aight so this is what happened this week. we saw some
pretty sweet miracles so i gotta make sure i write it down so i don't
forget.
we found 14 new investigators this week. 3 families. it was unreal, i've never had success like that before in my entire mission.
so
recently we switched some areas with the sisters that work in del rio
because they're in a car share and we have a full car, and it would make
it easier on everyone. so we were going through some potentials and
referrals out in the new area (val verde), because we had never really
been out there so it was a good place to work. there was a referral from
the spanish branch president, president ""M", for this guy named "JO". so we get to the house, and what do i see in this guys yard? 5.
freaking. bears. well, they looked like bears, but they were dogs. they
were MASSIVE. so we walk up to the gate, hoping they're nice...nope,
they started freaking out haha. but we had a feeling that we needed to
stay and try to get in, so we sat there and developed a plan for like 15
minutes. the more we watched the ring leader dog, the more we thought
he was faking his confidence...so we opened the gate, and elder
hutchings started walking to the door (i was holding the gate in case he
needed to run out, i was a wuss). hutchings kept walking, and the talk
kept walking backward...but duuuuuuuude this thing was snarling and
growling, it was so scary. then i had an idea. "hutchings, get outta
there man i got an idea!" so he ran out and i closed the gate on the
charging dog, and then we headed back to the car. i had JUUUST bought
some bacon jerky a few days before, and it was sitting in the car, i had
completely forgot about it. so i broke that bad boy out, and we started
using the jerky as treats to get the dogs to like us (hutchings, i
still stayed back) and to bait them away. we went for it...and we both
almost got to the door (at this point i felt bad so i followed hutchings
to protect him), and then...we ran outta jerky. yep, this dog wasn't
being nice to us anymore after we ran outta jerky. he started freaking
out, and he nipped at elder hutchings and we were like "oh crap oh crap
oh crap." then, by some miracle, somebody pulled up in front of the
house! we ran out and started talking to her, and she ended up being the
wife of "JO". she went in and got him, and he came out and chained up
the dogs and let us in. we had a suuuuuuuper powerful lesson with them,
and they straight up told us we were sent from God and they needed our
help coming closer to Jesus Christ. so we got a return appointment, and
on our way out "JO" said "oh, and guys...don't ever come in the way you
did earlier, that was incredibly dangerous. call me first. those dogs,
especially the big one, are super violent. they have been known to bite
and hurt people. you guys were super lucky, i don't understand why they
didn't hurt you." it was a miracle man, it was so sweet haha.
next
set of people we found was in the same night. we were continuing to knock
some potential investigators doors, and we got up to this door and
realized we had talked to the people outside just a couple weeks
earlier, and they weren't interested...but we decided to knock it
anyways, and sure enough, this girl named "V" answered. she let us
in and her ENTIRE family was there. all EIGHT of them. we taught them
all, and they were super interested. we also set 3 of them with
baptismal dates, and they want us coming 2-3 times a week. we taught
them a few times after that, too.
finally, we
were knocking on a less active's door the following day, and this guy named"J" answered. we told the man that we were looking for someone who lived there, and
he was like "uhh, no...nobody with that name has lived here" and so we
were like "oh, our bad. well hey, can we come in real quick and share a
message?" and he was like "yeah sure." so he let us in and we taught
him, his buddy, and his buddy's sister and her kid. they were DOPE. they
were super interested! i was blown away, it worked super well. we got a
return appointment with them too, and they kept the appointment. so
awesome. funny thing is, as we were walking out, we realized we knocked
on the wrong door...the less active who we were looking for actually lived one house
to the right. crazy how that worked out, right?
anyways, that's all for me this week! hope y'all have a great week! love ya!
Elder Snow
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