Doctrinal Pursuits

So no news from the other Elder Heperi yet, huh? That´s cool that he called you guys from the airport, why didn´t I think of that?

This week was a week of finding a bunch of new people. As the are always difficulties getting people to go to church, we went back to the old strategy of finding the house that´s closest to the church and try there. And, what do you know, there turned out to be a family there interested. A young couple named Cle... and Tat..., along with their 3 little kids. Cle... was really interested, and had a lot of questions. He said that he´s always belonged to some evangelical church ever since he was a kid, and always wanted to follow a correct doctrine. As he put it “We always followed all the things that my pastor told me, even the parts when he said that I can´t play soccer or wear shorts, or that my wife can´t use make-up, cut her hair, or use jewelry. Sometimes she´d want to try a different hairstyle or use some make-up to go out, and I´d always tell her: No way honey, we´ve got to follow the doctrine!” Anyway, he said that recently, his pastor decided that suddenly everything that was “sin” is now ok, and Cle... started praying to find some direction and what he should do. He understood really well (Tat... too, but the kids started fighting and she had to go take care of that and missed a part of the message) and understood the 1st Vision better than anyone that I´ve seen in a long time. He´s willing to follow, and as he put it “If I find out that all of this that you´re telling me is true, then I´m in. I´ll be baptized.” Sweet, no?

On the other hand, we´re still working with Ad... and Luc..., the young couple who have more problems in their marriage than this country has beans. We´re taking our ward mission leader and his wife with us to the next visit to see if they can help them resolve their conflicts. Luc... said that she´d love to be baptized, just that he doesn´t want to resolve their differences so that they can get married. He goes to church with her, but he has yet to even pick up the Book of Mormon. It´s weird, because sometimes the way that he acts and makes decisions is like a little kid, even though he´s 27. They don´t have any electricity in the house because they´re behind on their energy bills, but when we showed up for visit and he said “Hey, check out my new phone” and showed us phone that is an mp3, and lets him watch TV. Anyway, I think that he needs to wake up a little.

In other news, this past week or so there has been a mailman strike around here, so I haven´t been able to send out any letters to anybody. I don´t know if the strike is over yet, and it´s a bit annoying.

I think that´s all from me.

´till next time.

Excelcior!

-Hlder =w= Eeperi