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Do you think there are serious problems in the world today?
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Do you think it'd be a good idea to have the help of God today?
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Do you think it'd be a good idea if God talked today through prophets like he
used to do?
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If God talked to us today, would you want to know what He said?
President
and the assistants presented it to everyone, then we all went out and practiced
it for two hours! Oh my gosh it was wonderful. Imagine 35 missionaries all with
this new tool that their President who they love just told them is what we're
going to throw our whole hearts into for contacting. We were on fire. One
missionary (Elder Dean, who is crazy.) got on the five-oclock rushhour-packed
metro, stretched his arms out, and yells, "Hello everybody! Don't be
afraid!!! We are the Mormon missionaries and we have some questions for
you!" And then the group of 15 missionaries just went around from person
to person ministering and loving and finding people ready to be taught.
(Hahaha, they did say though that people were really afraid at first. Men
reached over to protect their wives, etc. Never know what's gonna happen on the
metros :) We're having fun with it. I don't know what it is but something about
the questionnaire opens people up to actually talking about their feelings
instead of feeling defensive right away.
So
Sister Luthi and I are using only the questionnaire from now on in contacting
and it's changing everything. We talk to way less people everyday, but the
people we talk to actually want to see us again. They invite us over to talk to
them about religion. One guy this week said he didn't believe in God at all and
hated talking about religion, but because i had this questionnaire and because
he was a nice guy he said he'd anwer the questions. With no effort on my part,
he opened up about his family and how hard it is to raise children in this
world and so forth. And when we got off the bus, he said, "I live right
over there. Would you ilke to come over sometime to talk to me about religion
and God?" And then on the busride back from there, I talked with a
teenager who was atheist, but one question led to another, and I felt like I
should ask him if there was a God who was all powerful and could do anything
for him because He loved him, what he would ask God to do. He laughed and said,
"To have blue eyes instead of brown." And then he got serious and
paused for a long time, then turned to me and said, "To be able to see
people again who have died. My mom's brother committed suicide when I was a
child. I only have a few memories of him. I'd really like to see him again
because I think he has things he could teach me." We're teaching him
tonight.
An
update on our delightful Catholic Buddhist ami: she came to church
on Sunday and about died she was so delighted by everything. I have never seen
anyone, member or nonmember, enjoy church so much. She was "ravi" by
everything--the songs, the children, how much everyone smiled. And she was so
concerned about doing things the right way. When I was taking her to meet the
bishop, she said, "What do I call him?! Mon frere? Mon pere?! (like in the
Catholic church) Monsieur??" Hahaha, "Nope, just by his name." And
then she got to talk to President Roney for a little bit because he's in our
ward and she loved that, oh my word. I guess the whole way
home she was telling the member she went with how much she liked it.
She
is the epitome of sunshine. She fed us lunch this week and just bopped around
serving us and talking to us about the adventures she's had in her life.
That's
all I have time for. I love you so much! Read Ether 12: 4. The gospel is
simple. Believe in Christ, then go be happy and do good.
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