Hey Everyone!
So something really cool happened to Elder Uppencamp and I this week. Our Sundays in this area are usually extremely busy, because we go to church early in the morning with our bishop (it saves us a lot of miles), do studies, have church, then have correlation meeting. Yesterday we had ward council so when we got to the church building, we only had time for our personal study, then went to ward council, then had church, then correlation meeting, then had to go give a blessing to someone, then headed home to have lunch. After doing all of this, it was around 4:00 pm. We had a fireside yesterday night at 7:00 that we had to participate in (and leave by 6:30 to get there on time), and we had to still do companion study and have dinner. For time, we only had about a half-hour to proselyte. Well, there was a man named Kyle that we visited about a week ago that said we could stop by anytime, so we tried to visit him, but he wasn't home! What do missionaries do when they have nothing planned? They tract! We knocked on the apartment building next to the one Kyle lived in, and met Daniel, who doesn't claim a particular religion, but said that he mostly agreed with Buddhism. It was way sweet because we were talking to him about the Book of Mormon and how religion as a whole has been changed to fit different people's political/personal views. We told him that the Book of Mormon has only been translated once and lays things out very clearly so there's no misunderstanding the truths taught in it. When he first opened the door, he wasn't very enthused about talking to us and said that he was busy, but we talked to him for I think 20 minutes and set up a return appointment! This is a miracle because we have been struggling this week with setting up return appointments with ANYBODY, and the ONE door we knock on all of Sunday turns out to be an investigator! How awesome is that?? :-D
I haven't checked all of my e-mails yet as sending this one is usually the first thing I do when I get on, but I'd like to hear from all of you about the service that you were able to provide for someone this week! Let me know what you did and how you felt after you did it!
I love you all and hope to hear from you soon! By the way, if anyone wants to send me a handwritten letter (which, by the way, would count as a service!), my address is:
21 Morris St.
Mauston, WI 53948
~~Elder T. Riggs
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