April and Tom- They have a new baptismal date for June 13th. They're really struggling to overcome their addictions. But we're confident that they're going to be able to make it. April is really pushing for it (and she's SO ready) and is going to get baptized on that day whether Tom is ready or not. They're an awesome couple. They're more active than most of the people in the ward! haha!
Shawn and Casey- We're still teaching them... Same old, same old. They're coming to church every week and reading their scriptures. That's really what's helping them to progress the most: church, prayer, and scriptures (primary answers!).
Tony- We met Tony in Horseshoe Bend this week. His religion is "House of Yahway". It's an ancient Hebrew religion... I really don't know that much about it. But we spent time talking to him about his religion and the last days. It was quite an interesting conversation. But he invited us back! Soooo, you never know.
Brandon- Also in Horseshoe Bend. We didn't meet him, but we met his wife. She said that he had a TON of questions and would be happy to meet with us! Yay! So hopefully we'll be able to meet up with him this week.
Amanda- Oh goodness. How to even explain this one? We went over to her house with Sister Hansen (the RS President in the Horseshoe Bend Branch) to see about how we could help Amanda with a potential food order. Well... let's just say... I found some marijuana. Oh gosh. That was an interesting conversation. At the end of our visit, Sister Hansen (being the bomb missionary that she is) asked Amanda if she had ever read the Book of Mormon. Amanda responded that she had studied religion in college and "knew everything about the Mormons". Ahhhh, Riiiight. She went on about the Book of Mormon and how it was about 2 brothers moving to Utah and one created the Christian religion and one created the Mormon religion.... *sigh* Well, after some more exchanging, we set up a time to come back this week and clear up all of that false information. Hopefully that will go well!
Mike and Mary- They're a part member family. Mike isn't a member, but has taken the lessons before and we've been trying to get back in to teach them. But so far, we've only been able to do service for them. This week, they asked us to come over and help them pull weeds for a garden. We were pulling weeds when this HUGE storm came rolling in. It POURED rain for a straight hour while we were pulling... As soon as we were done, the rain stopped, and Mike asked us if we could come and teach him the discussions! YAY! Miracle.
Tristan- We saw Tristan again... And he's not really putting forth the effort to get the answers that he says that he wants. He told us that he prayed to know if God was there, but that he didn't get an answer. But we explained to him that if he's not reading scriptures, praying regularly, coming to church, then he's not showing Heavenly Father that he's willing to act on the message that he receives.
Chris- We taught Chris the restoration this week. It was a GREAT lesson! It was the first time that I've quoted the first vision in... over a year. Haha. It's been a long time. I don't know why- I guess my comps have always taken that part or something. But the spirit was SO strong! Chris committed to read the introduction to the Book of Mormon and pray to know if it was true :)
Bobby- Bobby has been really hard to get a hold of. We've started teaching his sons (Gabe and Colton) and the boys really want to progress and come to church... but Bobby just isn't very motivated to do anything. It's a real struggle.
Sister Pritchard made me my "trunky planner"... hahaha My second to last planner!! D:
And this is a picture of me after doing service in the pouring rain.
