Week 7: Praying for New Investigators
Okay, so, Tuesday we asked one of our investigators to get baptized and he accepted!!
Yeah! His baptismal date is set for August 31st! Hopefully he can
things work out and he will get baptized!! We had a good lesson this week with C--. She has been
hesitant to commit to baptism due to differences in religion with her family. Hopefully she can
have the courage this week to tell them and they will be accepting of her decision. We would love
to see her get baptized soon.
We finally caught up with V-- again. He is super hard to get in contact with, so we finally just
stopped by his house Friday and he was there! Yes!!! We have another lesson with him on
Wednesday, but he didn't make it to church on Sunday. So hopefully we
can get him to come next week!
Then, that same day we met K---. Somehow in this crazy world we live in we ran into
him. Ready? Cause this is an awesome story. So, we were taking the metro up to check on
a couple people, but we missed our connection to the red line, and so
we had to go a couple more stops till the green line connected with
the red line again. We were frustrated at how much time it was
taking, even though it was good that we talked to people (that's why
we missed our stop) so, finally we got up to Glenmont. We walked not
even a block away from the metro station and stopped and talked to
this guy. We asked if he knew anyone who would be interested in
learning about Jesus Christ. He said "I would. You don't even know
how much of an answer to my prayer you are. Right before I left my
apartment I was praying for God to send me someone to teach me about
Jesus Christ! I just moved from Africa and I don't have a church, but
I prayed to God to send me someone my age, and relatable to teach me
about Jesus Christ." If we had gotten off at the right stop, we would
have missed him. If we had left 5 minutes sooner, we would have
missed him. Heavenly Father knows where he wants you, and when. So
be there. And don't be afraid to open your mouth. We will be meeting
with K-- on Tuesday, so I'll let you all now how goes!
Then Sunday rolled around and something else awesome happened! Before I
got here Elder Rummler and his old companion had taught a lesson to an
investigator named J--. He really loved the lesson, but he was
super hard to get in contact with, and lived far away. Eventually he
said he was going to start going to a different ward closer to where
he lived, so we were sad about that. Then this Sunday, Bishop
came to us right before sacrament meeting and said, “Hey there's
someone here to see you.” In walks J--! He told us he's been reading
the Book of Mormon a lot and wants to take the steps to get baptized!!
He's going to stay in our ward, and we get to teach him and hopefully
baptize him! All week we've been praying for new investigators and a
baptism. We have done our best to follow all of the rules and be
obedient, and we have seen so many blessings for it. Heavenly Father
does answer your prayers.
I love you all! Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Sorensen
Okay, so, Tuesday we asked one of our investigators to get baptized and he accepted!!
Yeah! His baptismal date is set for August 31st! Hopefully he can
things work out and he will get baptized!! We had a good lesson this week with C--. She has been
hesitant to commit to baptism due to differences in religion with her family. Hopefully she can
have the courage this week to tell them and they will be accepting of her decision. We would love
to see her get baptized soon.
We finally caught up with V-- again. He is super hard to get in contact with, so we finally just
stopped by his house Friday and he was there! Yes!!! We have another lesson with him on
Wednesday, but he didn't make it to church on Sunday. So hopefully we
can get him to come next week!
Then, that same day we met K---. Somehow in this crazy world we live in we ran into
him. Ready? Cause this is an awesome story. So, we were taking the metro up to check on
a couple people, but we missed our connection to the red line, and so
we had to go a couple more stops till the green line connected with
the red line again. We were frustrated at how much time it was
taking, even though it was good that we talked to people (that's why
we missed our stop) so, finally we got up to Glenmont. We walked not
even a block away from the metro station and stopped and talked to
this guy. We asked if he knew anyone who would be interested in
learning about Jesus Christ. He said "I would. You don't even know
how much of an answer to my prayer you are. Right before I left my
apartment I was praying for God to send me someone to teach me about
Jesus Christ! I just moved from Africa and I don't have a church, but
I prayed to God to send me someone my age, and relatable to teach me
about Jesus Christ." If we had gotten off at the right stop, we would
have missed him. If we had left 5 minutes sooner, we would have
missed him. Heavenly Father knows where he wants you, and when. So
be there. And don't be afraid to open your mouth. We will be meeting
with K-- on Tuesday, so I'll let you all now how goes!
Then Sunday rolled around and something else awesome happened! Before I
got here Elder Rummler and his old companion had taught a lesson to an
investigator named J--. He really loved the lesson, but he was
super hard to get in contact with, and lived far away. Eventually he
said he was going to start going to a different ward closer to where
he lived, so we were sad about that. Then this Sunday, Bishop
came to us right before sacrament meeting and said, “Hey there's
someone here to see you.” In walks J--! He told us he's been reading
the Book of Mormon a lot and wants to take the steps to get baptized!!
He's going to stay in our ward, and we get to teach him and hopefully
baptize him! All week we've been praying for new investigators and a
baptism. We have done our best to follow all of the rules and be
obedient, and we have seen so many blessings for it. Heavenly Father
does answer your prayers.
I love you all! Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Sorensen
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