already been two days since it happened, but after dinner
we decided to knock a few doors and we had more success than we've ever had
tracting. We knocked on this one door and the people let us right in and started
talking to us. There were two families there and they were in the process of
making dinner. Most people say that they're too busy to talk to us, but these
people let us right in, offered us dinner, and talked with us for a while. It is
so incredible to meet families that you can teach. Especially ones who truly act
like Christians instead of just saying it and shutting the door on us. There
were some other really nice people, but that was a highlight of tracting for my
mission. Then we had a lesson with Leon. He's taken all the discussions, and
come to church plenty of times, so we were hoping to have a lesson on baptism.
His favorite members came with us and they gave powerful testimonies, but in the
end it wasn't the right time for him I guess. He's such an amazing Christian
that it's hard to believe that he won't accept the gospel someday though.
Sunday was another amazing day. We went to Life Church with the Helsleys
that morning and it was not at all what I expected. They had a rock band, and
great play places for the kids. Ha it was a really fun place for church. I
thought that it was going to be another church that was just asking for tithing
and trying to get members, but I felt like the leaders really were trying to
help the people. At the end of the day however, it is very clear that they are
missing many important things contained in the gospel of Jesus Christ. The power
and authority to baptize and give the Holy Ghost is missing. There is no
sacrament. No one gets to be sealed to their family forever. I thought it was a
good church, but it was not Christ's church. The Book of Mormon and Bible
clearly teach the way to eternal life, and although Life Church teaches a lot of
truth, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints goes so much deeper and
contains it all. People misunderstand us, but the work goes on. Haha we were
actually asked to leave a couple of times because they thought we were
proselyting. Oklahoma is the best and I love it here. The people here are
amazing and I'm getting so much closer to the ward here. It's going to be sad
when I leave. I found out last night that I have at least another 6 weeks in the
village ward, so I was pretty happy about that. I'm getting a new companion on
Wednesday though we we'll see how that one goes.
Well it sounds like life at home is pretty awesome. I can't believe Jace is
in Junior High and that's so fun that Aunt Melody had Beckett. You'll have to
send me pictures of him. I love you all and hope you have a good week!
-Elder Hoddy
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