This week has been a good
one! Elder Thomas and I have been working really hard and we've had
quite a bit of success as well as disappointments. However, one of the
things that I love about being with Elder Thomas is how light-hearted we
can still be during discouraging moments. Even when an investigator
drops us and we're feeling down, we are still joking around and helping
each other stay excited and happy! :) It's really fun!
One of the really lame things that happened this
week was when I went on divisions. Elder Milla and I, along with a youth
from the ward, were out contacting and as we passed a little shop a man
said hi and asked us how we were. We quickly began to talk to him and I
was asking him some questions to find out a little bit about his
beliefs when all of the sudden he began to chastise me for not treating
him with respect. He asked me how old I was and when I told him he old
me his age and told me that I need to be more respectful because he
knows more than I do. I tried to explain myself a little bit and try to
mend the misunderstanding but then he began to say that we are wrong,
that we don't know what we're talking about, etc. It was really
surprising. I finished up by sharing my testimony but as I started he
just began to shake his head in disagreement and quote scriptures to
tell me why we needed to study more and then we would see how foolish we
were in believing that stuff. We walked away with a pretty bitter taste
in our mouths but we knew what we were trying to do and what we were
saying was true, so it didn't matter much.
However, divisions was really fun because I got to
know Elder Milla better. He is from Lima, Peru and we got along great.
We also made a queque for the FHE we had and it was really fun. We've
never made one before but the first try turned out really well. All of
the less-actives in the FHE couldn't believe that we made it...good
thing we took photos so that we had physical evidence, huh? :)
So we had some really good experiences this week
with some investigators. Our investigator J.A. was doing really
well. We explained a lot about the BofM and he committed to reading
every night before bed. It was awesome and we set a baptismal date with
him for the 31st of August. However, he didn't gt to church on Sunday
and later that evening he gave us a call saying he wasn't going to be
able to receive us in his home anymore. He said he had work obligations. We don't know too much but we are going to
talk with him later on and find out more. We worked a little bit with
J. this week and C. They both have
baptismal dates for the 31st of August
and they are progressing nicely. C. really wants to be baptized and
hopefully everything works out so that he'll be prepared enough to make
that day! Our other investigator family, J and I are doing
well. They are still unsure about if the church is true. J is
pretty sure, he wants to be more sure, but he believes the church is
true. I. however is really hard. She wants to be 100% sure and it's
hurting her progress a bit. Anyways, we're still figuring it out a
little bit so we'll see. They are doing good, however.
Last night I
tried to teach Elder Thomas how to do the Rubiks cube...hahaha! He was
so tired so everything I told him to do he did the opposite, haha! It
was really, really funny! :D He's a really good companion!
Well that's all folks; I'll write more about my companion and his weird habits next week ;)
Love you all, Elder Bushman
(You'd think he never made a cake before...)
"A missionary's spiritual preparation will be
strengthened by better family home evenings, by improved teaching in the
Aaronic Priesthood and auxiliary organizations, by attendance at
seminary and institute, by going to the temple to be baptized in behalf
of the dead, by encouragement to read the Book of Mormon." - Gordon B.
Hinckley
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