We were teaching an investigator
named Frank the other day, and then some people came out to talk to us
including a recent convert that I taught clear back when I was serving in the
9th ward at the beginning of my mission. Come to find out, he stopped going to
church, fell off the bandwagon, and started attending another church. I talked
with him a long time while we were there. I told him that he knew that our
church was true, and he knew it because the Spirit had told him. I told him he
was an Aaronic Priesthood holder that has a responsibility to fulfill his
calling, and that he needs to return. It was a powerful moment, and finally he
admitted that he still had a testimony but was just having a hard time quitting
smoking. I got his phone number and he committed to once again start attending
church! It was cool.
Also a Baptist minister-in-training
pulled over to talk to us with the intent that we needed to be saved. A couple
of funny moments: him - "Are you saved?" me- "Are we in
heaven?" him - "No.“ me -
" Well, I guess I haven’t been saved yet because I'm still here." Another one: him - "Have you accepted Jesus Christ as
your Savior by confessing him with your mouth?" me - "Yes." Him - "When?" me - " At my baptism." him - "Well, baptism isn't essential for going to
heaven." me - "What about the Savior's declaration 'he
that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, and he that believeth not shall
be damned?' " .... no comment on his side. Anyway, I got him to admit I
was "saved" and that opened up for me to ask him to read the Book of
Mormon. "I only read the Bible." was his reply "it’s all I
need." I felt inspired to say "but what if it is true?" No
comment and he drove off. It was funny. That's an abridged version but still it
was pretty humorous.
We also had this family move in that
apparently is black listed so I get a call from at least 4 people telling us
not to associate with them at all. Whatever. It all is confusing. So I hit my 18
month mark last week! Crazy. Well that's all I have this week. I love you all
and have a great week!
Elder Bringhurst
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