April 29, 2013

Dear Everyone,

   This week was tough but very successful. It was probably our most successful week in Lewiston, even  though two of the days my companion and I were both gone. Companion exchanges are like a said last week very insightful....This week was a really great week, not so much in progression with our existing investigators but with finding people that are ready to be taught. In the beginning we were looking for just about anyone that would listen to us. The people we found are great people but are not quite ready to accept the message of the Restoration, so we have been looking for those that have already been prepared and we found some this week. 

   We found that the most receptive in Lewiston are those that are not "set". Obvious I know but we had a hard time finding these people. We were able to find them this week by visiting tons of less actives and getting referals. We had a cool experience with this while we were out visiting all our less actives in Wilson. We were in the process of doing some investigating for the Bishop. We had a list of names that he knew nothing about, as we were walking up to one of the houses some lady ran up to the door and swung it open and yelled "missionaries come on in". My companion and I looked at one another and were a little startled by her hospitality. We went in and started to learn more about her and her family. Come to find out she had just returned from Salt Lake City. She told us that she had run away from her family for four months and just got back the other day. She kept talking about our church and how awesome it was and how she had done some research on it and wanted to learn more (this is not usually what happens when people research the Church out here). So we asked her if she wanted to take some lessons and she said Yes! It was quite the experience and made us reflect on why we had not come sooner! After thinking about it, we had planned on coming by the past three weeks but for some reason we kept forgetting! It was cool to see that it was not us forgetting but the Lord putting it off until she had come home and could accept our message.

   We have been blessed with a lot cool experiences and are looking forward to some more in the future! We are excited to get to do some work on the Indian Reservation this week. We got a few referals from a native and really think the work will flourish as it talks about in 1 Nephi 15 when it talks about the seed of Lehi will receive the Gospel in the Latter Days! Well That is about it thanks for all you do! Don't forget to be missionaries to all those around you!

 

Love,

Elder Bevan