So. First of
all, everything I was going to write flew out of my head because I
opened my email to see a million and one photographs of baby Craig! How
fun is that? I'll answer that: Amazingly fun! I love the pictures and I
love getting them in emails and in letters. They make my day! Plus I
have fun showing them to the other missionaries, so that's awesome.
This week has been good. We still struggle with what to do
when it gets dark and we don't have appointments. Only a few of the
members live in Kearney proper, so that makes drop ins difficult, and we
keep trying to make appointments first for the evening hours, but
that's hard, too. But we must be doing good work, regardless, because
the Branch President asked us to go visit a friend of his. So I take
that as a good sign.
We still struggle getting investigators to church. We're
working on it. I really want some to come this Sunday to conference. You
all should invite people to conference! It would be cool! Plus, just
think: We will all be watching conference together, no matter where we
are! It makes me think of the little mouse from An American Tail--sniff!
That song always gets me.
This weekend we did service pretty much all day on Saturday. It started at
4 am
so we could be at the University of Nebraska Kearney by 5 to help set
up for the local Race for the Cure. The bishop of the family ward was
the director of the race, so he conscripted all 6 of us missionaries
into service for him--and we were happy to do it! Plus, we all got free
t-shirts out of the deal--score! I love a free t-shirt.
It was also freeeeeezing! Not literally. But it was 47, which
was the coldest it's been yet. The day warmed up, but not while we were
putting up signs along the race route and carrying cases of bottled
water around. My fingers were a little cold. But it was good.
Then we got to help tear everything down. So, you know, life moves on!
Afterward,
we went home and had a lunchtime nap (or was it a naptime lunch? I
don't know. You decide) and then studied for a bit before heading out to
help an investigator and her member boyfriend pack up and move. So we
basically stayed in service clothes all day long, until it was finally
time to shower and go to the Relief Society broadcast. Which was,
naturally, awesome. I hope my mother and sisters went (hint hint?).
Because it was good.
Also, this week, we had some success with tracting. A little
bit, anyway. We've been doing a lot of it because, what else do we have
to do when we don't have people to teach? We have to try to find people
on our own. Now, here's a reminder: tracting is the
least
effective way to find people who need to know about the gospel. Plus it
can get discouraging when people don't really want to know more. The
most effective way is when people invite people they already know to
come to church or to meet with missionaries. Just invite people. Don't
make it more difficult than it has to be; just ask people. That's all
missionaries do. Here's an article that might help you:
http://www.lds.org/ensign/2005/02/seven-lessons-on-sharing-the-gospel?lang=eng
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