So a while ago, Elder White and I were tracting, and got let

into this one house. The family was really nice, and enjoyed talking

to us. However, they did not have interest in the gospel. So as we

were leaving, a friend of the family that was there asked us if we

would stop by his house and talk to his mom in a couple days. We wrote

down his address, then left. So last week we went to his house. The

guy, Matt, answered the door and told us that his mom was gone. He let

us in and asked us to sit down. We taught him about the Restoration of

the Gospel, and he had lots of questions. He is a senior in high

school, and has questions about his religion (He is Catholic). His dad

died when he was 14, and that has been bothering him as well. We gave

him a book of mormon and he said he was excited to read it. We then

set up a return appointment (hopefully his mom will be there) and

left.

     We weren't able to see Carol this week, because she had some

health problems, but she was at church on Sunday! She even brought her

daughter! A sister in the ward, who is neighbors to Carol and doing a

great job of fellowshipping, told us that Carol was explaining things

to her daughter throughout church. That was awesome to hear! She is

taking what she learns from us, and teaching it to her daughter! She

isn't even a member yet, and already doing missionary work!

    We tried setting up an appointment with Domininc (From Ghana),

but he said he had a big project at his work, and would be very busy

all week. He asked us to pray for him, and told us that he has been

reading the book of mormon and likes it a lot!

   So we have two missionaries that are our roomates, and they have

been coming home later and later since the transfer. So Elder White

and I decided to play a little prank on them. We got home at 9, and

knew that they would be home late. We parked the car a little bit down

the road, so they would think that they were the only ones in the

house. We tied fishing line to an open door, and to the power switch

on the breaker board (Which was right above one of their beds). It was

nearly invisible, so they would never see it. I hid under the bed,

while my companion was right outside the back door by their beds, with

a scary clown mask on. At about 9:40 they got home and sat down to

plan for the next day. A few minutes later, I pulled the string that

killed the power, then pulled the string that slammed the door on the

opposite side of the room. That freaked them out. Then my companion

came through the door with his clown mask on. I have never heard two

grown men scream as loud and high pitch as they did... After the

realized what had happened, they thought it was funny as well. I will

never forget those screams.

    On a different note, while I was at a dinner at a ward members

home, they were talking about a dance festival that the stake was

doing. I mentioned that I had participated in one back at home, and

thought it was really fun. Little did I know that word travels fast in

my ward. The next day I get a call from the Stake Young Womens leader

asking me if I would speak at a fireside Sunday night about my dance

festival experience. My companion said as long as I brought it back to

missionary work, it would be fine. So Sunday night I told them that I

was a part of a dance festival, and that I had fun doing it. I also

challenged them to invite at least on of their friends to the

pracitces, and to be bold when asking. Too often I hear about soft

invitations, that are easy for non-members to find a way out. I told

them to let their friends know that they trully want them to come, and

that it is with the best people they could be with. Hopefully we will

be getting referrals soon!!!

Sincerely,

Elder Michael Litchfield