Another great week in the Washington DC South mission has come and gone.

Monday night we had a lesson with a less-active family in our ward, who has a recent convert daughter that Elder Norris taught when he was in this area a year ago. They haven't been to church since then. The lesson was amazing. We committed them to read from the Book of Mormon everyday and they accepted! Come Sunday we see them sitting as a family together! The family wants to work towards going to the temple to be sealed for time and all eternity.

Tuesday I was on an exchange with a zone leader from the McLean zone. We were in a neighborhood with a lot of people walking around. President Riggs has emphasized boldness and persistence. So if people are to reject us, we want them to reject our message, and not us as missionaries. When we attempt to talk to people, most of them will say no thank you. That's only because they don't know the message we have to share. So we need to be bold and persistant and teach them our message. If they refuse us again, then we know that they are refusing the Restored Gospel. This has been working well, but it has also brought up a lot of angry people... haha! One lady, in the neighborhood, was yelling at us. She told us that we were unwanted and didn't belong. A couple days later that lady came up to me while I was in line at Subway and apologized to me. That was a first! But she said that didn't change the fact that she doesn't want to hear our message. DANG!

While tracting we were asking people if we could leave a blessing on their home in prayer. One guy let us in! His name is Josh and is a senior in high school. After the prayer we went straight into the Restoration. He loved it! He told us that it wasn't a coincidence that we knocked on his door. The only problem is that his Dad is a tough cookie. He will let us teach Josh, but is going to get in the way a lot.

We had Leadership Training Meeting on Thursday. I talked about Jacob 5:70-77. What an amazing set of verses! I talked about the blessings that come from being diligent and obedient. 

Friday I was on another exchange with a different zone leader. Elder Cluff! My old companion! While tracting, we met these teenagers who we thought were golden! Turns out they were just punking us. At the end they offered us Marijuana. It was ridiculous...

Overall, everything is great! Looking forward to Mothers day!

Elder Michael Litchfield