Hey Family,
Sounds like you guys are doing pretty good! That's sweet that golf season is starting up for Sam. I'm excited to play when I get back! How warm is it in Utah right now?
This week was pretty good for us. We found a couple new investigators. One of them is named Fred. He was referred to us by the sister missionaries in our zone. He is an Anglican guy who doesn't agree with all of the stuff that his church is teaching, and he wants to find the truth. We went over there and he talked about how he has been in a couple churches throughout his life and he has liked almost all of them but he has found things that he disagreed with in all of them. So we told him that if he read and prayed about the Book of Mormon and continued to meet with us that he would know the truth. So then we went back later and talked about the Restoration and he liked it and agreed with all of it, and we invited him to baptism at the end and he said that when he learns more and comes to know that it's true then he will be baptized. He committed to come to church last Sunday and he came! We were super excited about that, and he is going to be baptized in the near future!
The other new investigator that we found was a lady named Ashley. She is in medical school right now and she has had a busy schedule. She has also been through a lot of religions and she told us that she doesn't actually know what she believes in. She has been to so many churches and she had questions and the churches couldn't answer them and told her to pray about it, and she prayed and didn't feel like she got an answer. So she was starting to believe in science rather than religion. We told her about the Book of Mormon and how it supports the Bible and contains the fullness of the Gospel, and if she read and prayed about it she would know that God is there and what the truth was. Then she said "Well what's the difference? Why will this be any different than what I've done in the past?" So then we testified about how it could help her and why it is different and recommitted her to read and pray about it. So she said that she would, and before we left she asked us some questions about polygamy, not the polygamy in the modern church but in the old testament times, and we told her we would answer it when we came back again. So then we went back with one of our members and asked her if she had read and prayed. She said that she hadn't because she has been so busy with school and stuff, and she kept asking more questions about how she can know, and once again asked what the difference was between our church and other churches. We once again told her that she has to read and pray about it, and that there is no way she is going to know unless she does that. So she said she would and she told us to come back again later in the week. So we went back and this time her mom answered the door and said "Oh Ashley is sleeping, but she told me to give you guys this." And she handed us the Book of Mormon and it had a note in it that said (see picture). So we were kind of bummed about that, but we aren't going to give up!
We also did a little bit of tracting this week and contacted a bunch of other referrals that we had been given. It was a pretty solid week overall! Michael is still progressing and he is really excited about his baptism coming up on the 28th! It keeps getting hotter and hotter over here and I'm getting a nice tan! I'm loving ever minute! Anyways, I love and miss all of you guys and hope everything is going well! Talk to you later!
Love Elder Summerhays
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