Transfer came again! Elder Lockwood will be heading down to Lawrence, Mass. to speak Spanish in a trio for his last six weeks of training. RIP that man. I’ll miss him tons, but he’ll do great.
I’ll be receiving Elder Anderson and Elder Sika in a trio! They have both been out for a while so it’ll be a party! Actually it’ll probably absolute insanity cause trios are sooooo much fun! Haha
We had a good week! We met some amazing people! One lady, K., is INCREDIBLE! She’s Quaker right now, but would love to learn more about what we share. She read 430 pages of the Book of Mormon between Thursday and Sunday, as well as came to church!! She had a great time in the women’s class (Relief Society) at church and a bunch of the younger members who work here in Bar Harbor for the summer talked to her and became friends; they exchanged numbers to hang out! She’s loved how big the Mormon community (which really is mostly in the summer because of workers and tourists) is since the Quaker one is so so so small. Now the trick is getting her to not just add our truths to hers, but learn that what we share really is God’s whole truth for us. As a missionary though, I’ve realized just how easy that is. I don’t ever have to convince anyone. The promise of the Holy Ghost is real, and if people will simply do what we invite them to, THEY come to know it’s true, independent of what we share and do as missionaries. Preach My Gospel (our missionary training book) says: “We will be guides so that you can learn the truth of our message for yourselves. It is your choice to accept and act on the message. Therefore, you should feel free to ask questions.” Amen to that! If you have questions, whether you're a member of the church or not, feel free to try out the promise for YOURSELF. Ask the missionaries, they will be your guides. If you don’t try out what they ask though, don’t be surprised when you don’t receive an answer. If you try it out, acting in faith, you’ll know for yourself.
We have to go down to Manchester to deal with court stuff for the car accident I was involved in last January. The other driver is trying to say it was our fault, which it was not, so we get to go fight it! I hope we can resolve it there so that we don’t need to go to actual court, but we’ll see.
Have a great week!
Elder Branch
