Hey everyone!!!
It sounds like you had such an amazing trip to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons!! I loved the pictures of the hot
springs! The colors were beautiful. I showed my companion (because he's from
Wyoming) and he says, "It makes me feel trunky." I wasn't
able to see all of the pictures that you guys sent because the computer I'm on
wouldn't let me look at them! But I loved the ones that I did
see. I want to go there so bad! You had better take me there when I get home!
You bought fireworks in Wyoming on your way home?! You guys
are hypocrites!! I was going to drive to Wyoming to get fireworks and
you talked me out of it and told me I was going to get busted by the cops and
crap! But it's ok. Being a missionary of the Lord, I'll forgive you. Ha! :P
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So transfers were today! I stayed in the Capitol West area
which covers Oxon Hill, Fort Washington, Suitland, Camp Springs and other
areas around there. Anderson and I are still together, but we have a new
roommate. Elder Tavana left and Elder Snow is now companions with Elder Giles.
So this past week was really good! We got 4 new
potentials, but then we had a really bad lesson with
one of them. We had met Troy the week before and he seemed like a super
awesome guy! We gave him a Book of Mormon to read and he said he would! So we went
to his house the following Monday and as soon as we walked in we couldn't feel
the spirit. We tried to ask him some BRT (building relationships and
trust) questions just to get to know him and he would give us really
vague answers. So then we asked him if he started reading and he
said "ya". So we asked ,"What did you think about it?"
and all he said was "I didn't like it". We were really bummed!
We tried explaining why we have the Book of Mormon and how it can bring us happiness. We showed him how it's used with the Bible and he was completely shut off from
the idea that there could be any other book besides the Bible! We told him, "If God had scriptures, and prophets and all that back in ancient times,
and He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, then why would God stop
giving us revelation and scriptures? The Book of Mormon is that
revelation". But he shut that down and told us that he still didn't
like it, that it wasn't important to him and that it didn't apply to
him. so we left. We were both extremely depressed
because neither one of us had faced that situation before.
Elder Anderson
changed that out look. he said, "Ya that lesson did suck and the spirit
wasn't there, but he just wasn't ready to hear the Gospel yet. We did everything we could think of to
try to help him understand and he just wasn't open. We planted a good seed and that was what he
needed for now.". That really helped me a lot to get over it. So
that is my lesson to you all! There will be those time that you share the
gospel with someone and they completely shut you down. It's uncomfortable and
you don't want to do it ever again, BUT YOU MUST GO ON! YOU MUST CONTINUE ON IN
THE WORK! Even if it wasn't a baptism right then and there, there was
still a good seed planted and that's what they needed at that time and nothing
more. Just have pacience and show that person as much love as you can. The Lord will bless you.
I love you all!!
Elder Gold
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