Well this week went by fast!
We taught the referral we received last week!. We were able to teach him twice, both times were really cool experiences. This referral has had a life full of suffering and is looking for peace and for answers. I hope that he progresses. As we prepared for the second lesson, Elder Buckley and I read through a scripture we were planning on studying with him. We felt like he would have a specific question about the scripture and we prepared to answer the question we felt that he would have. He asked the exact question during the lesson! It was good to be able to use what we had prepared to help him understand what the scripture was saying. This referral lives super close to our apartment, and it's been fun for Elder Buckley and I to think about how there are prepared people all around us, just waiting for us to meet them at the right time!
We taught the referral we received last week!. We were able to teach him twice, both times were really cool experiences. This referral has had a life full of suffering and is looking for peace and for answers. I hope that he progresses. As we prepared for the second lesson, Elder Buckley and I read through a scripture we were planning on studying with him. We felt like he would have a specific question about the scripture and we prepared to answer the question we felt that he would have. He asked the exact question during the lesson! It was good to be able to use what we had prepared to help him understand what the scripture was saying. This referral lives super close to our apartment, and it's been fun for Elder Buckley and I to think about how there are prepared people all around us, just waiting for us to meet them at the right time!
Another cool experience happened when Elder Buckley and I were attempting to visit a member family that hasn't been to church for a while. We were able to talk with them for a few minutes and then had time to visit some other people in the area that we were hoping on teaching. I received a clear prompting as we were walking away from the member's home that we needed to knock the doors of the top floor of a building we were walking by. I told Elder Buckley and we entered the building and took the elevator to the top floor. The first door that answered was a man that has read from the Book of Mormon before. We taught him at the doorstep and he was really interested. He said that we could return the following day, which we did, and we were able to teach about the Restoration! We'll be meeting him again tomorrow, he seems really open to our message!
A final cool/unique experience from this week is that we got to visit one of our friends who lives in a psychiatric facility. He began meeting with missionaries about a year ago after having dreams about Joseph Smith. We have talked with him on the phone a few times, and it was great to meet him in person. He has really turned his life around and has a strong desire to live the Gospel, he just has to wait in jail for a while before he can be baptized and start coming to church!
A member in the branch gave Elder Buckley and I each our very own shoe horn yesterday! We both felt super happy about that. For some reason it felt like a very meaningful gift to both of us. Shoe horns are super common in Sweden and Elder Buckley and I were both planning on getting one before going home. Now we don't have to! I have been thinking about gifts since then, and a quote from Elder Eyring came to my mind. After speaking about giving gifts, he said the following: "And that, I suppose, is the nicest effect of receiving great gifts. It makes us want to give, and give well. I’ve been blessed all my life by such gifts. I acknowledge that. I’m sure you do, too. " Maybe it sounds silly, but my desire to share the Gospel grew when Elder Buckley and I received those shoe horns yesterday! I want people to receive the good gifts we receive from God for our righteous living. We have so many of them!
Have a great week!
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