Family and Friends,
What a crazy week this has been! But it has been absolutely fabulous, definitely one of the best weeks I've had on my mission. Let me give you a play by play real quick
Tuesday- we went on a exchange on the north side of Baltimore. We met some super cool people and got let into some houses! The coolest house was the last one we went into. There was a big old lady with her husband and her two granddaughters. They let us in and we taught them about God and taught them how to pray. It was so cool because neither of the little girls had ever prayed before and hearing them pray for the first time was something special! Also we took a selfie with a drunk guy on his porch (pic below)
Wednesday- I went up to my old area in York and we had a lot of people who just weren't open. And it went on for most of the day but at 8:50 we decided to send it to one last house that was a little far away, but we went because the spirit said so. The lady opened up and she expressed how she had been battling hard core with depression and anxiety, but as we taught her about Christ's love and his Atonement we could see her complexion start to change. We then stopped and asked her how she felt, and she just started to cry. We then testified that she was feeling the spirit and that she could feel the same way if she were to pray and read the book of mormon and exercise her faith by talking with us again. Of course she said yes!
Thursday-
I was over in Lancaster, and the people over there are just the bestest. We were walking and we saw two people sitting on the steps outside their house and so we struck up a conversation. And before we knew it, most of the family came out and we ended up teaching like 7 people right outside their door! We were able to catch up with Allan so that was fun.
Friday- I got to do another Spanish exchange and those are the best. We find the biggest cheat code to the game though. We went into this corner store in Baltimore that had a western Union in it. And as we walked it we looked at the wall and it was full of people who were renting out rooms in their apartments, and all of them were in Spanish. So we snagged like 7 phone numbers and 4 addresses, hahah. Also that night we were walking to to an appointment and we saw a huge group of people outside having a grill we talked to them and they thought we were JW's, but we told then we weren't and they were chill. But we had to go the lesson but on the way back they invited us over to eat with them. And so we sat down, ate with, and taught about 20 Dominicans. It was do much fun!
Saturday: We finished the week strong and with a lot of cool miracles as well. We knocked on a door on a man from Bangladesh and he invited us right in and sat us down at his table to eat. So we are some fish and rice and sauce with out hands. We were also able to introduce him to the Book of Mormon and he was interested! And then that night we had a lesson with someone they were teaching who had gotten into anti. We started answering her questions and then just stopped. And asked her when she talks to us, how does she feel? And when she reads these things on the internet how does she feel? Good feelings come from God and bad ones come from Satan. She finally agreed to come to God or us if she has questions and not the internet!
This week was so good because I've finally got it into my head, what is the worst thing that can happen by me talking to people or knocking on their door? Nothing
Where on the other hand. What's the best thing that can happen? They come unto Christ and receive eternal life
I'll take those odds
Elder Jorgensen
