Heyo!
On Monday we went over to the Hurtado's and finished
teaching Mya(9) and Robert (almost 8) about the gospel of Jesus Christ and
reviewed it again. At the end we set a soft date for October 29th for their
baptism. On Thursday when we went over though, they solidified the date by
asking, "Can we do the baptism at 9 AM cause we have football and soccer
games that day?" (Like all their kids do youth sports). It was awesome!!
We are so excited for the 29th of October!!
On Tuesday I went on exchanges with a Spanish Elder (Edwards) in
Winton. This is what he has to say of our exchange:
"So on Tuesday I got to spend the day with the Oh So
Lovely Elder Richardson. We straight up killed the game out in Livingston.
Actually all of our plans fell through so we just contacted like super hard,
and got a ton of names! Oh and also after we hit up Livingston, we hit up
this local ice cream joint called Vanessa's. It is seriously so delicious."
Y'all remember Michael? Our investigator that just like
straight up told us he wants to be baptized pronto? Well we had dinner, and a
lesson with him. We taught the restoration (My favorite lesson). The spirit was
like WICKED strong. Everyone was crying like a bunch of puppies with bowls of
onions. After we delivered the message of Joseph Smith seeing God the Father
and His son Jesus Christ, we continued to teach him about the Book of Mormon.
He then told us he has already read the Book of Mormon up to Jacob, and
believes it is true. He has so much faith. Well things started escalating,
tears started shedding and then I asked him the question that changes lives.
"Michael, will you follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized by
someone who holds the proper priesthood authority of God?" He said
"Yes." I said "Will you prepare yourself to be baptized on
October the 29th?" He said "Yes. Absolutely. This is the answer to my
prayers." The spirit was so strong and he is so prepared."
HAha I loved going on exchanges with Elder Edwards, he's a
good missionary and we shared a lot of tears of felt the Spirit a lot while we
were together.
This week also we went over with Bishop to one of or
investigator's houses that hasn't been keeping the commitment to read the Book
of Mormon. We went over thinking we were going to have a new baptismal date or
a dropped investigator. After we said the prayer he laid his concerns down for
us right away. The Spirit was so strong while we answered his concerns to the
best of our ability. We asked him if he had given the Book of Mormon an honest
effort, he said no. We then asked him if he truly wanted to know if the Book of
Mormon was true or not. He said yes and we re committed him to a read for at
least 5 minutes everyday and to pray about it!!
That's about all that happened this week. But be on the
lookout cause your boi about to perform at a song at zone conference tomorrow!!
Love you all!!
Elder Richardson
