January 20, 2014
Hey all, how's it going? I hope your weeks were half as
awesome as mine was! haha
Springfield is awesome! I can hardly believe I've only been
here a week and a half, it feels like I've been here forever!
Dad, that's really weird that you were here a couple years
ago. Did you stay in the Springfield Marriott?
The town here is pretty old, and unfortunately is past its
hayday. We hear stories all the time of how awesome Springfield used to be, but
it's turned into the "projects" now. Though in all reality, it isn't
all that bad! There's some rougher part of town, but it's no worse than parts
of Newark are. People here love this town, it's a real home to them, and that's
why they're here. It's actually pretty cool. We've been using a door approach
recently about families. "We've been going around the area today talking
to people about families, and it's really interesting that no matter who we
talk to, no matter the situations or struggles at home, the family is still one
of the most important things to them. Why do you think that is?" In a
world where families are under attack, we are doing everything we can to build
them up and bring them closer to Christ.
We've been wanting more people to teach here, even though we
have a pretty good teaching pool, so we've been focusing on finding new
investigators, with success! Through effective planning by the spirit, the Lord
led us to those who have been ready to hear the message of the gospel! And the
members here are playing a huge part as well! We found a small family with the
help of our meal coordinator this week, and we ended up having dinner with
them on Saturday and begin to teach them about the Gospel. They are
open-minded and really want to learn more. Nikki, the mom, was raised Catholic,
but we know that she's felt the Spirit in her life.
Unfortunately, this week was also filled with an unusually
large amount of dropped appointments. It's like nobody can hear us knocking on
the door! So this next week we've set a goal for many more lessons, especially
lessons with a member present! One of the biggest helps that members can do it
let the members know when they are available to go to lessons and help
fellowship their investigators. The saddest thing to see is when an
investigator is more converted to the missionary, and they never really knew
how to get members out with them.
Thanks for everything!! Love and miss y’all!
Elder Toombs
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