Hello All!
Sacre Vache!! Ronnie and Tanner are huge!!
Paige looks like a model for high school fashion, and Lizzie looks even cuter
than before (if that's possible). Ronnie truly looks eurodite with those
spectacles perched upon his nose. J’espère que tes genoux vas guérir bien Mon
Père. It sounds like everything is going well at home. To Jordan, I am so glad
that you are reading the Book of Mormon regularly. I have already begun to see
the power of that book. I have seen people's demeanor and attitude completely
change just by holding the book. Don't ever stop reading that book. The Book of
Mormon has a special calling to bring us witness of the truth and the right.
Never stop partaking of the power of that calling.
Yesterday we had an investigator who we found
knocking come to Church. He enjoyed it, and wants to come back. The problem is
that he doesn't think he can get baptized because he is not supposed to
submerge his head in water because his glass eyeball will come out. This is a
ridiculous excuse however, and we still intend to commit him to a baptismal
date soon. Jimmy only came because Brother Dillman invited him, offered to find
him a ride, and to sit with him in church and make sure he didn't get lost. It
was an awesome example of the power that members have to help investigators
overcome fears. We missionaries are freaks. We walk around all day in ties
knocking on doors. Of course we like Church. But when a member invites them,
there is real credibility to their claim that Church is something they enjoy.
With regards to trackting, here in Quebec if we
just sat around and waited for referals we would basically just do nothing. We
don't get many, and the ones we get are a result of our own efforts. We are
trying to reduce our knocking because yes it doesn't yield too much fruit
usually, but we are reducing it by doing lots of less-active work. Just
yesterday we were passing by one of our few referals, but they managed to
somehow know we were coming and hide (for like the third time, that always
seems to happen. Referals and less actives seem to be able to sense when we are
coming). That destroyed our plan for that hour, but we remembered that there is
a less-active woman who lives near to them. She let us in and we talked to her
and her non-member friend for a long time (because she likes to talk too much).
She has a pretty severe case of
I've-been-offended-so-the-church-isn't-perfect-so-I-will-stop-going syndrome,
but was open to more visits. Her friend is the story however. He seemed
genuinely touched by the spirit when we talked about the Book of Mormon. They
both promised to start reading it, but he seemed far more interested in keeping
the comittment. It was also cool to see her get excited about helping to
explain the B.o.M. The lesson was really a testimony to me of the importance
and value of less-active work. Not only is reactivation just as valuable as
baptisms, but is one of the best way to find non-members.
I'm running out of time now. I love you all.
The gospel is true, and there is nothing more valuable we can do with our
knowledge of the truth than to share it with others.
Elder Hardy
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