Dear Family and Friends,
This week has just been full of many small miracles. Even with having
to drop all of the baptismal dates we had set and also with Ckova and
Christy leaving for their vacation. We have several lessons with them
this past week before the left to go and be with family for the next
month or so. Sadly, I won't be able to see them again as they get back
in late July, but we are going to try having some Skype lessons with
them while they are gone so that they will be on track for baptism
once they get back. We are also going to have missionaries go and
visit with them as well while they are staying with family. I am going
to miss them so much, especially Christy because she just loved
learning about Christ and his teachings. We made sure to play a few
games to keep her entertained and to remember the commandments easier.
The past few weeks we have started tracting again, and last week we
had the commitment to knock 30 doors a day, and this week it is 40
doors. Elder White and I both have a hard time with knocking doors
because neither one of us likes it to much. The reason that tracting
is being brought back in the mission is because too many missionaries
were wasting their time doing activites that weren't effective. To me,
tracting isn't the most effective way at all. It always seems like we
find people who will be willing to listen, and we have such a great
first contact with them. But after that, we are never able to get in
contact with them again, or they never answer the door. We haven't
once yet hit the number of doors that we have been committed to, there
just doesn't seem to be enough time in the day when we have set
teaching appointments and are always biking from one to the next. On
the days that we have tried our best to knock as many doors as
possible, we are able to see many blessings that come from just being
obedient to the mission leaders and trying our best. For example, just
last night we were trying a few potentials but they weren't home, so
we started tracting the complex we were in. I felt like we should
leave and go try somewhere else, and we decided to take the long way
out of the complex. That was when we met Danielle as she was trying to
take groceries into the house with a sick child in her hands. We
stopped immediately and helped her to carry them in, then we taught
her all about the restoration and the Book of Mormon, and now we have
another lesson with her Wednesday afternoon. It is so amazing to see
the hand of the Lord and being an answer to someone's prayers.
Thursday we had interviews with President Cusick. They always go
pretty smoothly, and we didn't really talk about too much since we
will be having more discussions with each other in the next month. I
just love President Cusick and Sister Cusick so much. I am so blessed
to have such great and inspired people who answered the call of the
Lord to serve.
Saturday was a great day. We had eight lessons scheduled, and only one
of them canceled since they weren't feeling to great. Another great
miracle that happened was that one of our appointments feel through
last night, and we were both quite hot and thirsty from biking around
in the heat. We decided to head to the church to grab some water, but
on the way there we saw a storm approaching and we wanted to watch it
come in, so we went to the top of a nearby parking garage. We were
getting ready to leave, when we stopped to talk to a couple that were
also up there. One of them is a Buddhist, and the other is an atheist.
The atheist said that he was supposed to go to a Bible study, but
decided to skip out, and that was when we showed up. We ended up
going over the plan of salvation and were able to talk in depth about
so many different things pertaining to the pre-earth life, the spirit
world, and the three kingdoms of glory. We talked to them for about an
hour or so, and now tonight we are going to take them on a church
tour, give them a Book of Mormon, and send them to the YSA family home
evening.
Happy Father's Day Dad! I love you tons!
Love, Elder Leavitt
P.s. I didn't send his out to everyone like I usually do, so you might
have to forward it to a few people if they want it, thanks.
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