Oh Tracting......

I don't know where to begin. Just like every other week.. So much goes on in just a week! But this week was good. A lot of the people in the ward are very aware of how they eat and they grow everything and make things from scratch and it's so awesome! And delicious. I have been thinking about the word of wisdom a lot this week and it's important to not do things that are harmful to your bodies... Obvi. But there's so much more to the word of wisdom than that. We need to be eating things that are healthy and exercising and being more aware of the things that aren't super dangerous but that still aren't good for you! It's something I'm still working on.. Haha just a thought.

 

Having a newish area has been so much fun! It's sad to not see a lot of the people we were but it's given us a new opportunity to experience different parts of the ward that we didn't before. We are meeting really neat people and we can go out and tract in new areas and really search for the elect. We are still searching haha. It's a neverending thing. But it's fun. You never know who's on the other side of the door! And most the time they could really careless about us but we're just out here to invite. If people don't want that then that's okay. We were given agency for a reason.

 

Funny story of the week:

We were tracting this little neighborhood. We got to this one house and the woman answers the door hugging her Bible. I was prepared for the worst. She invited us to come in, which NEVER happens here. We talked for a minute and she said she was a new Christian. We told her how great that was and she started crying.. We just stood there while she gathered herself together and through her sobs she says, "I just don't understand why you don't believe that Christ is the Messiah!!!!" We were so confused. We explained, or tried to at least, that we do in fact believe that Christ is the Messiah. She didn't believe us. She cried and cried and cried and invited us to go sit on the couch with her. We sat by her and she told us that her church had taught her that we were JW's and we were like ohhhh no!!!! We aren't at all. Have you heard of Mormons?? And she was confused even more. She asked if she could invite her Christian neighbor over and she called him. "Hey B, This is H. Can you come over?? .... There are people in my house." She totally made it seem like we were complete strangers who had broken into her house or something right in front of us! And he asked her what she meant and she just said "there are people in my house..." Haha. We sat there in total shock. And because we were sitting right next to her we could hear the whole conversation. He asked her if he should call the cops and she said no. I said that we were missionaries pretty loud so he could hear. He asked what church we were from and Sister J said the name of our church loud and he said "oh, they're no good.. Just tell them to get out." Haha it was the most awkward experience. At one point we got up to leave but when she got off the phone she started crying again! So I sat by here and again tried to explain that we believe in Christ and that we aren't JW and all of these random things that her church had told her that was wrong. Pretty much she was confused and we weren't able to help her at all. So we just left. I'm not sure if that does the experience justice but maybe I can reinact that for you someday. It was great.

 

On Friday we were at sites and we were praying really hard to talk to the elect over phone calls and chat. So of course that's who we were blessed with! This woman named T came on chat and asked about the Book of Mormon. She explained that she had a friend who was a member and he had talked to her a little about the church. She didn't want to inconvience him with questions so she came on chat. She was asking the most amazing questions about what differed from the Bible and Book of Mormon. She said that our response made more sense than what she grew up learning and she asked us some pretty deep questions that we were unsure if we should expound on or not. So we did. And she totally agreed with everything we said! She's amazing and our new chat gator :] I love technology!!!!! We have been meeting so many prepared people on chat lately. I just wish that I could go meet them! I want to be there for them but I guess what they need from us is just someone they can talk to about the church and not worry about who's on the other side. Someday I'll be able to meet all of these amazing people :]

 

It has been a good, successful week here. I love it and I love this work. Have an awesome week!

Sister Maynard.