October 11,2010

Hey fam, maybe not too much time this week either to write so i apologize if i can't get all of you an email... So this week has been pretty awesome.. It started off really really frustrating, dropped investigators, telling us the book of mormon is false, to people slamming doors and yelling at us, to people just being ignorant and rude... We had one lady answer her door when we were tracting and she looked at us like what do you think you are doing wasting 15 seconds of my day... "NO SOLICITING!!!!!!! ARE YOU BLIND READ THE SIGN!!!" I was like we aren't selling anything and she was like you need to leave... So usaully stuff doesn't get to me but then she slammed the door.. Before we could even step off of the porch, she swung open the door and said in a sneering voice, "And don't knock on my door and break it, there is a reason for the doorbell....." So as the door closed before we could even say anything back i said,"Have a nice day...." and then it slipped out, "See you in hell!!!!" Ha ha, i feel bad for saying it now but man that lady was such a rude person!!! I think she heard me but she didn't answer it agian.. Oh well, i will have to repent for that later.....

But things were just getting hard that week and stuff was not working out at all... I was gettting pretty down but then after all of that hard stuff, something amazing happend!!!!
We had a lesson with the Kanana family. We had already invited them to baptism but we really wanted to do it again, so we vowed to invite them again no matter what happens... So satan really worked against that.... The entire family left before the lesson started and only the mom and dad were left, the ones who we thought were a litle iffy about gettin baptized... We really weren't sure what to teach but we had left them to read 2 neph 31 which is all about baptism. We decided to just read the chapter with them and invite them if the spirit told us to, but we weren't sure.... During the prayer thier phones went off and then just as we were starting to read they went off agian.... We started to wonder what we were suppose to do... But as we read the chapter the spirit entered.... We asked them how they felt about baptism and without even inviting the dad spoke up, "I can't get baptized!!!!"
Elder solomon and i both looked at each other like 'oh crap' but then we asked why he didn't think so... HE said he had done too much stuff in his life and that he wasn't worthy to be baptized.. So we explained to him and turned to alma 36 and explained how we are all imperfect.... He liked it, then he asked so when can i get baptized? how long do you have to be taught to get baptized??? We turned to alma 32 and told him if he had the desire it could happen sooner than he believed....... Then he said it would feel good to start over and have all of his sins washed off of his back.... Then i invited him, " Brother Kanana, and then i looked at his wife and right when i almost invited him the rest of the family came back and walked in the door, i didn't finish it.....So we explained baptism again and then we invited them all, "will you, Kanana family, show your desire for a new life and a new start and follow the example of jesus christ and be baptized by someone holding the priesthood authority of GOd???.....
It was silent for a little while and then they all shook thier heads.... "Yes.." Then brother kanana said," I really think this is the right thing to do...." Then he shook his head, "Actually i don't think it is, i know this is the right thing to do!!!!!! I'll even give up my football on sunday!!!!" (Brother Kanana LOVES football!!!!) It was awesome, we set the date for November 6 and at church yesterday they all stood up without us saying anything and said in the sunday school lesson, "we are getting baptized on nov. 6!!" They always talk about their baptism and even today they brought it up agian about how excited they were.....
What an amazing influence the Book of Mormon has in bringing precious precious souls unto Christ..... I can't wait to see them baptized, i just pray that i don't get transfered, that would probably make me bawl!!!!! Transfers are on october 20, so we wlll seee. I DON"T KNOW?????? Anyway i gotta go love ya all, get to church and read the book of mormon!!!!!!!!! Keep praying, stay strong, and keep the faith.... OFA ATU, ELDER STREET