Monday started with teaching a family about church. They are in a bit of a tough spot because the mom keeps being scheduled to work Sunday mornings and the husband doesn't want to go without her. They weren't able to come to church, but she has asked to have all other Sunday mornings off in the future, which is a great start! We then went to go see a former investigator that Elder Woffinden and I had never met with. He was a really cool guy. He is a huge computer nerd and loves video games. He and I were able to talk about that for a little while, some of the stuff he said about computers went a little over my head. We finally got to talking about the gospel and he has come to an interesting conclusion about religion in general. He said that religion just doesn't hold a very high priority in his life. He has tried a bunch of different religions, and nothing has clicked. He thinks that the only thing that will make it click would be to see God himself. It will be interesting seeing if he ends up progressing or not. It was also surprising to find someone who doesn't have a strong Christian belief around here. Most people are Southern Baptist, which that itself is fairly hard to deal with.
We were able to go to the temple on Tuesday. We went to the Louisville temple. Oh my word, that thing is tiny! I am so used to the much bigger temples in Utah. It was interesting to be in. What was also interesting, is that the exact same spirit is there in the tiny Louisville temple as the larger ones that I have been to. I loved noticing that. It was also an interesting experience because I was fasting that day with the entire mission. President Porter asked us to so that we could have added strength to reach our goals as a mission. I liked that.
There was a family that moved into the bottom apartment of our building. The father is a member, but he hasn't been to church in about 15 years. He also has a wife and step son. They are all really nice people. We have been teaching them and they really like what we have to say. Our goal is to reactivate him and have him baptize the rest of his family. They have some things to overcome, but I know that they can do it.
One day this week, we were knocking some doors at night. I really don't like doing that. It is a time that it really feels like we are bothering people. It also seems like the time we are going to get a gun pulled on us. Especially in a trailer park. Boy, does that make me anxious! We finally got to the last house that we were going to knock and a man came to the door. We gave him our spiel and he said that we could come over to see him and his roommate the next night. So we did and we had an awesome lesson with them! The spirit was so strong! We even committed one of them to a baptismal date! He now can't get baptized on that date because he wasn't able to come to church, but I think that he could get there! They both could.
That last experience was really helpful. By doing something that really makes me uncomfortable, we were able to find some fantastic investigators! I am really grateful for this and to continue to find out that it doesn't matter how I feel, what matters is that I am finding the people who need this gospel. I can't wait to have more experiences like this.
Thank you, I love you,
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Elder Hayden Cannon
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