So it might not have been the most eventful week, but it was pretty good! Nothing exciting happened Monday or Wednesday. But Thursday. Thursday was interesting...
Tuesday was a little weird. We tried to see a less active member. We had gone by with a member a couple weeks ago, but it looked like the door had been kicked in and it was 8 o'clock at night, so needles to say we didn't feel safe. We went back on Tuesday and the door was still kicked in...We came to the conclusion that if he was dead, we would call the police and never go back. We walked up to the door and it didn't smell like a dead guy was in there. We knocked on the door and called inside. No answer. There was dog food everywhere inside, it seemed like no one was there. So, there might be a member of the church who got kidnapped, or something.
Thursday all started at 6:30 am.We had interviews with President James (our mission president) at the Stake Center at 2:30 in the afternoon. There was a slight problem. We didn't have the car this week. The Stake center was in Chapel Hill. It is in a totally different city than Durham. We had to get on the bus that would take us to Chapel Hill, then find the other bus that would get us close to the church. The bus we needed to get on left at 9:30 am. We got on that bus and were on our way to Chapel Hill. The Sisters had given us direction on where to get off. They told us to get off at "Franklin St." Well, we got off at Franklin, but it wasn't the right stop. We needed the stop that was 2 miles up the road. So, we started walking. We finally reached the stop we needed and rode the bus to the church. We got there around 12:30, and did our weekly planning until 2. About this time, the Chapel Hill elders showed up for their interviews. When 2:30 came around, our president still wasn't at the church. We waited until about 3 and gave him a call. He said he was on his way. He arrived around 4 and we hurried and di our interviews because we had a dinner appointment at 5. Well, we realized the bus wasn't going to get us there in time, so we pretty much begged the sisters to let us borrow the car. They let us use it and we got to our dinner around 6. That day was stressful!
This week has been really frustrating finding "golden" investigators (golden meaning ready to accept the Gospel). We found 2 this week , but one was a YSA (Young Single Adult) age, so we had to refer her to different missionaries. The second was a 71 year-old lady we met on the bus, but she lived outside our area, so we had to refer her to a different set of Elders. Even though it was frustrating, we kept saying that if we were obedient, we will find someone this week.
Last night (Sunday), we had someone tell us through the door to come back later. It didn't seem solid, but we felt like we should try to see them. We knocked on the door, and they answered! we taught the Restoration and they wanted us to come back so we could tell them more! This is the blessing we received for striving to do what we could to find someone who was ready to teach.
This week has been really good for me. The homesickness is gone and we are successful from a numbers standpoint. Mom Wanted to know about goals. We set goals everyday! The work is going great! Doing this everyday really makes you appreciate all that Christ did for us! I feel His love everyday. I think one of my favorite things as a missionary is seeing people how God sees them. You can just feel His love for them whenever you meet someone new! Love you! And tell everyone I love them too!
Elder Merritt
PS Mom, this picture is for you because I know you like pictures like this.
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