In the meantime we're working with Odi to help him quit smoking so he can
get baptized. He's doing pretty awesome. He's been reading the Book of Mormon,
and getting a lot out of it. He made some very good comments relating to what
he's been reading, during gospel principles class, yesterday. So its good he's
getting a lot out of it. He is really enjoying the story of Nephi and looking
for how Nephi built his great faith and how he can build his own faith.
We had a cool finding experience this week. We were tracting through an
apartment complex in SE Vancouver when we knocked on a door. A woman named
Samira opened the door and told us she was an inactive member of one of the
english wards, and she would love to have us come by on Saturday night to come
talk to her and her husband. Leading up to Saturday we were looking at this and
thinking, well this looks like a less active family of an english ward maybe we
should just send the appropriate elders, but we felt that we should go and find
out more about the situation. So on Saturday we had kind of a slow night.
Everything had kind of fallen through except this appointment. My companion had
prayed that morning that the Lord would give us something to motivate us and
keep us going. Well the time came to go visit this Woman and her husband. So we
went and knocked on the door, she answered and let us in. We quickly saw that
while she wasn't hispanic her husband was. We talked to them and found out this
husband was a nonmember, and that he had talked to missionaries many years ago,
it didn't really go anywhere, but lately they were thinking they needed religion
in there lives and were looking for a church to go to. We talked to them about
how the gospel blesses families and that if they came to church and if he would
get baptized then they could prepare to enter the temple and have the ultimate
blessing of being sealed as a family. The spirit was so Strong!!! We told them
about the Spanish branch and they both said they would like to go, so we invited
them to come to the Branch Party on friday night and then the Church meetings
the following week, and they said they would love to, and we got a return
appointment set for this week. We let them know that we felt like we were led to
them at this time for a reason and they agreed! I know our Heavenly Father
answers prayers and guides us to people who have been prepared to receive the
Gospel.
One more cool thing, while German was in being interviewed by President
Hartley, we were walking over to the clerk's office and found the Ridgefield
Elders with a member who spoke spanish waiting for us. There was a mexican
family there looking for the spanish missionaries. They live in Oregon right now
and were investigating the church down there. They are planning on moving up to
Vancouver though and wanted to get to in contact with the church and get help
finding a place to move! So that will be another family to teach! We've really
been seeing the blessings pouring in this transfer and we are greatful for
them!
Its been a very good transfer, we'll be getting the calls this Saturday
and we'll find out who is staying and who is going. Its hard to believe
another transfer is finally over!
Well thats about is for this week. Have a great week everyone!
Love,
Elder Derek Spencer Partridge
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