Good afternoon boys and girls!
So this week has been pretty intense, I am not going to lie! To start things off, I got a new companion! His name is elder Dees and he is so funny! He makes me laugh all day. He is from Washington State but is Fijian. He has been teaching me Fijian and I am teaching him Chinese. Pretty good trade off if you ask me! This week has been awesome; we have been trying really hard to come up with new ideas for finding investigators. So far we have made a huge poster board comparing the book of Mormon and the bible side by side! It is not finished yet but it is looking pretty good. We always used a poster in china town and it seemed to work pretty well so we figured hey, why not give it a shot. We also want to do a combined Newtown and Danbury ward movie night once a month, strictly for investigators and members with friends. We really want to start getting our members involved more with our missionary work. We are also going to make a sign up sheet for them to come and help us teach lessons. The longer I have been here, I have realized how bad we need the members! In this area it is through them that anything is going to happen. I am not used to it at all because in china town, everything was purely done through missionary efforts.
Our investigators are doing really well! Matilda set a baptismal date for the 24 of July! We are so excited! We are so blessed to have this opportunity to work with her, she is incredible. She wants to follow Jesus Christ more than anyone that I know. Our last lesson was really cool with her. When we first came in there was a feeling that something was different. As we started to talk she seemed quieter and her countenance was changed. So we decided to go back to the things we had talked about previously. Finally we found the problem! She did not understand what the book of Mormon was! She thought that it was a part two of the bible, it was all about Jesus Christ’s ministry continued.. Then she was very confused when she cracked it open and was reading a storey about Nephi! But after we helped her understand that Christ’s actual ministry was only a small part of the book of Mormon and the rest was other prophets starting after Jeremiah, she was much more interested! I am so happy we did not just move on with out trying to see what was wrong. The message of the plan of salvation made her very happy, she thought it made perfect sense! She said that if the book of Mormon were true she would be baptized!!
I was threatened this week by a large man with a bb gun... that was interesting. We did a ton of tracting this week and to be honest, did not have that much success! This is always a rough feeling for a missionary to have but all of the good moments we have destroy the bad ones. Our Chinese investigator is still out of town, she will be back on the 15th and I am very excited! We heard from the other missionaries that know one of her friends, she has been really enjoying meeting with us! That is a good thing to know! Her daughter called me this week because she was having a bad day. I guess she has been really stressed out with her mom not home. I am excited for her to get home! We also met another Chinese guy that wants to go with me and my companion to eat Korean food! The only problem is that he can’t drive and we can’t drive investigators, so I have to try to find a member that speaks Chinese to help us out. I am sure we will be able to find one!
Well guys, I hope you are having a great week! Thanks for all of the love and support! I know I say that every week and it is not just because my hands have gotten in the habit of saying it! I really mean it!
Elder Barton
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