02/21/11

Dear Family,

It's been a pretty good week. We've been blessed with wonderful people to teach. A couple weeks ago we looked up a former investigator in our area book who was taught by the Elders a couple years ago. She's a sweet older woman named Mary. When Sister Reas and I went to go see her she was excited to have visitors and as we got to know her we learned more about some of the concerns she had when she was taking the lessons with the Elders. She learned a lot from them but felt strongly that what they shared wasn't true and she gave them the Book of Mormon back. Sister Reas and I invited her to learn more but she politely declined and told us we were welcome to come back and visit her.

We waited a week or so and went to see here again this week. We learned a little more about her and then we asked if we could watch a couple videos with her on Mormon.org. The Spirit was great and I could tell He was softening her heart, especially when we watched things that talked about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. After we watched a few videos, Sister Reas and I shared our testimonies with her and we invited her to re-read the Book of Mormon prayerfully. She accepted, and we gave her another copy:)

We were also privileged to meet another older woman when we were knocking doors. Her name is Ellen and she let us right in. She told us a lot about her and she's had wonderful experiences with members throughout her life, and has been to church several times with them. She had nothing but good things to say and she enjoys reading which led her to read the Book of Mormon. She believes it could be true but was never invited or told what to do with that knowledge (until now:). She's interested in having us come back to share more with her and throughout our visit she kept saying: "I'm so glad you stopped by I was feeling really lonely today."

It always feels so good to know that we're in the right place doing the right thing, and I love that we can have that confirmed when we speak to others. The gospel is still and will forever be true. Have a great week.

Love you guys,

Sister Green

P.S. I attached a picture of the Bishop and his family (the Parkers) taken this week at dinner.