Week 6

Hello My Family!

Wow.. This Wednesday will mark my 1 month mark being out here in Iowa! Soooo crazy! Time fly's when your spreading the word..!

I want to start of with a quick awesome story that happened on friday night.. We met this 23 year old kid named David who lives with his aunt.. and we went over to his house to teach them. They house was seriously imbedded(dont know how to spell that) with smoke.. So crazy.. We began to teach them and they had the usual questions like "so how many wives do you have back at home?" and "do you have magic underwear on?" and all the typical questions people ask us. hahah.. We broke into the first lesson and their whole perspective about the mormon church changed! BIG TIME! they loved us.. and they want us back over.. They both said that they wouldnt be baptized or anything.. BUt they want to learn more.. so who knows.. The holy ghost can soften their hearts over time!

Another quick story.. We are teaching this lady named Lorie. She actually has had a baptismal date before but got way scared and backed out. the boyfriend she had at the time also told her a bunch of stuff that wasnt true and she believed him! But now she's got a new guy she's dating and she is proabaly going to be baptized! her mom is a convert to the church as of 7 years ago and wants her to be baptized soo badly! So be praying for lorie! :) she's a great lady!

So yesterday.. Sunday.. was a pretty tough day.. We had 7 solid investigators commit to come to church. WE had arranged rides for those who needed rides.. and everything was perfect. Me and Elder Ferrin arrived extra early to make sure everything was going to be good.. As people started filing in.. Not a single one of our investigators came!! And then on top of the 7 people.. We had 3 less active families that we thought for sure would be coming! We brought the spirit so strong into there homes and they were soo excited about coming to church but none of them showed! I was fighting back tears in sacrament meeting. I had never felt so unrewarded for such hard work. But then i realized that it is not mine and elder ferrins fault. We did everything we could to get them to come to church. And they didnt show. And thats all we can do. The spirit helped me to kno that everything would be ok if i turned around and worked just as hard the next week! :)

I love you all so much!

Love elder russell