I don't mean to be racist but I went tracking with the Spanish sister missionaries on an exchange and it is a proven fact. Every single Hispanic was SO much nicer than the white people.
They would invite us in, invite us to take a seat, offer us some juice, listen to our message, turn off the tv, tell their children to be quiet.....The three people we talked to that where white our experience when a little something like;
Standing on their door step we say;
"Hello! We are the missionaries from the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints!"
and they would respond "Oh yeah! Well we are catholic so YOU HAVE A VERY NICE DAY!"
Then we would get the door shut in our face.....To bad I love these white people so much or else I would try to switch to Spanish.
Welp, we had a fabulous week this week. We found 5 new investigators!!! One of them his name is Graham. WE LOVE HIM TO PIECES. I can't believe this kids history and what he has gone through. He has 1 and a half arms. We aren't sure what happened to the half that is missing. We didn't' feel it was appropriate to ask him. He dropped out of high school and got his GED. Use to be in a gang....lives with his aunt and uncle. Can't find a job because of his criminal record. Is going to AA and is trying to turn his life around and he is only 18 years old.....Seriously this kid is a sweet heart. He is trying so hard to get things in order. He was so excited to meet with us and learn more about the gospel. He met us at the library cause his uncle doesn't like the mormons for some reason. He seems super solid. I'm excited to teach him more.
Another exciting person we have to teach is Jordan. She is the daughter of a super super less active. She is 17 and has never been baptized or exposed to the church. She has a couple of friends that are LDS and she seems super excited to learn more. We also put Crystal on DATE FOR BAPTISM!!! She is a super cool christian lady. She said her and her family have been searching for a church for years. She found one that she likes but when she prayed about it, she felt a distinct answer that she needed to keep searching. That's when we came around. She has been reading the book of mormon and she has 10,000 questions. She also said that she will be coming to church this week!!! With her whole family!!!! WE are so excited!!
We also have some super frustrating people that we are teaching hahah. We have these adorable investigators. Their names are Pat and Ruby. Ruby is Pat's mother. They are in their 60s and 40s. They have been taught by missionaries for about a year. When we last saw them this week we asked them if they knew the book of mormon was true. They said yes...We then asked them if they thought that this was Jesus Christ's church, they said yes....Then we asked them if they would like to be apart of Jesus Christ's Church, they said yes.....THEN we asked them if they would like to be baptized and then they said.....no......GAH! It is so frustrating. They know that this is the truth they know they need to be baptized to join jesus christ's church, But for some reason they are opposed to baptism. They keep telling us they don't want to rush and they need to learn more. But we have taught them every single lesson. We really don't know what else to do. We can't continue to teach them if they don't progress. We NEED A MIRACLE!! So if you want to include them in your prayers it would be much appreciated!!
Well I better get going! I hope all of you are having a fabulous week!! THE CHURCH IS TRUE!!!
Love Sister Jones
p.s. here is picture of our lovely little Kruz.
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