So on Tuesday we had Zone Conference! It was super awesome. I went with a bunch of questions, one of the main ones being how can we get people to feel the spirit and uniqueness and truth of our church because everyone we talk to about Jesus says "oh I know him I'm saved." So I went in with this question and President Child literally spoke about how everyone in this part of the country can talk about Jesus Christ, so talk about our restored truth. Instantly start talking about the Restoration and the truth we have from that, such as Joseph Smith, The Book of Mormon, and specifically the Atonement of Jesus Christ. It sounds dumb but that last one hit me because most people barely know about our restored truths of the Atonement. So we put into practice and it totally worked! We ended up finding 8 new people to teach this week!
So on Tuesday after conference we went to visit some people who have been taught in the past and most of them were pretty nice and said we could come back sometime. Then, our last stop of the night we pulled up to the house, and across the street at a different house this lady came out to her fence. So we went to talk to her and she was super interested! We got her number and she was all worried like "You WILL call me right?" So that was awesome!
On Wednesday we went by someone we're teaching named Hugo, but he opened the door and said he had to cancel because he got a DUI and was going to court. A little iffy because he doesn't have US citizenship he just came here from Guatemala. So pray that my boy Hugo doesn't get deported.
We also did exchanges with another companionship. They went pretty well we taught a few member lessons in English so it gave my mind a break.
On Thursday we found a woman named Marleen! She's super cool and is always down to talk about God. She's a member of La Luz del Mundo which claims authority for their Apostle. Except he's underfire and went to prison for trafficking girls and other things but ya I'm sure he's great. Anyway they believe that there's no more prophets after John, only apostles. And that God is a spirit type thing who doesn't have a body. So a few things ti clear up but other than that she's really interested!
On Friday we taught this guy named Tommy in his backyard. And then we went over to our friend Donna! Donna is so sick. She took 2 full pages of notes on Mosiah 24. She loves the book of mormon. Then, we finally got her husband, Octavio, to join in. Donna speaks English and Spanish but Octavio is strictly Spanish. He had a ton of questions and we didn't have to answer any! Donna was super pumped and answered all of his questions. The spirit was so strong it was such a cool lesson!
On Saturday we went to help the city set up a 5k and then ended up running in it haha. That wasn't the Plan but it was fun! I ran it in like 22 minutes haha I felt so out of shape though. Then we taught this guy named Julian! He's super awesome! He told us he really really needs a church so he was more than happy to talk to us. We had an awesome Restoration lesson and I messed up my conjugations bad with Joseph Smiths story but I got the first vision right so the spirit was there haha. He loved it!
On Sunday morning we went and talked with a guy named Amador. He is the brother in law of one of our Branchs members. We had a really cool lesson with him that was more about Christ's Atonement because he said he wants to quit drinking. He's super super cool and said we can come back.
Anyway sorry for the long email! I'll talk to yall next week!
Love y'all!!
Love, Elder Ryan
-5K
-All The Elders with the same alien american flags shirt
-Alien stuff
-Cool sign
-Morning sports at the church
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