This
week we had a good turnout for church. We had our investigators Tony
and Tai as well as another investigator named Damien. There was also the
father of a little girl who got baptized yesterday at church and he's
not a member. We talked with him for a few minutes. He doesn't seem too
interested but we'll see how things play out. We also had an
investigator whom we dropped about two months ago randomly show up at
church and so we set up an appointment to meet with him this upcoming
week! It was really cool. This week looks really good. We have some
solid stuff set up and right now we are just working on finding members
who can come out with us. It should be a great week.
We unfortunately were not able to reset Damien's Baptismal date but we
will be able to get that done this week. He wasn't able to be baptized
yesterday like we originally planned. The hardest part is getting times
to meet with him during the week. Apparently he goes to school until
like 6 o'clock.
On
Saturday our whole mission got together and we got to hear from Elder
M. Russel Ballard from the Quorum of the Twelve! It was sick! He said a
ton of super cool stuff. He focused a lot on talking with 10 people a
day independent of tracting, teaching investigators, and working with
members. That's a little hard for us seeing as we are in a car all day. I
know that's a silly excuse but we're getting there. The experiences we
have been having over the last few weeks of trying to talk with more
people, have been great. We're trying to get past the mindset
of "I can't teach this person because they're not Samoan so it's not
worth it" because that's a silly way of looking at missionary work. We
are all on the same team here! The call to serve isn't just to serve
within your assigned boundaries, (while you should definitely stay
within your assigned boundaries) it's to invite everyone to come unto
Christ! That's what leads to happiness and success. That's what will
bring blessings!
I
love all of you. Remember that. More importantly, remember that there's
One who cares for you and loves you more perfectly that I ever could.
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13 italics added)
Ou te alofa ia outou ma manuia lava le vaiaso. Tata le fata.
Keep it real
Elder Sanderson
