Holy cow... Watching conference while on a mission is crazy!!! It was really good!! My favorite talks were Hollands talk in the second session on saturday, and Eyrings talk at the end of the first session on Saturday. My missionary journal is FULL of notes. It was amazing to say the least.

 

Early in February of this year, Elder Call and I were tracting a street. We talked to a lady who said that we could come back at another time. We left her our number, and went on our way. Almost everyone who says that, just uses that answer to get rid of us... I can't remember if we got her number then as well, but somehow her number was in our phone. During weekly planning the first week of March. I made a ton of calls to people that were in the area book, and in my planner section of potential investigators. I probably made about 50 calls. To my surprise, Tami called us back and said we could come over the following week on Tuesday. So tuesday came, and about 30 min before our appointment, she called us and asked us to reschedule. So we did. Well the appointment was this last Wednesday. I was on an exchange with a Zone Leader for the day, which was a lot of fun! Anyways, we get to her house, and she's not home. Bummer. We're standing there, trying to figure out what to do, and out of nowhere she flies into her parking spot. She's all flustered and is apologizing for being late. Phew! So we go inside and start getting to know her. She talked SO FAST!  I could understand about half of what she said. When we finally transistioned into the gospel, she started asking us questions. She told us that she believed in stuff that other religions didn't, and she has been trying to find a religion that did. I was a little worried when she said that. She told us that she believes that there are 3 heavens, because there shouldn't be a definite line between heaven and hell. She asked us if we believed that. We kind of chuckled and said yes. She then told us that she believes that we all lived together in heaven before this life, and asked us if we believed in that. We laughed and said yes again. She then asked us if she could come to church with us. We couldn't believe what was happening. We told her that she was more than welcome to come, and we wanted her to come. She then asked if she would have to be baptized to receive eternal life. We told her that she would. She told us that she had already been baptized twice, but didn't feel like they mean't anything, and wanted to be baptized by someone who held the authority that John the Baptist did. Did she just invite herself to be baptized? But wait, it gets better. So we asked her if May 5 sounded good, and she said that was a perfect date. We then asked if we could come back and teach the rest of her family (Husband and 3 kids) about the gospel and see if they would want to be baptized as well. This is the best part. She said "Oh my family will be getting baptized with me, you can count on that." hahahahahah Seriously???? Did that just happen??? Yes, it did. So Tami and her family are preparing for baptism on May 5. In my mission call, it said that we will teach people that are PREPARED by the Lord. Tami was about as prepared as you can get. I'm so excited for her and her family to come to know this gospel, and feel the blessings that God has in store for them!

    Another great event! Well, it starts off a little rocky... So Rajeev told us that he didn't feel that he was ready to be baptized on April 7th. He felt it was a bit too soon. He said that he would think about a date in May. Well, that was Tuesday. He came to watch Conference at the church on Sunday, and said he really enjoyed it. Later that night, we got a text from him. It said that he was very thankful for us missionaries inviting him to watch conference, and that the LDS religion is right for him. He wants to get baptized on his Birthday, May 21st. SWEET!!! He is going through a lot in his life right now, and I know that the gift of the Holy Ghost can help him so much!

    I know this church is true, without a doubt in my heart. Conference was trully inspiring, and I hope all of you enjoyed it as well.

 

Elder Litchfield