Hi Family!
Well I got taken to the woodshed on the BOM challenge! You guys smoked me but that was definitely cheating! It sounds like a sweet experience though to do the Book of Mormon read a thon. I've never done one of those so when I get back we'll have to do one haha!
This week was pretty good. We were able to teach Forrest a couple times. He is almost done with all of the lessons so that’s cool. The most powerful lesson we had with him was yesterday. We taught him about tithing and it went really well. He accepted everything that we taught, and at the end we talked about fasting. As we were talking about it he interrupted and said “I already fast, does that count?” and we were like “You fast?” and he was like “Yeah I skip breakfast and lunch every day.” And the member that we had with us was like “Why??” and he said “We don’t have enough money to eat more food.” That was really sad to hear. On your mission you really grow to love the people that you serve and you want them to be so happy. It was sad to hear that his family is struggling so much. But we testified to him and helped him and later on after the lesson was over, he brought up that he has depression, and that has been a struggle for him, and he wants to overcome it so bad, and he knows he can but he just needs to do the things necessary to overcome it. We testified like crazy about Jesus Christ and how he can help us and what he can do for Forrest. We told him to pray always, and to stay close to Christ and that we’d be here to help him. I know that he will overcome it some day! I love Forrest and he is going to get baptized. We asked him if he still wanted to get baptized on the 7th of May and he said yes so that is going to be awesome!
We also met with David and taught him the 10 commandments. Later on in the week he came to a baptism that was happening in one of the other wards in the stake and at the baptism, his fellowship (Kyle) talked with us about how Davids parents went crazy about David being baptized and coming to church and stuff. They don’t want him to be baptized, and they don’t want him to meet with us anymore… So that was a huge bummer, but hopefully their hearts will soften to the church some day. Fred and Mary also came to that baptism that was going on. Since Mary grew up in the RLDS church, she said that the baptism was super similar to what she was used to she said “Coming here is like coming home.” So that was pretty cool! Fred really liked it too and you could tell that they both felt the Spirit really strong! It was a powerful baptism and at the end of it, Ryan, the guy that was getting baptized, bore his testimony and it was one of the most powerful testimonies I have ever heard on my mission! Forrest was also there and he said that you could see a change in him after he was baptized! It was a great experience for everyone.
We weren’t able to teach as much as we would like to this week but we saw a lot of little miracles and we were able to find some awesome people while knocking on doors that we hope wil become new investigators this week! I love being a missionary so much, and I know without a doubt that the church is true! It is such a great blessing that we have in our lives and that is why it’s our obligation to share it! I love and miss you all and hope you are all doing well! Next week is transfer week so I may get transferred from Rio Zion, but I know that wherever I go there are people there who need the Gospel just as much as here! I’ll talk to you guys next week!
Love Elder Summerhays
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