So the week! Monday we taught the two kids, T. and S. but
M wasn't there so we just taught them. A member was there of
course. It went really well. We watched the Joseph Smith film. Children
believe without any protest, and resistance. It isn't a mystery to me
why we are commanded to be as a little child. They already have strong
testimonies of everything. We loaned them the dvd so that M could
watch it. We also got haircuts. My hair was a little long, it is now
very short. She went to work on it. We also taught J. Z. ,
the wife of the family we teach English to. It went okay, but she is a
talker. That night we taught L. again. We had a good lesson with him,
but just you wait until Thursday.
Tuesday was the last district meeting of t he transfer, the last of
Elder C.oleman's mission. it was good, and I'm a little sad. I love Elder
Coleman. He's a great missionary, and I've served around him for the
past six months. After the meeting, I stayed in HK again to go on an
exchange wit the Greenie, Elder Bushnell. He's a great kid. We had a
blast. Had a really good exchange, had some great times, taught a few
nice lessons.
Wednesday we drove back to Pardubice and ended the exchange. That day
all of our lessons fell through except for one, with a less active Sis
E. Everyone cancelled for English except for one person, so we
just taught them. It was also Sis E. So we taught her twice haha.
Thursday. Thursday was greeat. We taught a lot, which is always
good, but the quality of the lessons was super. In the morning we taught
this new kid, probably 21 or so, named K. He
is so cool. He's young, smart, and very stylish. I hope Elder Tenney
sees this part, because he would absolutely love K. While he was
waiting for us, he had some extra time so he just went shopping. When we
met him he already had a full bag of his purchases. The lesson was good
too. He's really searching, and all he needs to do is read and pray and
come to church with us and he will see that this is what he's searching
for. We have a meeting set up for tomorrow with him. We taught a few
other lessons as well, but the best was with L. that night. We
started by following up on his reading, he was in Alma 14, and we had on
plan to cover the Restoration with him again. But, for some reason I
felt like we needed to go deeper into his reading with him. In case you
don't know off the top of your head, and don't want to look it up, Alma
14 is when Alma and Amulek witness the burning of the women and
children. As we discussed it, somehow, and Elder Sewell and I honestly
do not remember how, we got onto the subject of baptism. He expressed
his desire to grow closer to God, and how he wanted to do that by making
the baptismal covenant. We were absolutely blown away. He didn't accept
a date, but he clearly expressed his intent, and we have a lesson with
him today and we want to give him a date tonight. We were so pumped
after that lesson. He's a great kid, just a slow investigator, but he is
sooooo close now!
Friday we taught the Z.. It went okay, we just weren't as
straightforward as we should have been with them. I feel like we wasted a
really good opportunity with them, and now we have to do whatever we
can to make up for it. Do you remember our investigator from last week,
M., the guy who looks like Napoleon Dynamite? We taught him a few
times this week, including Friday. He's a good guy. He's going through a
tough time right now, and is certainly a little peculiar, but he is
progressing and sincere. I really love the guy and hope everything turns
out okay.
Saturday we taught E again. We had a few more ideas for her,
and if she isn't progressing after that, we're probably going to stop
meeting with her. It's too bad, because she really is a nice lady, she
just refuses to give up certain things. We can't spend any more time
with her if she's not going to change. We had an amazing lesson with
T, M and S. We started by reviewing the Resto film and
asking if M had a chance to see it. She had and loved it. She bore
testimony, no joke, about Joseph's prophetic call and the importance
of the Restoration. For not the first time, and I would assume not the
last, they have said things that I would never guess investigators of
three or so weeks would say. They are simply amazing. We taught M
again, and found a guy right outside our office named L who agreed
to meet with us right away. He's a young guy, 25, 26 maybe, and funny.
But he has the weirdest beliefs I have ever heard in my entire life.
There were so many times during that lesson when I was just blown away
by the confusion he believes in. Elder Sewell and I talked afterwards
about how blinded some people are. Satan doesn't need us to commit
terrible sins, he just wants to blind the hearts of men. When that
happens, his purposes are fulfilled. That is where Lukas is right now.
He just needs help. That's why we're here.
Sunday was good. We taught a lesson before church to M and
S. T couldn't come because they're uncle was visiting, and he
needed to be home to meet him. but we were way impressed that M
and S came even though they had a visitor. They are on date for the
29th, and they are so going to make it. Church was nice, and call ins
went well. Our zone is still doing fantastic.
Well folks, I do love you all greatly. I already look forward to
your next email, and I'll be telling you where I am, if it's changed,
and who I'm with! Transfers are on Monday. We're off to a castle today,
so I should have some great pics next week. Love you all!
Starsi Knapp
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