Friday, June 21, 2013

May 13, 2013

We were thrilled to be able to skype with Tyler for mother's day - it was great to see his face while we spoke with him!!!

Hello everybody!

Hope that all of you had a fantastic week, it was good to say hello yesterday, Julia looks like a totally different person!!

Well, I guess there's not a whole ton to share, but I wanted to leave you with one cool experience we had this week:

During planning we decided to go by a part-member family in the far northeast corner of our area. The next we passed by, knocked and got no answer, the neighbors told us a new family had just moved in a few months ago, dang! The mission teaches to tract a few doors if we don't get an answer at a pass by, to make the trip more effective. We were going to knock the doors right beside the house but then felt we should go around the corner of the road and knock doors on the other side of the street. We were knocking doors and a man from the Congo walked by. Elder D talked to him and he readily accepted to hear our message. He said he wanted to know why there are so many churches today. We didn't get into any of the houses we knocked, but we taught this man, named Jules, last night after we skyped. He is one of the most prepared people I have ever met, we invited him to be baptized, and he said "if God tells me I should, who can resist?". Haha, he's really incredible, he's been here 1 year and is trying to bring his family of 7 over as well. He committed himself to read the book of mormon and pray before we could even get the invitation out of our mouths. It was so incredible, because each of us was inspired at different times, and because we listened we were led directly to a great man seeking the truth. I know God directs us when we listen to Him; He is involved in His work.

Hope you are all doing great, it sure looked like it! I love you all and pray for you every day!


Elder Gedlaman

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