Monday, October 28, 2013

Finding


Hey y'all

So... this week has been kinda slow.  We have a grand total of 0 progressing investigators, and only 2 other investigators, we think. We finally decided to drop Ron and Maria, which was such a hard decision, because we know that Ron knows that what we teach is true, but he's gotten to the point where he won't get back with us no matter what we do, and we're pretty sure he's avoiding us when we knock on the door... so we'll just have to put our focus on other people, and hope that missionaries in the future find him in our area book and go back when he and Maria are fully prepared.  And dropping them wouldn't be so bad if we had other people to teach... but we don't.  We still haven't made contact with Brenda... I really hope that she's not avoiding us too... and Tish hasn't been able to meet with us recently either.  ... Sister Morris and I are kind of lost - we don't know what to do, because nothing happens in missionary work until you have someone to teach, and right now we don't.  So we've been tracting a LOT this week, and we found a few potential investigators that way - we're praying that they will start to make those steps to coming closer to Christ.  We're actually meeting with one of them, Tiffany, in about an hour... yes, on p-day... but that's the only day that works for her so we're making it work for us.  Hopefully  everything goes well!

Sister Morris and I also had a major planning/study session to figure out ways that we can get the members in the ward involved with our missionary work, because we don't get a lot of referrals... we came up with a few ideas, and we'll start using them within the week so hopefully we'll be able to find new people to teach that way too.

On a more positive note... Mark (one of the Elders' investigators) was baptized!! And his whole family was there!  Which is super exciting, because before last Sunday none of them had set foot in a church building in over 7 years.  Unfortunately, only his mom came to his confirmation yesterday... but Mark seems like he'll be a solid member, and hopefully he'll be a good example to the rest of his family.  And we did have a lot of support from the ward at the baptism - most of the priests showed up to support the newest member in their quorum, which was awesome. :)

Well, that's pretty much it for the week.  Sister Morris and I are doing well, despite our challenges.  We're staying busy and keeping a positive outlook.  I love this ward and this area, and I know there are so many people who are prepared to receive the gospel, the hard part is finding them.

I love you all so much!  Have a great week!

Sister Ririe

Moroni 10:32

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