Hello Family and Friends,
Long time no see, how's everyone doing? We had our preparation day switched to today, because monday was a holiday, and president Mutombo likes us to work on holidays, and yesterday was zone conference. So here we are preparation day on a wednesday, it's a little weird, but here we go!
This week has had a lot of little testimony builders were some nights all of our lessons would fall through, but something would happen and we would be right were the Lord needed us.
Like yesterday after zone conference, due to the messed up bus system yesterday, my companions bus pass not working, having to find a store we could find change at to buy a pas pass, to taking a really slow bus ride, we didn't get back to our area till pretty late. We had one lesson set up for 7:00 and our other appointments fell through. So we went to our one lesson with a returning member who hasn't been to church in a really long time. We usually go over every tuesday and our lessons are spiritual and then we try to extend an invitation and she rarely keeps them. But we learned in our zone conference the importance of following the steps in preach my gospel found in chapter 11. So we decided to put that into practice and it we had a miracle. We taught her the doctrine and importance of the sacrament and extended the invitation to come to church, promised the blessings of the sacrament, and testified to her of our testimonies of the sacrament. She then thought a little bit, went on a small rant, and then waited a moment, and said "The spirit told me I needed to go to church! And I'll be there on Sunday!" I almost flipped out because we dont know how long it's been since she has attended church, maybe even longer than a year, but it was so cool and so spiritual. And then best part is shes coming with her husband whi we wre also teaching!
Then we left her house and had no plans but we trusted in the Lord and let him direct his night for us. We felt prompted to stop by another family we are teaching, no answer. We then felt prompted to stop by another house and we knocked and he opened. He was on a video chat with his "lady friend" we are also teaching. Apparently she just went into the hospital and he wants us to go with him to visit her one day this week!
We then were feeling pumped and we contacted this man on the street who is literally so cool. He asked us if we were missionaries and then he said that he and his friend want to become missionaries too. We got his contact information and all 3 of his facebooks (because for some reason Latinos like to have a lot) and have an appointment with him tomorrow afternoon! The best part was when we came home that night I was looking through his profiles and he posts lots and lots of bible verses, and then one that was posted the day we met him was James 1:5! It was so so cool!
Funnies:
1. Met a man on the bus who said he was heading out to west baltimore for his job. When I asked him what he did, he said that you could call him a salesman of sorts...
2. We were walking in the street one day and I went up to contact a man who was standing between two cars with his back to me, as I went up, I saw water running down by his foot, and realized that this man was peeing in the street. So I called an immediate abort mission and made a 180 and walked away from him. My companion who didn't know what I was doing, tried to go up and contact him. I couldn't yell at him and tell him not to go over there. So I had to get creative with my hand signals, but he finally understood and we walked away without contacting the peeing man. But just imagine if you saw us, and black man peeing in the street with 3 white teenagers standing behind him trying to act out that this man was peeing! Hahahah
3. We met Richard again in the street, the homeless man we helped push his wife up a hill in a wheelchair about 3 weeks ago. But he was with some other dude who was asking us questions, but was really trying to bash us. But after a little bit, Richard yelled at him, "These are my brothers, shut up Satan! Shut up!" And then anytime his friend tried to talk again, Richard yelled even louder, "Shut up Satan!" It was pretty funny and we eventually just walked away, but we know that Richard has out back!
4. We had a 3 week meeting this past week and afterwards President Mutombo took us all home. We fit 5 elders and 2 sisters is his Toyota Highlander, so it was pretty tight. But luckily I got to sit up front and be President Mutumbo's co-pilot! He was rocking some nice aviators and we just were able to talk for about 2 hours because the traffic was so bad! But he is so funny and I love him so much!
I love you all and I hope all of you have a great week! Catch yall on Monday!
Elder Jorgensen
1. Me and Bruce Lee at graffiti alley
2. Graffiti alley again
3. May or may not have been pulled over by a cop while we were with a member. All is good, just a warning!
