This week has been a roller coaster. Here's a surprise...J is getting baptized on Saturday!! As long as there isn't too much opposition from her husband. Ohh I want her to have this so badly. She's a kingdom builder. As we taught her the law of tithing this week, she asked how she can still pay it even though she doesn't have an income. We explained it's only a tithe on her increase and she said she needs the blessings that come from it. She is going to be ok for a long long time.
We met with J&S and had such a sickening conversation with S about the weakness of the flesh and basically his indesire (uhh I don't know the opposite of desire) to repent and let the gospel change him. It sounded exactly like 2 Nephi 28:8. Such a misunderstanding of the Atonement and what our Saviour really suffered for. He gave us the freedom and power to change, not to be ruled by the flesh and other circumstances around us. Sure, we still will fail sometimes, but we have to at least try.
We visited a less-active family that we've been seeing a few times and shared the Restoration with them again. THEY CAME TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY. The first time in years. My heart almost jumped out of my body.
MS is a new investigator who we met on a bus. Sister Song sat next to him and talked a little bit about the gospel and invited him to church. He came! And brought a friend! The amazing part is the SMS that we got from his mom after she picked him up from church. She told us that he came from a broken family and needed love and she was grateful for what we were trying to share with him. Then she asked us to save him. This from his Buddhist mother. WOW. We met with him on Monday and taught about Heavenly Father and as we were talking about how he felt about it, he said, "Great. That means I do have a father." Oh my heart. I love being a missionary.
A friend of a member in Butterworth also came to church on Sunday. N. She's from Indonesia and she's adorable. We sat down with her before church and before we even taught her anything really, we felt like she just needed to hear about baptism. So...she's on date for 5 May and excited to meet with us every Wednesday night to prepare for that.
The not-so-fun parts of this week...I was attacked by a Buddhist monk from Brooklyn yesterday. We were talking to people in a mall and he came up and just started verbally abusing us. To the point that Sister Song sms'd the elders to get someone to call us so we could get out. He caught that part and was so awful about it. I just stood there through it all. Man I felt so sad for him. Obviously hasn't found nirvana yet. He even shouted something about my mother as we walked away after telling him we weren't looking to argue. Grow up, man. Then today...as we were teaching our investigator on her break at work...same thing happened, this time coming from her boss. Man he had some crazy anti-Mormon stuff. I think the annoying part about him and the monk both was that they told me I didn't know my own beliefs and I needed to re-evaluate my decisions. It felt so good to just stand my ground and calmly tell them I knew exactly what I'm doing and I know what I believe and I hope they can come to understand it also someday. I really do believe it all. I know it's true. It was fine. Just annoying. Some people...
I don't have time for anymore. I love you all and hope you have a great week! Happy half-birthday to me on Saturday! :) You all can celebrate if you want.
So much love,
Sister Norton
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