Hello all,
Well with all the miracles we have been seeing lately, I guess it is only fair that we had a so-so week. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't the greatest either.
Well it is now 2012 and that is kind of cool. Yesterday (Jan. 1) I remembered my 16 month mark. It is really crazy! I can't believe that I am one of the older missionaries out here! We did find a few new investigators, but the bummer was that we could meet with Zaria only once this week and she didn't come to Church yesterday. She is now off her baptismal date, but I am confident that she will be baptized this month. It is always surprising. People are willing to be baptized and let us in to teach them, but when it actually comes to Church attendance on Sunday, people often back out.
Our ward increased in size yesterday. It was actually fun to look out on the congregation and see us all almost fill the small chapel in our ward building. A few weeks ago the boundaries changed. The Renton Highlands ward had been working a "skeleton crew" for a while and the "same ten people" were doing all the big callings. Our ward is quite transient because of the area and the amount of apartments in the area. There wasn't nearly enough priesthood leaders to effectively run a ward so they increased our boundaries by a little bit, incorporating a few nicer neighborhoods where people would move in and stay. So yesterday we had about 15 people in Elders Quorum, which I think is a new record!
With the switch, we got a new investigator, who is now planning to be baptized later this month. His name is Christopher. His wife joined the Church about a year ago and missionaries recently started teaching him. We had a pass-off lesson with the elders that were teaching him. We taught him the doctrine of Christ and the importance of receiving the Holy Ghost after baptism. After inviting him to be baptized, he asked us "well what do I need to do?" He seems pretty solid!
Yesterday we met Jayson. He came to Chruch because he wanted to start taking his kids. So when he walked into Gospel Principles and told us he wasn't a member, we got excited. Unfortunately he doesn't live in our area, but he wants to learn more and wants to continue attending. Things are okay right now. We need to help people understand the importance of Church. And even though our plans sometimes fall through, the gospel is still true!
~Elder Fetzer
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