Okay. 22 minutes left. What a crazy long long long week it has been. I guess we shall start with bad news first. :) So Keith. He has been up and down up and down up and down all week. I can' t handle it anymore. We chewed tobacco again and we tried to build his confidence up again and it was only working a little bit. He chewed again a couple days later (wednesday). we went over to see what was wrong and got his confidence up a little bit again. Only this time it did not last long because we were over at their house again that night. We found out the reason why he chewed. He said that he could not handle the pressure of people being at his baptism. WHAT?!? He chewed because he didn't want people to be at his baptism. Totally fixable. So now he is trying to build himself up again after he did a whole week without chewing tobacco. Oi. But Friday he was kind of in the dumps again because Preident Glende said he sould wait til sept 4th to be baptized but he agreed with it. Then Saturday came along and it was amazing at first. We had a really good testimony meeting with them, the Emerson Family. The spirit was so strong and keith had a great testimony to share. He knows the gospel is true. They went with us a lesson and we talked about family history and baptisms for the dead. He did not agre with it apparently. He thinks that men can be baptized for men and women. Not just men for men. Well, we asked him to pray about it and he said he would not because he had to much on his plate. So, we were frustrated with him. That night I prayed that keith would go into the Lord's hands. We have done all that we could do for him and now it is up to the Lord. Sunday came and Keith did not come to church. We visited with them twice that day. And we did not address the situation about him not coming to church. We thought he needed space. They thought they offended us somehow when we left so we went back a couple hours later and then we discussed why we were so standoffish that day. We came up with a compromise with Keith. Keith does not do well with pressure. So, keith asked that he not have a baptism date and that he needed to tackle one problem at a time. That was tobacco. So now, keith does not have a baptism date and we are now going with the flow with him. However hard he wants to push himself, is how hard we will give him encouraging words. We hope we will do good.
That was pretty much the only bad thing this week. I don't look forward to answering the phone now when keith calls because it is always something negative but it is going to be a better week with him I believe. We went to the Douglas' house this week and their house is usually messy messy messy. But when we went over, it was imaculately clean. Really clean. It was amazing the difference. They are a less-active members. Christopher is mentally handicapped but has such a testimony of the gospel. He holds his scriptures carefully. It is almost like he is cradleing a baby. He is tackling chwing tobbaco too and he is down to one dip a day which is awesome! He strives to be clean enough to go to the temple and recieve those blessings there. He is amazing.
8 min. I will tell you a funny story about Marie next week. I hope I don't forget but it was a hilarious story at least to me. I will now tell you a funny story about Tracting. We had the best door approach ever!!! We knock on the door and a girl maybe 8 or 9 answers and we ask if her mom or dad was home. She immidately says, "My dad's dead but my mom is home. MOM!!!" Hahahaha. I was laughing so hard in my head. Not at the fact that her dad is dead but at the fact that she would say that. It just caught us totally of guard. We also said under our breath as the girl went to get her mom, "Thankyou for giving us our door approach." We talked about Families are forever. :) The mother did not answer but the daughter, who I think is 21, answered. Her name is Jenna. She explained why her mom couldn't come to the door. The mom has almost no nerve in her ankle so she can't flex her foot. But Jenna was so receptive to our message and we got a new investigator!!!! A new seeker for the truth. We are hoping that we can get her whole family now. :) Jenna is just a wonderful person and she sincerely thanked us for going out in hot weather and sharing such wonderful news. I am excited to go and teach her and her family. :)
Well, time to go now. I love you all very much. Have a very exciting fun filled week. :) Love you!!!!
Amanda
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