ONE WEEK LEFT
So it is one week left till
transfers! Goes by so fast. Me and Sister Cho hope to stay together another
transfer. We have lots of fun and work really hard together.
This past week we met one of our eternal investigators, Gee InSheer. She's been meeting on and off with the missionaries for six years. Tuesday we met her and talked about acting on faith and then committed her to get baptized May 5th. She answered exactly the way we thought she would, "no". When then followed up with "why". She explained how she loves coffee. She's worried that if she gets baptized she will just start drinking coffee again. She understands the importance of a baptismal commitment and doesn't want to break it.
In response to her concern I talked to her about a friend I had who gave up smoking when he got baptized. But even after baptism once or twice he had a smoke. I told her we are not perfect. Even after baptism we will continue to make mistakes, but as long as we strive to keep the commandments God will help us and forgive us.
After addressing her concern a little more we followed up with the question "Will you get baptized?" Then tearful she explained how she loves meeting with us, or otherwise she would not be. But she told us that she prayed about the church and based off a dream she had she felt the church was not for her.
Me and my companion have different ideas on how we should handle the situation. My thought was she wasn't living any of the commandments, reading, nor coming to church when she prayed about it, so how can she know. She didn't do all that she could. Plus, the church is for everyone! So my thought was next lesson to tell her she didn't even try. My companion, who has a friendship with this woman was thinking of slowly dropping her and easing up, because our investigator talked about feeling pressure. So, we decided to fast about it, which we did Sunday.
My companion shared with me this morning the impression she got for Gee InSheer and all our investigators: "Push them". I like it. We got some amazing investigators that need a little bit of good pressure to get them acting more and making commitments! So I am excited for this next week and the next transfer.
So this past Tuesday we had a lunch appointment with a member. We had ShabuShabu. Its a light lunch that leaves you feeling satisfied. Then ten mintues after the lunch we were at an appointment with an investigator. We looked in her office and both saw this HUGE McDonalds bag. My companion turns to me and says "Please tell that bag is full of something else and not food." Sadly it was food. She gave us Double Mac Burgers accompanied with french fries and a soda. It was was painful eating that meal. Any other time I would have enjoyed a burger, but it was just too much. The food didn't want to go down my throat. However painful that it was, it was so sweet of our investigator to do that for us. We've seemed to have alot of similar moments this week. I know I've gained weight :(
This past week we met one of our eternal investigators, Gee InSheer. She's been meeting on and off with the missionaries for six years. Tuesday we met her and talked about acting on faith and then committed her to get baptized May 5th. She answered exactly the way we thought she would, "no". When then followed up with "why". She explained how she loves coffee. She's worried that if she gets baptized she will just start drinking coffee again. She understands the importance of a baptismal commitment and doesn't want to break it.
In response to her concern I talked to her about a friend I had who gave up smoking when he got baptized. But even after baptism once or twice he had a smoke. I told her we are not perfect. Even after baptism we will continue to make mistakes, but as long as we strive to keep the commandments God will help us and forgive us.
After addressing her concern a little more we followed up with the question "Will you get baptized?" Then tearful she explained how she loves meeting with us, or otherwise she would not be. But she told us that she prayed about the church and based off a dream she had she felt the church was not for her.
Me and my companion have different ideas on how we should handle the situation. My thought was she wasn't living any of the commandments, reading, nor coming to church when she prayed about it, so how can she know. She didn't do all that she could. Plus, the church is for everyone! So my thought was next lesson to tell her she didn't even try. My companion, who has a friendship with this woman was thinking of slowly dropping her and easing up, because our investigator talked about feeling pressure. So, we decided to fast about it, which we did Sunday.
My companion shared with me this morning the impression she got for Gee InSheer and all our investigators: "Push them". I like it. We got some amazing investigators that need a little bit of good pressure to get them acting more and making commitments! So I am excited for this next week and the next transfer.
So this past Tuesday we had a lunch appointment with a member. We had ShabuShabu. Its a light lunch that leaves you feeling satisfied. Then ten mintues after the lunch we were at an appointment with an investigator. We looked in her office and both saw this HUGE McDonalds bag. My companion turns to me and says "Please tell that bag is full of something else and not food." Sadly it was food. She gave us Double Mac Burgers accompanied with french fries and a soda. It was was painful eating that meal. Any other time I would have enjoyed a burger, but it was just too much. The food didn't want to go down my throat. However painful that it was, it was so sweet of our investigator to do that for us. We've seemed to have alot of similar moments this week. I know I've gained weight :(
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