We had a great week this week. We got 5 new investigators!
But more importantly I got kissed by another man. That is two for the mish. I still got game.
Jason
came up to us yesterday and he kissed me on the neck and said "Greet
your brother with a holy kiss, it says that in the bible"
Creepy. He was extremely drunk. Funny guy.
Mark
and Dawn Hansen are a family that we are now teaching. They have a 6
month old son named Bradley. He's a cutie. They were awesome. We set up a
first lesson with them and Dawn had cupcakes ready for us! Usually
people forget we're coming or they ignore us but this lady made us
cupcakes! It was way cool. Then we taught them. Mark knew less and
wanted to know more. He has never really had a church or been to church
so he has a blank slate. Dawn has more of a background and some
animosity for religion in general. She doesn't like the hypocrisy of
some religions so she is hesitant to jump into anything at all. We are
working with them and we will see them again tonight. Great people.
Then we have Mike Waters. The other day we were on 11th avenue and
Summitview and Boswell said we needed to go to Sonya's place. She was
like 25 blocks away and when we got there it is about 50 blocks from
home. Sonya is useless too. Its pointless to knock her door. But we did
it anyway. We walked down to 7th street and knocked her door and she
didn't answer even though she was home. Useless. BUT, on the way there
we ran into Mike. He came up to us and we felt like we needed to leave
him with a pamphlet and a Book of Mormon so we did and we told him we
would be back on Sunday. we met with him on Sunday and he loved it. he
had read before we came which is more than anyone ever does. Then we
taught a lesson. He loved it! it was awesome. We just need to talk about
baptism next time we go there. Mike is solid.
Denim Moore is a referral that we have been trying to contact for
weeks. His dad was baptized and we were told we should go over there. we
did and he has been impossible to contact but finally we did yesterday.
We taught a killer first lesson. the best first lesson Boswell or I
have ever taught. We tried to put him on date to be baptized but he was
hesitant to put a date on it. He said he would be baptized once he
received the confirmation from the spirit that the Book of Mormon is
true Joseph smith was a prophet etc. But he didn't want to put a date on
it yet. His dad was baptized though and he is ready. He is almost there
we just have to work with his crazy schedule to meet with him more
often. He is kinda a recovering drug addict and he lost custody of his
kid. Now his son, denim jr. is living with his dad. He is trying to get
his life back in order and is doing a good job starting. he is 37 years
old by the way.
That is 4 of the new investigators. Stacy is the other one. She is
just a nice lady. Told us she would read but needs about 2 weeks to do
so. So we are just giving her some space so she can sort these things
out. She has two pet ducks ha ha. They are named Barbie and Que. She is
just a chill lady. Open to try the "Mormon thing".
That's the work. We are being blessed!
I love you all!! thank you for your thoughts and prayers and letters. I appreciate it so so much. Keep sending the letters.
Love,
Elder Paxman
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