Well to be honest this week was hard. It wasn't bad, but hard.
We weren't able to see anybody. Nobody was home and all of our appointments fell through. Pretty rough. We were able to teach Johnathan after church yesterday. But other than that, nothin'.
Adonis ended up dropping us. He's so dang hard on himself and has a way hard time letting things go. We showed up at his house on Wednesday for a lesson and he didn't answer. So we left and texted him later that day. He said that he wanted to take a break from meeting with us. We will still keep in touch. We just won't push him. Sometimes investigators need a temporary drop to see what it's like without the gospel. And then, if they are elect, they come back even more ready than they were before. I'm sure that will be the case with him!
Johnathan is still going strong! His fellowshipper was able to talk to his step dad this week about him. And Johnathan feels like he is becoming more ok with everything. Still not all the way there yet but moving in the right direction.
We did teach a new guy last night. His name is Douglas. He was a referral from a set of sisters in our zone. They apparently contacted him a few days ago. So we call him to set up a time to meet. And all he gives us are these one word answers. Super weird too. So we show up to his house, which by the way is way out in the middle of nowhere. We didn't even know that anybody even lived out there. So we knock on his door and he answers. And instantly we realize that he's such an awkward chicken. He won't even look at us haha. So he comes out of his house and closes his door behind him, and in my mind I'm thinking, "Alright, what are we getting ourselves into?" And again, he is only giving us one word answers. "Soooo, whats up man?"..."Nothin." haha, "What have you been up to lately?"... "Just reading the Bible." "Sweet man...well what made you want us to come and teach you?"... "Jesus." "Cool man haha. Well would it be alright if we went inside?"... "Yeah." haha so it was just super weird. So we went in. The member we brought with us was able to share some stories and stuff and eventually he opened up a little bit. He is still pretty weird. But seems sincere. He wants to join a church. So we are still trying to figure out if he's completely accountable. We have another appointment for Wednesday. So we will see.
Well thats about it for this week. Because of halloween we are going to go find some "haunted" places in our zone. We are going to this forest today that apparently has wild children that live there haha. Should be fun. I will send pics of that later today.
Love,
Elder Miles