Dear Family and Friends.
I am so
happy, I mean super ecstatic to write all of you and share the
happenings of the little quite town of Crete, but I err. The train is
pretty loud and obnoxious at
4:00 in the morning.
Well this week in the concern of individual days, I will not share much
but I will share the awesomeness of three investigators. So I will start
with a woman named Mary.
Mary is a nice older lady who
is Catholic by birth but has never gone to church. When the Elders
found her she was, as she said, "looking for something" and so after a
bit we got her to a member's house. She doesn't know her directly, but
almost everyone in town does know of her, her kindness and
awesomeness. Well we got in to a lesson with her and we decided to make
it a little more conversation-like. We taught her about the cool
principles of the Gospel Faith, Jesus Christ and His Atonement. It
was so powerful and we all shared heartfelt testimony, and thoughts. She was able to open up a little and have a good time with us. She was
smiling and making jokes occasionally. When we finished the lesson she
said, "Now don't you forget to come visit with me boys, because I have
been looking for something and
tonight
I feel like I have found it." Well when we visited with her the next
day she again told us, " I feel lighter and happier and like everything
will be okay. When I saw my doctor/psychiatrist this morning he said I
seemed to be lighter and happier too." She is starting to find her way
to the rod, as described in Lehi's dream, and soon she will be at the
fruit.
Next is Dustin. We met with Dustin once during
the week. The other Elders had gone to his church and so now he was
going to come to ours. As we talked he expressed general concerns
about churches and their view on the gifts of the spirit and receiving
the gift of tongues. He also raised a question in which I loved the way
Elder Kummerman answered it, it was: I don't think I can believe a golden
book and only he could see it and some more stuff like that, that only
one man had these revelations. Well I love the response: well Moses talked
to God in a burning bush and only one man received revelations and the
whole nation was to believe what he said.
So Dustin was like, "good point" and I was like, "ya". Well then he came to church on Sunday,
and he loved the services. He was like, "I love how everything is so
family focused and oriented; How you teach, and I loved the classes. The last one I was kind of zoning out but it was still great." We then
had a lesson later that day at his house and we are beginning the
missionary lessons again, focusing on families as that is his main
concern and he loved it. We haven't quite set a return appointment but
he said, "I want to bring my wife and kids." So I am super excited for them
to come and to learn, and to feel of the Spirit.
Last but not least Eric. He is a cross country runner and track runner
at our Doane College in Crete. He is a super cool guy. I have only
taught him once, but it was fun. He is very open to learning and sharing
different ideas. I asked him if he was still pondering baptism, and he
said, "Yep, I still have a few things I need to thin about." I was like,
"Okay, sweet." That was Friday,
and well last night he texts us out of the blue, "I want to be baptized
and I have a date. Can we meet tommorow night?" Well It was super cool
and exciting. I can't wait to talk to him
tonight
and help him get to that final point. I love you all and I know this
gospel is true, and it truly is worth it to give up two years of your
life.
Love Logan Joseph Draper
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