First off, I gotta thank my Mom for sending me short sleeve shirts when she did. This last week was SO HUMID! I had random people on the street telling me to go to their house and get a drink! It was actually a great finding method! Look miserable so that people would pity us and let us into their home. We got 2 potentials from that! We also found an inactive guy, whose wife isn't a member! We're going to start teaching them!

    Saturday, I had the great opportunity of hearing from Elder David A. Bednar. We were at the visitors center in DC. There were 3 missions attending. It was AMAZING!!!! It was an open discussion type conference, where we would ask him questions. It was incredible. The spirit was SO STRONG! Oh, and something  I learned... He is SUCH A FUNNY GUY! Oh my goodness! He was making jokes, messing with missionaries, and calling people DOPES! hahahahahahahaha it was such a good time. The 3 hours FLEW by! He stressed that when we pray, we need to act, rather than be acted upon. Pray and do, rather than pray and wait. it was a once in a lifetime opportunity. I loved it.

    We had a lesson with a guy named Jeff this week. He made us lunch before the lesson began. Swordfish! It was so good! I was a bit hesitant, but loved it once I tried it. The lessons went well, except he can't get it into his mind that baptism is the beginning of a better life, rather than an end. He feels that baptism should be the END goal in life, rather than the BEGINNING! Rajeev is the same way! Rajeev told us flat out quote "I know this is the church for me to join." THEN JOIN! He'll then say "But I don't want to make any hastey decisions." We have read so many scriptures about preparing to meet God, and not procrastinating the day of repentence. He says, when I get baptised, then what? Then you start a life filled with joy and blessings! He came to church, all three hours yesterday. He KNOWS it's true! He's just worried that his friend Elizabeth, whom he is madly in love with, will stop giving him attention once he is converted. DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA! I thought I graduated High school last June haha...

 

I went on an exchange with Elder Barney this last Thursday. He is probably my best friend out here. It was really nice to be in a car, especially since it was SO HOT that day! I felt bad for Elder Rausch... Anyways, I got to meet this family from Camaroon! Everyone in the family is baptized except for the mother. It's the same situation as Rajeev. She knows its true. Just wont get baptized.

 

So in a previous letter, I mentioned that Alyssas husband wasn't fond of her talking with missionaries. Well we have been trying to call her ALL week! No response. So yesterday, we knocked on her door, and she answered. She said that she was sorry for not responding. She said she has been working on a final paper for school all week. We scheduled an appointment with her this next week, and she told us that her husband will be attending. Oh boy! I'm looking forward to it though! I feel that he has so many misconseptions about our church, and once he sits down and acutally LEARNS about what we believe in, he wont be so close minded. We also had a lesson with this girl that we met on the street. We had given her a Book of Mormon, and found our where she lived. As we were talking with her, I felt impressed to talk about repentence. I explained the amazing blessing that we have to repent of our sins. Her whole demeanor changed. She was excited, and wanted to read as much as she could of the Book of Mormon! We are seeing her again this week.

 

Our week is packed in our planners! I just pray that we will be able to see our scheduled appointments! This next Sunday I get to talk to my parents! SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Till then!

 

Elder Michael Darrin Litchfield