Hello positively fantactastict family!
I have more time today, so hopefully this will be a good
e-mail. If I have not responded to anyone's E-mail it is not
because I'm lazy like that, I have just forgot. So if you want
to re-ask me something or resend something you want a better
response to then feel free to.
This last week has been so awesome! JuliAnne was baptized
Saturday and It was awesome. We are really excited for her. The
following Sunday she was late and so we were getting worried she
wouldn't come. I was sitting on the stand because I was giving a
talk and I just so happened to have the phone so I was able to
find out she was coming and let the Bishop know. When she walked
in the bishop pulled me into the sacrament prep room, which was
cool because you only see or hear that kind of stuff happening,
but he asked me if I thought we should still confirm her. I said
I thought it would be a good idea. He gave the go ahead so she
came onto the stand and we confirmed her with me acting as
voice. It was a sweet experience.
Bro David, whom we have been teaching for a couple months,
came to church for the first time in a while and I almost jumped
out of my seat and embraced him, but I refrained. The previous
Monday we had set August fourth for him to be baptized. When He
came to church he was telling everyone about it. He is so
excited to be baptized. I love him.
For the Fourth of July our preparation day was moved to this
day. We first had a breakfast with the ward. Then we taught
JuliAnne. Then as a zone we went to the Lucas Oil Stadium and
toured it. There were twenty two missionaries there. I love
seeing missionaries.
We taught Bro Jim as well. We taught Enduring to the end. He
struggles with making the commitment to be baptized. He thinks a
lot about it. We have been focusing a lot on the gospel of Jesus
Christ. His faith is growing. He has come a long way. Before he
didn't really care about anything religious, now he is half way
through the Book of Mormon, knows it's true, comes to sacrament
meeting more often than not. He loves learning. It is really
fun to teach him.
Bro Tom. Oh Brother Tom, we went to his house for our
appointment and he came out and said he wants to stop our
visits, because he is never going to believe some of the things
we believe. We tried to convince him otherwise for a minute than
we decided to respect his agency and we told him so. That we
weren't going to force him. Then something happened, he asked a
question and I started to look in the scriptures for his answer.
He said come on in. So we did. We sat down and he apologized for
coming off strong with his questions last week. He admitted he
is looking for a church. He is willing to let us teach him the
things that we want to teach. What a miracle! Was his heart
softened!
I love serving here! I get to continue serving here another
six weeks as well. I am so excited!
I love you all! May the Spirit be with you!
Elder Durrant
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