Hello!
This week was a great one! Yes the weeks are flying by, but that is because
every day just gets better and better! Everything in Tabor City is going well. I
still love everyone here. Elder Persinger and I spoke in Sacrament meeting.
Elder Persinger did a wonderful job! He spoke about how one of God's favorite
things to do is be merciful, especially to those who least expect it. He shared
some stories from his life and had a very powerful talk. I spoke on missionary
work and how when our understanding of the Atonement increases, our desire to
share the gospel will also increase. It went pretty well and one thing is for
certain- the spirit was very strong in that Sacrament meeting.
We had a variety of great experiences this week. We were trying to contact
a former investigator and decided to knock of a few doors around her apartment
to find someone who would let us in. The first door we knocked on was M--'s.
She is in her 20's and has 2 little kids who were a lot of fun! Unfortunately we
were not able to go inside because there was not another man home, but we did
get to have a good conversation with her about the gospel. She seemed very
excited to talk to us, so did her kids! We are really excited to be able to
teach her this upcoming week! After we were done talking to her, we knocked on
the next door. The first thing that the man said when he opened the door was
"come on in!" We were surprised but did just that. Turns out that he is a
Catholic priest/monk named Father W--. He is a very nice man, we had a good
conversation with him about the church and also about his beliefs. He is not
Roman Catholic but is Anglican. There is not a lot of local members of the
church here close, so he does a lot of his "church and work" via Skype and
phone. He was very thankful for the time we were able to talk with him. We
invited him to come to church with us, and HE DID! It was awesome. It was funny
to see peoples reactions when they saw him come in his priest clothing (I can't
remember what they are called). He said that he really enjoyed it. We hope he
comes again.
It rained a lot this week. We were driving home on a particularly long day
of work and it was pouring, and pouring rain. Right as we were about to get
home, we saw a lady on the road trying to clear the road of some tree branches
that had fallen. We got out to help here and shared a little bit about what we
do as missionaries. Hopefully we will be able to teach her soon, but if not it
was a great opportunity to help someone in the rain that night.
The Christmas season has been great so far! We have a Christmas multi zone
conference up in Fayetteville tomorrow that I am really excited for! Brother
Warren is going to be going with us to that! Elder Persinger and I have been
taking the opportunity to sing Christmas carols to the people we visit. Everyone
really enjoys it when we do that and it is a good way that we can bring the
spirit into peoples homes. I am very grateful to have a companion who can sing!
Work with the members here in Tabor City is doing well. Our branch mission
leader was gone this week though. He is in his 50's and has a great family. We
are still trying to get in to teaching the part member families. I'm not sure
exactly why a lot of them have not joined. There is a lot of anti-Mormon views
out here. Not everyone has them but a lot of people have some very false ideas
about the church. The people here are very very nice, but are oftentimes closed
minded when it comes to religion.
Well, thank you so much for writing. I hope y'all have a great week
preparing for Christmas and everything else. I pray for you often and am very
thankful for your support.
Love Elder Mortensen
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