Well this isn't that fun of a story, but maybe last week I mentioned that we got 2 referrals from the Rome Temple Visitors Center that we were super excited about. Well last week after p day we decided to go check it out. So we rang their doorbell, and they answered on the little intercom thingy and told us they're not at all interested... So we're a little bit confused and think that they are too. Especially considering that they couldn't even see us but that's okay. Maybe sometime in the future they will be ready to accept the Gospel.
Well here's another story that's not that fun haha we had to drop our investigator, Monica, this week. We went to see her and asked her about why she thinks we come and visit her. She loves the Book of Mormon because it helps her grow her faith. That was cool to hear, until she explained that it helped her Catholic faith and that she will never not be Catholic and has no intention of being baptized. So we had to tell her that we can't come see her anymore. She said even if she found out that this is true church of Jesus Christ she wouldn't consider being baptized. Oh well. Maybe in the future she will be ready to embrace the truth someday.
Finally a fun story! So on Saturday night we had a meal appointment with a less active/kinda new convert family in our ward. They're from the Philippines and super cool! They wanna come back to church, so we have started working with them. This is the first time we had gone over there to eat, and when we arrive she tells us that 10 more people are coming because it was a birthday party for her husband, Jofel! So a bunch of Filipinos and even some members show up, which was cool and the food was good. Then, as all Filipinos do, they broke out their MASSIVE karaoke machine and disco ball! And everyone made us sing us a song so Sorella Button and I sang "The Prayer" by Josh Groban hahaha it was super funny. We left after that haha. It was super fun though, and they came to church on Sunday! We were happy about that.
We have been working hard this week to hand out a lot of Book of Mormons with this challenge of 21 days that the Europe area is doing. We have had some really successful days and some not-so-successful days. But that's missionary work, and we don't let it get us down. I know that there are people prepared for us to hear their message here in Lodi, they might just be hiding right now.
Time is flying by. I can't believe that I've been on my mission for 11 months and that I turn 20 on Sunday! It's a strange feeling but also brings a lot of possibilities. I love my mission and wouldn't rather be anywhere else! Don't forget to keep reading the Book of Mormon! Vi voglio bene!
Sorella Henderson
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| Milano Est Zone Conference: August 31, 2018 |
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