January 20, 2016
Oh
where to even begin! Lets start here:
We lost our IBD and two
"progressing" investigators. We also lost also 2 of our new
investigators gihapon. ALL IN ONE WEEK! It kind of hurt but right before it all
happened I reread my copy of "The Rhiccardi Letter". It gave me
inspiration on what to do when people tell you that they don’t want the Church
of Jesus Christ.
Elder Rhiccardi would
stop all he was doing (once told they don’t want the missionaries), thank them,
then ask them to invite the future missionaries over when they come. He then
explained how he now had more time to focus on those who are actually willing
to accept the message of the restored gospel instead of wasting time with those
who are not progressing. I hate using the phrase "wasting time with those
not progressing" but it is true! We only have two years to serve a mission
and it needs to be spent finding, teaching, and baptizing.
Other than the saddening
moments we were walking on the street and heard a little psst. We walked to the
source to find a sister, her mother, her husband all sitting there and the
first thing they said was where is our church because they wanted to go! The
other night, sister happily accepted a baptismal date! So I have learned even
after all this finding and losing we will eventually come across the one who is
actually ready. Let’s see how this goes!
Some funny-ish story (or
funny to me):One of the new
investigators we lost was what I call a Bakakon! (I will later give the
translation). We FTEd her at her house and she happily accepted a return
appointment. We showed up at the time planned and she wasn’t there. Did this 3
times and still nothing. Well we decided to give it one last chance. We went to
her house and saw her and all her family just chillin’ outside. As we
approached, all the males got up and walked inside and sister said to us
"Oh there are no boys here! They are all gone! (We can’t teach a girl
without a boy our age there) "I am also very busy all the Sundays!"
She kind of had an annoyance in her voice too. So this brings me to the
translation of the word Bakakon. It means Liar. I started reading the
Book of Mormon again on Dec. 12 and finished last Jan 15. As my questions do
come up I can at least find answers to them as well as peace. I do know that
the Book of Mormon is true; I do know it to be the word of God. As we actually
study the book and understand what is going on the book makes so much sense
with what’s in the Bible. It frustrates me though how people won’t even read
the Book of Mormon to know and receive answers. It also bugs me how people see
the church based on the members. The church should be judged on the doctrines
and not the people. The doctrine is perfect, the people are not.
I had a quite fun
spiritual moment the last weekend. I had finished work and for the last 30 min
or so of the day I wanted to sing hymns and feel the spirit in great abundance.
After about 20 min I was still feeling pretty bland... wasn't sure why. So I
knelt in prayer and after a long time of conversing and asking for help and
such I received a prompting to relate a message to my mission president. The
next afternoon I decided to act on what I felt and gave him a call. As we
talked (he not being aware of the real reason of why I was talking to him) and
discussed what I had said to him a feeling of peace came over me and I felt
that the spirit began to flood me as I had wanted the night before. I
learned that day that I had received the spirit not because of the things
president said to me but because I had listened to and followed the impression
in which I had received. Even though it was a simple thing as relating a
message that had nothing to do with what was going on in my life or mission it
still was what was asked of me and through obedience I got what I had been
searching for the night before, the flooding of the spirit.
Thank you all for the
emails. The small simple things of encouragement really do help! I love hearing
from my peeps back home! I wish all of you to be safe in your endeavors! Next week will be
transfers so I will know if I sill stay here, receive a new companion, or a
different assignment. Should be fun!
Take care ya'll!
-Elder Morris
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