This week was a roller coaster for sure. It started off with us going over to see Janet and Kenneth. At the door step, Janet told us that she had finished the Book of Mormon but that she decided they didn't want to change churches. She wasn't able to get over the idea that God and Christ are 2 separate beings. She also said that she loves her sunday school too much to leave them. I was pretty heart broken when she told us this. They are still great friends of mine and I'll miss seeing them regularly.
We also had another one of our investigators drop us named Andy. He was an 18 year old kid that seemed really interested. He told us this last week, however, that he wasn't going to come to church and he wasn't interested in religion right now. I always feel disappointed when people don't accept this GLAD message.
On a more positive note, we taught Misty and all of her family! They all seem to be very interested! Steve is Misty's husband. He's a quite guy but just soaked in everything that we taught. Their 3 kids also seemed to pay attention really well! Their oldest, Brent, is 14 years old and is very outgoing just like his mom. He goes to church with his dad (Steve is his step dad) and Misty said that he wouldn't be interested in what we were teaching. But right when we started teaching, Brent came in the room and participated more than anyone else did! The two other kids, Remington and Terryn are 11 and 9 and both totally soaked in what we taught! They are such a great family and want to know if what we teach is true. A couple of weeks ago, we gave the family proclamation to Misty and she loved it. In fact, she loved it so much that she framed it and hung it on her living room wall! I can't wait to see them again this week.
Terry is still doing great! He came to church again this week and is doing really great with understanding all that we teach him. His baptismal date is the end of this month. I would be surprised if he didn't make that date.
We set a baptismal date with Rick this last week for the 21st of May. He was excited to set a date and work towards that as a goal. Rick has a very limited religious background. We have to explain in detail a lot of things that most people would understand. He's doing a great job with all this new knowledge though.
Like I said, it was a roller coaster week. Me and Elder Brewer are having a ton of fun together and teaching some amazing people. We've really figured out how each other work and we've been able to get really close in the last couple of weeks. We don't do a whole lot of stuff on preparation day but we still have fun. Something that has made us laugh since being together is the funny experiences we have when we work with less active members. We helped this one crazy guy clean his room which was really weird but super funny!
We get along really well with all of the members here in ashland but one of the families that really watch out for us is the Crawfords and also the Yates. Oh and the Mathatas family has us over for dinner probably once a week. They have a strong desire to do missionary work which is inspiring. They're amazing people.
I'm not sure where we are going to be for Mother's day but I will ask if they have google hang out. I'm getting so excited to talk with you guys! I love you so much and hope you all have a great week.
So much for Spring!
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