Another week down! (thats gewd and bad)
So, here in Franklin, it is very hard to get new people to teach. Everyone is always "set in their ways" and don't want to talk to us. We have been struggling on finding people to teach. Yesterday we taught our first real sit down lesson in someone's home since like 2 weeks ago. So here is the story...
So about 3 weeks ago, we were walking down this road and we hear, "Hey guys wait up!" and we look back and John Doe (like 35 asian male dude) is walking towards us. We contacted him about 5 weeks ago, and he comes up to us and starts to say how he has to go to rehab because he is always drinking and smoking. So we tell him about the addiction recovery class which are on thursdays.
So that was 3 weeks ago, and he hasn't come to one class. Saturday night he texts us at midnight, "Hey guys. It's John. Are yall awake?" Of course we weren't... I was in a coma or something haha. So after church we go over to his apartment and see how he is doing. He invites us in, and we meet his sister and mother. He gives us a coke and some banana nut bread (super tasty haha) and we take a seat on the floor.
Somehow we just started talking about the Book of Mormon, and he jsut opened up on how he was locked up in jail for like 3 years if you put all the time together. He said while in jail he had nothing to do, so he read the Bible, and his eyes were opened. He said that he was in there for drunk driving, so he had a misdemeanor, but they put him in with the people who had felonies. So he said he was really scared. He said that God protected him in there, because I guess he said he could have gotten killed or beaten up pretty bad, but he was always protected. Then once he got out, he went right back to his old ways and lost that path he was on.
I told him after he said that, that there was no coincidence that he called to us that one day, and there is no coincidence that we are sitting on his floor talking to him. That this is what God wants him to hear, and this is how he can get back on that path he felt he was on in jail while reading the Bible. We soft committed him to baptism, basically he said if he finds out its true he will get baptized. So we were wayyy happy about that lesson. He told us that we are always welcome at his home, and that he will always be there for us.
Then like 2 hours after that lesson he texts us saying that he knows we are missionaries but we are still people too, and if we ever need to talk to someone that we can talk to him because we are friends. haha. He is just an AWESOME person. Man, I have never seen someone pick up what we say so fast. We told him to read some verses, and he was like, "Oh I get it... its saying... " and I was like holy crap that is better then I could say it. It was nuts. Best lesson I've had on my mission. OH and the BEST part was after the lesson John was like "So what do I do next?? Like what do you guys want me to do?" I was like well... get baptized, get married, go to the temple, no just kidding I didnt say that. :)
He set up the appt for tomorrow at 8pm and we have a member going with us. So he is prolly going to get baptized! hahaha. So its been a good week. I hope yall have had a good week, and hopefully this upcoming week will be good! I love yall! Stay safe! And smile bcuz we are mormon :D <----- big smile! haha
peace out girl scouts
Elder Cawley
P.S. So I forgot to mention that on May 20th, we had Jason Deeres band... they are called "The Nashville Tribuite Band" come to our stake center, he is the one that did the Trek cd and the Joseph Smith cd. And he is coming out with a new cd called The Work. Its based on missionaries. The lady who plays Emma in the Prophet of the Restoration movie was there in the band. Due west ( famous country band) was there. And they are all members. So our whole mission was invited. They performed 2 days in a row Friday and Saturday. It was soo good. OH and on June 13th, its Mormon Night at the Sounds Stadium! President is throwing the first pitch, and 50 missionaries are singing the national anthem. The whole mission is invited! And its the day before transfers... so Prez will pick up the new missionaries and go straight to a ball game! hahahahaha. So funny!
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