What a good week! The only problem was from Wednesday until today it has been continually raining.... and if there is anything that stops missionary work in this mission it is the rain. People here are so afraid of the rain. It is probably because a lot of people only have scooters, so if they go outside they will definitely get wet.
However, since we serve close to a college, we were able to stay effective over the last few days. When it rained we just got out our umbrellas and walked over by the college. Since the students still have to eat and go to class there were still a lot of people outside. Then, when it seemed like our efforts outside were pointless, we went inside a 7-11 to make calls. I made a point to sit right next to a set of benches inside in the 7-11 and every time somebody came inside the store and sat down we would make sure to talk to them. We met a lot of really cool people!
What else happened last week.... We got a few new cool investigators. We have two who are really awesome and both of them are referrals from other elders in our district. One of them is a guy named Peter. The other elders met him close to the church and knowing that he would be in our area they invited us to come to the lesson with them. I don't if it was intimidating or not... but we had four elders vs. one investigator. It went super well, though. He told us he has seen a bunch of missionaries his whole life and he has probably talked to about 12. However, up until now he has never wanted to meet with them. Finally, after the 13th missionary talked to him, he decided he should go see what they have to share. Since meeting with us on Friday, he came to church on Sunday and he came to our family home evening activity last night! It gives me more faith to go out and talk to everyone, and even though people may still reject us, I can have faith that maybe I am preparing these people for a future time with future missionaries.
Then there was another referral from those same elders. This guy is super cool.. he is about 30 and he seems super willing to get baptized! He already has a baptism goal. The only problem is it is a struggle for him to come to church, and we just don't know why.
Then our other investigators are progressing pretty well! Pig (our investigator) has come to church twice now and he loves the ward! Yesterday in priesthood, he wrote down the names of all the men in the elders quorum.
We also have Brian still (the guy I told you about last week). He has started reading the Book of Mormon.. but he can never come to church.
Then there is a kid named Peter Lin who is the son of a recent convert from a different ward. Because his parents are divorced, he lives with his father (who is not a member, and who will not let him get baptized). As soon as his dad lets him, he can get baptized right away. Pray for him.
And lastly, there is Kim. Kim is all ready for baptism too, but she is really busy now and still needs to figure some things out before she gets baptized.
And we have some other investigators, but they are not really progressing.
Things are great here! I can't believe I have been out this long... I am starting to get super worried. I feel like I have a thousand things I still want to do before I go home! I don't have enough time!
Love you guys...
Elder Quist
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