Monday, April 30, 2012

4-30-12 Coming down the home stretch!



4-30-12
HELLO FAMILY!!
I WAS SUPPOSED TO SEND THE ZONE'S NUMBERS TODAY, BUT I WILL MAKE MY COMP DO IT SO I CAN READ YOUR EMAIL TUDINHO!!! HAHA
THIS WEEK WAS UNBELIEVABLE, AS TOM'S SALES PARTNERS FROM APEX WOULD SAY. WE ACTUALLY DID SEE THE HAND OF THE LORD IN A FEW INSTANCES, BUT STILL NOT ANY FRUITS WITH INVESTIGATORS. WE DID HELP A FEW LESS ACTIVES THAT HADN'T BEEN TO CHURCH FOR A WHILE TO GO TO CHURCH, AND TO MARK WITH THE BISHOP TO BE ABLE TO RETURN AND GET CALLINGS, SO AT LEAST SOMETHING VISIBLY GOOD HAPPENED.
 
SO MONDAY WE WERE FRUSTRATED AND DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO VISIT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY INVESTIGATORS, SO WE PRAYED TO KNOW WHERE TO GO. WHEN WE WERE PRAYING I THOUGHT OF AN OLDER MEMBER LADY THAT WE HAD NEVER VISITED, THAT IS ALWAYS HAPPY AT CHURCH, BUT WHO PROBABLY HASN'T WORKED WITH THE MISSIONARIES LATELY. WHEN WE GOT TO HER HOUSE (WHERE SHE LIVES ALONE) SHE WAS ABOUT TO START HER FHE--- ALONE. SO SHE WAS SUPER HAPPY WE CAME AND WE DID A FAMILY NIGHT WITH HER ABOUT MISSIONARY WORK, AND SHE GAVE US SOME GREAT REFERENCES OF SOME PEOPLE AT WORK. WE THEN LEFT, AND SHE WALKED DOWN THE STREET WITH US INTRODUCING US TO ALL OF HER NEIGHBORS!! THAT IS THE GOOD PART THAT I REALLY BELIEVE WE WERE LED THERE....
BUT NONE OF HER NEIGHBORS WERE INTERESTED (EXCEPT MAYBE FOR ONE THAT WE WILL GO BACK TO VISIT). THE GIRLS FROM HER WORK WERE VERY CURIOUS AND WE MARKED TO TEACH THEM, BUT WHEN WE WENT THERE TO TEACH THEM IT WAS VERY EVIDENT THAT SOMEONE HAD SAID A BUNCH OF [STUFF] ABOUT THE CHURCH AND THEY MADE UP EXCUSES WHY THEY COULDN'T HEAR US THAT DAY. SUNDAY THEY ALSO DIDN'T GO TO CHURCH, DESPITE HAVING PROMISED THAT THEY WOULD. BUT THEIR MEMBER FRIEND WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEM AND THEY DEFINITELY HAVE POTENTIAL.

WE GOT A FEW OTHER NEW INVESTIGATORS DURING THE WEEK, BUT NONE OF THEM ACTED (READ, PRAY, GO TO CHURCH) ON THE MESSAGE, SO ONCE AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE INVESTIGATORS.

MANY PEOPLE IN THE WARD HAVE TOLD ME THAT [I WILL RECEIVE BLESSINGS LATER  BECAUSE I HAVE SERVED A MISSION] AS THEY HAVE NOTICED THAT WE ARE NOT HAVING ANY SUCCESS (VISIBLY). I REALLY HAVE TRIED, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE BEEN A GOOD  MISSIONARY, BUT I DID WHAT I COULD TO FULFILL MY CALLING AND I GUESS I SHOULDN'T BE DISAPPOINTED WITH THAT. I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO FIND MANY OF THE CONVERTS FROM MY MISSION STILL ACTIVE IN THE CHURCH WHEN WE VISIT THEM NEXT WEEK! BUT UNFORTUNATELY I ALREADY KNOW OF MANY WHO RETURNED TO THEIR PREVIOUS LIVES.

THANK YOU AND LOVE YOU ALL!
LOVE
ELDER HOOKE

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