The end of the office

Hello all,

 

This was another good week. The Dollars (new office couple) couldn't be coming at a better time. We have worked hard the last weeks without the Greensides, but it will be nice to have a new couple taking over our positions. It is kind of funny that so much happened in the office the last week. The Washington Seattle Mission office is officially out of English copies of the Book of Mormon, but we will have enough to give out until 640 new copies come next week. Secondly, someone wants to sue a missionary that got in an accident last year and take him to small claims court. I didn't have to talk to the person that wanted to sue because she didn't know who to call and called the local LDS family services. Luckily all it took was a phone call to the insurance company and they are now on the case! Lastly, A missionary drove home to Utah in a mission car. The car won't be coming back and will be sold by Church headquarters. So if you see a light green Mazda 3 driving around on the streets of Utah, think twice about where it may have come from.

 

Tomorrow we actually are going to have an investigator at Church! Betsy is coming to a stake conference (which is actually a broadcast). We have found Betsy to be quite a difficult student in some aspects. She has many feminist ideas, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but has problems with women not having the priesthood and for some reason doesn't like the doctrine on the family. Maybe she has past issues in her family - we'll have to dig a bit deeper into the problem. It seems as though she agrees with the majority of what we teach her, but she still has concerns about the smallest details. Jake and Lindsey have been great fellowship. Lindsey has really become her friend and even spent the day with her when she came home from the care center. Lindsey even came over and read the Ensign with Betsy. It is exciting to see the fire they have for sharing the gospel with others and hearing them bear testimony about how the Church has blessed their lives.

 

We got another new investigator this week. The Korean missionaries were tracting in our area and found Wei, a Chinese man in his late 20's. He grew up Buddhist, but doesn't necessarily believe in it. He doesn't understand why God didn't let him tell his grandpa he loved him before he died. But we had a really spiritual lesson about the gospel of Jesus Christ and how it can heal his wounds. He felt the spirit and was excited to read the Book of Mormon. He is one of the most honest and sincere truth seekers I have ever met!

We are going to have a good week. Elder Edwards of the Quorum of the Seventy is going to be visiting our mission on Wednesday and we will be attending the temple on Tuesday. Things are starting to pick up in this area! It is always interesting to see an area come alive again after being nearly dead for many, many transfers, even before the Stinsons joined the Church.

 

The Church is true!

 

~Elder Fetzer