Spring is really here and there are people out and about. Sister Jolley is a boss at talking to everyone. Sometimes when i might have been hesitant because the person was on their iPad or something -BOOM- she talks to them anyway. She is such an amazing missionary already! I love her to death.
This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday was the Dover Days festival. People all around come and run around the may pole. There are people in Colonial outfits roaming around the capital. Then there are shops along the fields (A lot like Saturday market). It was almost overwhelming how many people were there. But, the spirit led us to those we needed to talk to. This week we have 6 new investigators! Thank goodness!
One of our cutest investigators is a boy named John. We met John when we were locating a ward member who aparently had moved. John answered the door (he is about 10) and we showed him the Because of Him video on our iPad. He loved it. We felt prompted this week to go by and visit and he was home. We started talking and he opened up a little more. We taught him a story from the Book of Mormon, Samuel the Lamanite, and explained how the stories can help us in our everyday lives. He started saying his mom and dad said that God and Jesus were the same person but he didn't thinks so. It was the sweetest moment I have ever witnessed. His parents aren't interested but they want their son to decide for himself. We are so excited to teach him and eventually help the whole family get to the temple to be sealed. I LOVE being a missionary!!!
Lately, I have been studying from Jesus the Christ and my oh my it is a wonderful book. I was reading about when Jesus went to the Temple of Herod and flipped over the tables. When I first heard about this story I was a little caught off guard. It didn't seem like something Christ would do. As I continued reading It said : "The incident of Christ's forcible clearing of the temple is a contradiction of the traditional conception of Him as of One so gentle and unassertive in demeanor as to appear unmanly. Gentle He was, and patient under affliction, merciful and long-suffering in dealing with contrite sinners, yet stern and inflexible in the presence of hypocrisy, and unsparing in His denunciation of persistent evil-doers."
I love that he will not stand for unrighteosness in his father's holy temple. It reminded me a lot of this past conference and how they invited us to be firm in our faith to withstand the worlds. Not to be offensive to others but to defend our faith.
Those are my two cents.
I am so excited for mothers day! Can't wait to see your beautiful faces :)
Have a great week,
Sister Zeller
(May 5, 2014)
(May 5, 2014)
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