Hello all,
First of all, I want to share an experience we had this last week.
In January, we passed by this one house looking for an old investigator. It turned out to be the wrong address, but we contacted the person that lived there anyway. She accepted a return visit. We passed by various times during the week, ever since January. We couldn´t get a hold of her until this last week. She thanked us for passing by so much and received us in her home. We started to explain our purpose as missionaries and what she can expect and gain by hearing the gospel message. She started to cry, and she told us ´Before you arrived I was about to do something really foolish and bad, but you arrived just in time and I didn´t do it. You are my salvation.´ She has a lot of needs, but the kinds of needs that are satisfied by the gospel. She is a single mother who is struggling to raise her 13-year-old son. That experience made the whole week worth it. Sometimes we are out here tracting and contacting people in the street, with lots of excuses, lies, pretexts, and doors slammed in the face (we had plenty of those this week too). Sometimes it gets pretty depressing, but when we find that one person, it makes to whole week worth it.
I´m grateful to be here. I´m learning so many things, gaining so many valuable experiences, losing weight (lost 48 pounds since leaving home). There is nothing better that I could be doing.
Love you all.
Elder Bunker
