Hope you all are doing well! This week was... pretty okay. This has been one of the tougher weeks since I've been here in Poky but we are staying optimistic and relying on the Lord a lot.
So first hard thing. Our investigator Sarah, who we have been teaching since I got here was scheduled to get baptized yesterday. Sarah has a strong testimony of the gospel and of the Book of Mormon and she knows that she needs to get baptized. But.. she was scared to tell her family. So she waited and waited and waited. Then finally last Sunday she decided to tell them. Lets just say it did not go well. Her parents were angry and unsupportive. Sarah was distraught and doubts flooded her mind. She still was planning to go through with everything though, and she knew that she wanted to. She passed her baptismal interview, we set up the whole program, had her pick out which jumpsuit she wanted, bought refreshments, and everything was ready to go.
Then we met with Sarah again on Saturday, the day before her scheduled baptism. She was unsure of everything and she did not feel ready to get baptized. As much as we wanted her to, we could also see that she wasn't quite ready to make the commitment. So she has decided to postpone the baptism a couple months. However, its going to be really tough for her to stay on the strait and narrow these next couple months since she is going back home to Caldwell to live with her anti-Mormon family and druggie friends. So we are very worried. She has promised that she will meet with missionaries there and keep going to church but it will be very difficult for her.
So please keep Sarah in your prayers!
Other than that, this week has also been a little slower than most. We haven't been able to teach as much as we usually do and spent a lot of time this week knocking on empty doors.
But... along with the disappointments this week, we have seen a lot of great things happen as well! I'll share two of the best.
1. Kelvin came to church and loved it! He said we would definitely be back next week!
2. We found an awesome new investigator named Rian. She is AWESOME! She also comes from an anti-Mormon family (sounds familiar, huh?) but she really wants to find out if the Book of Mormon and our doctrine is true. She is super open and has a lot of support from friends so we are excited to keep teaching her.
All in all, this week has been pretty good. There have been some low moments, but that is what life is all about right? Having the low moments and growing from them. We can choose to let these moments make us bitter or better. It's up to us.
Hope you all have a great week!
Love ya!
Until next time,
Sister Park
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