Pretty
good week. Some funny stories! First i went on exchanges with Elder
Sandberg, and that was awesome, we had a great time telling stories and
whatnot. He's a great guy. I also got to play with fire while I was
there, so Elder Chauncey had a lighter on his desk, so I took it, and
started just burning a bunch of trash and whatnot by the sink, it was
super lit (ha puns). Another thing I learned is that evidently
missionaries can't have girls friended on Facebook except for family
members, so I had to unfriend...39 people, yay me
We didn't have much luck teaching tho, cuz we'd call a bunch of people,
walk an hour to there place to them find out the address doesn't exist,
or other things like that (but mostly just that). OH!!! So on Friday
Elder Makakane and I are walking to an appointment, and some guy comes
up and is like "aye you guys are Mormon, I got a few questions for you",
so that turned into an hour and a half sorta bible bash on the side of
the rode. It was funny cuz everything he said we had scripture, and
other things, but he was so driven to prove us wrong he wasn't really
willing to accept any new information. It was an interesting experience
for sure, and he was respectful so that was nice, he was just not
willing to learn, he just wanted to prove himself right. Then the next
day some drunk guy with his gang on the side of the rode starts yelling
"hey how many wives do y'all have!" We told him we didn't have any and
that we can only have one wife when we're married, so I was glad we
could clear that upthen
he starts yelling at us saying that we are adding onto the bible, and
how that's a sin. My companion then explained that the Book of Mormon
doesn't add to the bible because it's a separate testimony of Jesus
Christ, and also that that verse from Revelations was written simply
pertaining to the Book of revelations, not the bible as a whole, and
gave some other scriptures to back that up. Then he goes "oh I guess
that it is true" then he goes on this big rant, cuz of how drunk he was,
about how he just wants to tell people to know for themselves the truth
and all this other stuff, and we kinda had to walk away because we knew
it wasn't going anywhere.
Anyway I know this church is true, it brings me and everyone I've met
more peace and joy then comes from any other source, because it's Jesus
Christ's church, and I love that I get to go out and share this
knowledge with everyone. I know that through Christ and his loving
atonement we can be clean and pure to one day stand before God. Love
and miss all y'all!
-Elder Carlson
Pics descriptions:
1-6. Me playing with fire
7. A quote I really like
8-12. Some drawings I've been working on these past few weeks
13. A Hawaiian necklace my companion got me
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