October 15, 2018 - Faith to Drop, Faith to Find

Elders: Rasmussen, Johnson, Lubbers, Peterson, Crafts & Robbins

This past week we have been doing a ton of walking and talking to people. We had quite a few people when I first got here but we soon after found out that many of them aren't willing to repent or act on the things we teach them. It's sad to see from our perspective, we know how much this can bless their life if only they could see it. We are working hard to find those people that the Lord is preparing us to find. One of the people we are working with named Brandon is awesome! He is currently on date for November 10th and is working hard to make that date! We teach him twice every week and he soaks it all in. He loves being at church and loves all of the people there. We are also working with the Bates family. The father is a member with very little knowledge about the church. They seem to be super prepared and want to be baptized! Both Elder Crafts and I are very excited about them and how much their lives are about to change for the better!

As we were walking one day we were waiting to cross the street. On the other side this guy just starts walking across the street even though he shouldn't be and about gets hit by multiple different cars. We aren't sure what this guy was on but he walks up to us and just asks who is younger? I was so I said I am and he throws this nasty shirt at me and then walks off. It was so weird, I threw that shirt away and washed my hands as quickly as possible. This other guy at a bus stop (he was about half my size) starts telling us how he heard Joseph Smith was on drugs and that's how we got the Book of Mormon. Now he was yelling all of this and spitting all over the place (he was way too close also). And so we wanted out of there, we had no idea what this guy was going to do. We addressed his concerns and gave him a Book of Mormon. Thankfully a bus pulled up and we were able to get away.

People here in Salem can be kind of crazy but I know that the Lord will protect me as we are diligent in keeping the commandments and doing what the Lord wants us to.

 -Elder Robbins