HEY HEY HEY!
This week was an awesome week for elder boekweg and I. We met some really cool people and had some great things happen!
So to start this week off there is a story I would like to share…. Elder boekweg and I were tracting in a rougher part of Danbury, before a dinner appointment that we had around that area. On they last house we knocked, it was elder boekwegs turn to talk. As he started to speak, he was quickly interrupted by "where do you live!?!" we told him in Bethel. He started screaming at us to write down our address so that he could come bother us at our house. We apologized and walked away. He slammed the door. Then, as we started to tract his next-door neighbor, he ran outside again yelling and swearing. He wanted us to get out of his neighborhood. As we started to walk away he followed us yelling at us as we walked. Telling us that we were not walking fast enough. We just looked down and tried to ignore the comments he was throwing at us. Finally, he shoved me in the back and said "boy you are not moving fast enough." When we got to our car (that was about a block away), he saw that we had New York plates (where the mission home is) and started to yell at us for lying to him about where we lived. When we got in the car, he stood in front of us and told us to go the other way. We couldn’t back up because there was a large landscaping truck blocking us. But no matter how hard we tried to explain, he really wanted us to go the other way. As I started to inch foreword, he punched the hood of our car. This made me mad, so I pulled out our phone and called the police. I really should have done that sooner because he left right away and went home! So in Danbury there are 6 cars on patrol at a time. 4 cop cars pulled up to investigate the situation. Do you think this town sees a lot of action? When I told him what happened he said based on what you just told me, I could go arrest him right now! Do you want to press charges? I said no, but he needs to know that is not the best greeting to give someone when they knock on your door. The cop and the eight others with him fully coated in all of the latest tactical gear, (I think there was even one with night vision goggles), said that if he gives them any lip, they are going to arrest him with out question! I am not sure what happened to my little friend but I hope he is ok. That was a great way to start out the week!
On the positive side, it really was a great week! We had a really funny dinner appointment where the kids were forcing me to translate all of the latest songs into Chinese! It was hilarious! The kids brought the parents into the room and the parents called their friends all in to listen to me translate hip songs into Chinese! It was so funny… I was laughing so hard! I love my ward; the members here are so great and supportive! We played ultimate Frisbee on Saturday! The missionaries from our ward and new town ward against the more seasoned crew in the area. The missionaries owned. The others were all talking smack the whole time too and it was great!
Me and elder boekweg are going to implement a new way of getting referrals, we want each person we visit for dinner to write down 4 people and an action they are going to do to spark interest about the gospel. We really hope that it works!
Tom is still doing great! He is progressing so well! We taught him the word of wisdom yesterday and he accepted to start living it. He has been smoking since he was 16 years old, was an alcoholic, and drinks coffee every morning! So this was no small sacrifice on his behalf! He requested a blessing, but wants to prepare himself before he receives it. He is really taking it seriously!!! I love it! We are getting so close with him and Mariza! Now we just have to teach him about the law of chastity and he is set to be baptized! I have not met many people that have faith like this man so I really don’t think that it will be a problem. I love when an investigator is a better example to you than you are to them! It is so motivating for me!
As far as the Chinese people, nothing has changed so far. I am having a hard time getting a hold of the ones that I have met. And the referrals that I have gotten were addresses that don’t exist! I still have faith; I hope to see some good things happen. Yesterday tracting we found a large clan of Asian people. I was so excited to go and start talking with them! Until I found out they were all Vietnamese and Cambodian. Frustrating!
Well I love you all so much thank you so much for all of the support you give me out here! I hope you all have a great week!
Elder Barton
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