May 17, 2011 Part 1

Hi Mom!

I didn't get a chance to look for an explanation for the chair being there.  If I ever go back, I will look for it :)

Here is a little of the missionary work that is going on here:

We met with Denise, an investigator we have.  Her husband supposedly does not know that we meet with her, so we can only come over when he is not there.  We went over Alma chapter 32, and talked about humility and increasing faith.  We also invited her to go to church, but she didn't come.

We also met with Natacha (a less-active member) and invited her to come back to church.  She said she would come on fast Sunday, so we're looking forward to seeing here there the first Sunday in June :)  And her boyfriend is not a member, so we will see if we can teach him.  Maybe we can get both of them to church!

We have a new amie (that means investigator), Ines, who came to the production The Lion King a couple of weeks ago.  She had read most of the Book of Mormon already, and had alot of questions.  We were like, 'wait, before we start, can we say a prayer??!?'  She understood everything, too!  It was pretty amazing. 

We visited with Claire, one of our amis, again.  We invited her to be baptized, but she said she wouldn't because she was already baptized in another church. Then we invited her to come to church, but she said no, she wasn't interested in changing religions.  But there is another lady, in our ward, actually, who was in the same sort of situation.  So maybe if we could invite her along, that would help Claire out.  Unfortunately, this lady is on vacation for the next... 3 or 4 weeks :(

We were able to go see Hayda, too.  We watched the Restoration film, and invited her to pray about it.  She said she will.  We also invited her to church, and she said next week.  Here's hoping!

As for member effort:  We visited Josie, and taught her the 2nd lesson.  Then, she committed to setting a date to find someone to share the gospel with.  And we also visited with 4 awesome Mongolians!! One of them has already served a mission.  She served in Mongolia.  Then another one is actually preparing to serve a mission.  They are such a good example, so willing to study and do the Lord's will :) 

Also, they are doing something pretty neat here for the month of June.  The Stake is encouraging the members to really try to invite their friends to church (or other people, for that matter). So we'll see how it goes with all the members working on it this upcoming month :)

That is it for now.  Have a good week! Love you lots!!

Sister Bartlomé