(15 September 2008)

Dear Family and Friends, (15 September 2008)

This week we started doing service at center for adult disabled people. We plan to do it each week. It was quite an interesting experience. The place is called Broken Wings and it’s a place where disabled adults can go to do activities. It’s basically just so that they don’t have to stay at home doing nothing. We were there just to be their friends, and to help them with their activities if they needed it. Most of them were doing bead work while we were there, they did some singing also.
We’ve received a couple new investigators this week. One was a man named Corne and his family. We taught him and his wife the Restoration. I believe he is seeking truth. After the lesson he asked what the difference would be if he left his church to come to ours or if he just stayed in his church. We told him that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has the fullness of the Gospel and that if he joined Christ true church then he would be able to obtain the fullness of joy here in this life. We didn’t want to make him feel pressured. He did say that he would pray about our message, and he is willing to have us teach him more.
We had lunch with Stuart Harris this week. He took us to a nice restaurant and we were able to become friends more. We didn’t really get a chance to teach him, but he said that we can teach him next week. He told us that he’s a guy who likes to really read and digest what he is reading. He hadn’t finished reading the Restoration pamphlet that we gave him, but he said he would by this upcoming week.
Ralph is coming along. He told us that it’s best to address those things that make us different and then there can be a slide of beliefs. He is still having trouble with accepting the fact that the Book of Mormon is a separate book from the Bible. We read a little out of it with him, and he says he agrees with the passages. Ralph is a real nice guy. He is going to feed us dinner next of next week, on the 26th. He even offered to take us fishing.
Now all we need to do is hold on to these investigators that we are meeting and help them progress in the knowledge of and commitment to God. None of our investigators came to church this week. We are thinking of going to the Kirchmann’s home early on Sunday to wake them up. We didn’t think we would have to this week, but it looks like we will have to start doing that. One way we’ve tried to build our relationship with the Kirchmanns is by making them cookies. We did that this week, and they really enjoyed them. I hope my letters are easy to follow, and not too long and boring. I love the Gospel!

Elder Lane