HOLA HOLA! so this weekly email will
be super short because of Memorial Day mixing things up. So Dayton is quite the
ghetto, lots of crime down there. Lots of people tell us to be careful down
there so we don't linger around when it gets dark. We see remnants of newly
torched homes every week. Fantastic right? But I know Heavenly Father hears all
of our prayers and I know we're protected so long as we don't do anything dumb.
(so don't worry mom :) God's got my back) But down in Dayton we met this Biker
lady, she's hard core, bandana, Harley Davidson set of wheels and everything.
She wasn't interested but she was telling us about this Heavy Metal Church of
Christ. I thought it was Hilarious. They read from the Bible and then have
breaks to drink a beer, smoke a cigarette, rock out to some heavy tunes and
then dive back into the good word. I guess whatever you got to do you got to
do. The world is a pretty crazy place. Lots of wacky ideas. What a blessing it
is for us to have the foundation of pure and simple truths in our lives.
But we're finding new investigators.
One of them is named Julio. He had talked a little with the missionaries in
Mexico but has lived in Ohio the past 4 years. We taught him the restoration
last night. Elder Brown began teaching about Joseph Smith when he paused,
thought to himself, then asked me to proceed with Joseph's story. Somehow we
both knew that I needed to deliver the story of Joseph Smith's first vision to
Julio. My heart was beating a little bit, which was unusual because we've
taught this a million times. But by revelation confirmed throughout the earlier
parts of our visit we somehow both knew that I specifically needed to deliver
the first vision to him. I did so and the spirit testified to us all of the
reality of Joseph's vision. Everyone felt the spirit's presence. It was pretty
powerful. I don't know exactly why I was the one who needed to teach the first
vision to him but I know that it will be a valuable experience for Julio to
remember in the future. We teach him again next Tuesday. I'm excited about it.
LES AMO!
