Hello All!
How was everybody's mother's day? I hope that it was just grand. Ours was delightful. I am so very grateful for all you mother's out there and everything that you do to raise and help with all children, not just your own. Keep up the good work.
It was a pretty good week, although we are having a little bit of trouble meeting with our investigators, especially those that were left by the other missionaries. We have been able to set a few appointments with them, however. Hopefully they will go through and we will be able to help them progress.
We had a great experience on Monday. We were tracting and saw a man working on a bike in his garage. We offered our help and he said something that we didn't understand. We again asked him if he needed help and realized that he could not speak English. We then just started to help him. We worked in almost complete silence for about 20 minutes on this bike, and when we had finished, we handed him a pass-a long card with a picture of the Savior. He was very grateful for that. He tried to say something right before we left, but we both just looked at each other, looked at him, all three of us
shrugged our shoulders, shook hands, and we then went on our way. I thought it amazing how even though we could not speak the same language, we didn’t need to. Our actions did the talking for us. What an amazing experience.
Our new investigators (Leann, Lee, and Dan) all have great potential. Two of them were out of town last weekend, so we couldn't meet with them or get them to church, but we will keep trying. That is one of our goals for the transfer - to focus on getting people to come to church. We are working on that. We have met quite a few of the members as well and we hope to get them more involved in the work. We have made some plans to contact them personally and ask for referrals, ask them to accompany us to appointments, and to be willing to fellowship our investigators and make them feel welcome at church and such. Miracles can and will happen.
This church is true. I am so very grateful for that. This is an exciting time of year, with school ending and summer starting. Have fun, but don't lose sight of what is important. Never forget what you know. And always, ALWAYS remember that Christ loves you and that he has a way for you to live with him again. I love you and miss you all!!! Have A Great Day!!!
Your Obedient Servant,
Elder Austin James Ashcraft
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