This week we did a lot of searching for the lost sheep or in other words we were contacting a lot. It´s interesting to see when the Lord has prepared someone to hear the message of the restoration of the gospel and to see those who aren´t quite ready to give up the things of the world and come unto Christ.
On Wednesday I believe it was, we were down contacting in this area when we´ve only been a few times and weren´t having any luck. We contacted house after house and we weren´t getting anything. It was getting pretty late and we were pretty far from the house so we decided to start making our way back towards the house when my comp went to this house to contact it. The door was closed which we usually don´t contact the houses with the doors closed because whenever people are home here they always leave the front door open. This older lady came out and we told her who we were and that we wanted to share a message with her and she invited us in. We were inside teaching her when her daughter and friend came in and were like, "wow Mormons." Apparently they´d both talked to missionaries before and were super surprised that the mom let us in because normally she won´t let anyone in. We retaught the message of the restoration with them to refresh their minds on what they had learned years before and the spirit was so strong! They were all super interested and participated a bunch in the lesson. This week we´re going back to teach them again and i´m sure that it´s gonna be another awesome experience!
One of the big things we´ve also been working on lately is searching for and reactivating the less-active members. One of the points of the gospel that i think a lot of people don´t realize here is the part about enduring to the end. So we´ve been trying to work with the members of the ward to help us find those who have fallen away and get them coming out again. The emphasis has been every member a missionary and that´s what our goal is so that we can all, not just the missionaries, help others to come unto Christ and stay active. So I guess what I´m sayin is if any of you know of someone who is less-active, do what you can to get them coming to church again! So that they can receive the blessings that come from our Father in Heaven which come from being active and faithful to His will.
well that´s all from me this week hope you all have a great week! love you all!
Elder Westwood
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