Today we had service. We carried three hundred BOXES of BOOKS to a Uhaul truck. Then drove to a garage and unloaded them... Crying face
Not much happened during the past week. Last Monday we put this guy [Name Withheld] on date in April. We also prepared [Name Withheld] for baptism for the 19 of March. He has had his baptism interview and everything. He will be baptized on Saturday at 4. I will be baptizing him and Elder [Name Withheld] will be doing the confirmation the next day. We did service for this older lady, that is absolutely crazy. We rearranged her apartment with this a priest. She told us that she prayed to mother marry and she believes in bunch of crazy things. The priest totally rebuked her. He is a powerful teacher. It was an experience. We found another less-active. On Saturday night we had a lesson fall through, so I felt like we should try to find this one less-active in a place called [Name Withheld]. We were trying to get a new less-active for the week. So, as we were walking this guy called out to us. He told us that he like Joseph smith. Then he started to tell us that he and Joseph smith were homies. I thought Joseph smith has been dead for a very long time. Then I thought to myself, " wait a minute, there is a person in the ward named Joseph [Name Withheld] smith". I told him "do you mean Joseph [Name Withheld] Smith". He said "yes that is the person that I am talking about". He then told us that he was a member of the church. So, we looked at the ward directory and sure enough his records were there. The only thing that was different was his address, which would of made it extremely difficult to find him with out this experience. All and all, we got a return appointment with him and a less active found. We had a lot of good lesson this past week. We have quite a few appointment this week. When you work hard, Blessings come.
Oh those crazy Catholics and their kooky beliefs. That's one thing that drove me nuts about Mormons. They mock others for praying to Mary, while they themselves believe in lucky charms like seer stones and demon resistant underwear.
"We were trying to get a new less-active for the week."
Have to bag our quota, one less-active each week.
Legal size is 9 years, otherwise we have to throw them back.
I have a feeling I'm on the Sister Missionaries "Less Active List"
They appear on my door on Sunday nights about every two months.
When I was missionary we had little books that we could write down. Don't visit this guy. He's armed and dangerous. They don't seem to let them do that anymore.
"We were trying to get a new less-active for the week."
"Have to bag our quota, one less-active each week."
That really says a lot: few, if any, non-Mormons will listen to the missionaries, so they spend their time doing "busy work" of visiting inactives. But very few of those inactives will ever return and become productive members, and the missionaries get no "stat" credit for visiting inactives. The bottom line being, the church is sending out more missionaries, and at a younger age, but many of them are just wasting their time.
So, is this part of missionary work all over now, seeking out inactive members? Why? It's not like these people don't know where the church is located. So glad I resigned, and I would be extremely irritated if I had missionaries trying to reactivate me!
I would think that moving boxes of books would be more fun than endlessly searching for someone willing to be preached to.
I have heard some pretty crazy names that Mormons name their children. Things from the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and church history. But I think the name "Joseph Smith" takes the prize.
"I have heard some pretty crazy names that Mormons name their children. Things from the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and church history. But I think the name "Joseph Smith" takes the prize."
I dunno, I think that "Mahonri Moriancumr" would rank right up there. :-)