Hey family!
This week was awesome! Prepared people were falling
from the sky, landing right in our laps. I was lowkey astonished.
Sunday. Church. This random cat rolls in.
He is a 13 year old boy. He is a chubbster. And he wants to
be baptized. His name is Khao (it means rice). He read in the bible
about the 2nd coming and wants to be baptized before Christ comes again.
We taught him really quickly after church then he took us to meet his
family too.
Taxi time: When we ride in taxis we always invite the driver
to learn about the gospel. 99% of the time they reject us (90% of the
time they have picked up missionaries before and already know who we are).
Yesterday we met that 1%. We hopped in his taxi. The radio
was bumping. And it wasn't MOTAB. So we asked him to turn it off.
He did then asked why. We explained that as missionaries we didn't
listen to music. He paused for a second then asked us what Christianity
was like. Before we could really answer he told us his life was awful.
He drove his taxi all day and never got to spend time with his son.
He started as a buddhist, switched to Islam when he got married and
switched back when he got divorced. He had been thinking of going to a
Christian church for a while now. We invited him to church and set up an
appointment to meet him. I was stunned.
Comeback man: We got a call from a man that wanted to
meet us. Yes. We had met him last month at a park but he never
showed to our return appointment. We thought he wasn't interested.
Apparently he was. So we met him last night. Now he has a
baptismal date for next month. The Lord isn't letting anyone slip
through.
This really is the Lord's work. And He is working
right along side us.
Mountain tribe update: They are doing great. We
went to visit them multiple times this week. One time while driving out
there, it started to dump rain. It was more than that. Pouring
times 2! Double Dumping! The road was covered with a few inches of
water within minutes. The taxi pulled up to their house, we took of our
shoes and socks, rolled up our pants, and hopped out...into calf-high water!
We rushed inside. After calming down I realized there were no other
males there. Oh nuts. We had to brave the hurricane again to go get
B. Bee from the house across the street. It was hilarious, he saw the
rain and decided to grab a plastic bag as he walked out to protect his noggin.
Classy man.
Super Lesson: We made an appointment with S. Ben's relatives.
The whole family was going to come. Her sister, her brother-in-law,
her two nieces and another chap who is related somehow. We were pumped.
We get there and find out the other elders have an appointment with some
of S. Ben's other relatives. Well all the relatives went into the same
room expecting to be taught together. We thought it was best to just let
it be than to awkwardly ask 2 of them to go to a different room with the other
elders. So we had a super lesson. 7 investigators. 4 members.
4 missionaries. I was worried it was going to be the messiest thing
ever and that nothing would be accomplished. Well I was wrong. The
Spirit guided everyone as we taught the Restoration. The members spoke in
turns as if we had rehearsed it. We, the 4 elders, were miraculously on
the same page. The Spirit flourished. We are seeing them again
tonight.
I"m stoked that Mom and Dad are learning about Family
History. It reminds me of a question...who was the first Creer to join
the church? Where did they join? As for skis...save me one pair.
I don't really care which, the pair in the nicest condition I guess.
And Katie...happy birthday! You are a champion of a sister.
Well...this week was sick. So fast too. I love you all loads
and loads.
Elder M. Riley Creer
The Only
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