Hi! Sorry I didn't email yesterday. The library
was closed so we just went to a members house to send a quick email to
our mission president. How is your week going? Last week was pretty
awesome for me. We have been finding so many people to teach! We
talked to a guy at a gas station named Urial. We asked him if we could
come by his house sometime to share a message and he said yes. Well a
couple of nights later we went to his house and he wasn't there, but his
brother told us we could come in and we ended up teaching him! I was
so amazed at how prepared he is to receive the gospel! We had talked to
him for maybe 10 minutes before we brought up baptism. He told us he
was looking for a denomination to join and we asked him if he would come
to church and also.... be baptized in the first week of February. He
said that if he came to know The Book of Mormon was true he would be
baptized. So awesome!! Well he didn't come to church the next day but
we are going to see him tonight to see how he is doing.
Our investigator Jason is doing great too! We are teaching him and
his wife as much as we can and he also invited his friend (who he
claims is crazier than he is) to come over and talk to us too! He is so
close but so far from being baptized! He knows he needs to be baptized
but he also is still convinced that he needs to be baptized in a river
by a certain person who he saw in a vision. He is such a cool guy
though! He loves just hanging out with us and talking about the
scriptures.
Gary committed again yesterday to quit smoking. I really think he
is going to do it this time too! We talked to him and his roommate
Barry and they both are going to quit. It is going to be so good for
Gary to have that support from his friend. Barry even commited to come
to church this week. Especially if Gary gets baptized. Elder Del
Francia bough them both electronic cigarettes so that they can use that
to ease off their addiction. Gary is pretty confident that it is going
to work. To top that all off we made a commitment to go and see them
everyday until Gary gets baptized. It's going to happen.
Everything else is going great too! My companion is awesome! One
of his old investigators in Birmingham got baptized so we got permission
from president Hanks to go. It was really cool! We stayed the night
in Hoover with the assistants and had a ton of fun!
The work here is really going great! I am so thankful for the chance I have to serve at this time.
Elder Whetten
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