We Teach Correct Doctrine

October 15, 2012

Hi Family,

Things are progressing kind of slowly with our investigators.  We did have some good lessons this week but they were in English which is kind of a bummer.  Our best lessons are usually in English.  We received a referral from Salt Lake City a couple weeks ago and finally this week we were able to meet with her.  She had been given a pass along card from the missionaries some time back and as she was flipping through her bible she found the card again and felt that she should get in contact with the missionaries.  This was surprising to me because rarely do people call the number on the card.  Actually I have never had it happen on my mission so this was a cool experience for me and it let me know that there is a purpose to giving out those pass along cards.  We had a really good lesson with her.  She had been in prison for two years of her life and she is now trying to get her life back together and find Jesus as she says. We shared with her and her fiancé the story of the restoration which I felt they understood really well.  We had a member there with us who bore a great testimony.  We also bore our testimony they both said that they would read the Book of Mormon and be baptized if they came to the knowledge that it was true.  The member that went with us to that lesson had just bought a new Acura tsx which was really nice and I think dad needs one, haha.  

Last night we had dinner with some members of the ward.  They had invited a non-member friend to come have dinner with us.  The member had been talking with her friend about the church and had given her a Book of Mormon, so this lady already knew a lot about the church.  We had not planned on teaching a lesson to her but she started asking about missions and what we do as a missionaries.  We told her that we were called by a prophet to teach the restored gospel.  Then she became very interested in prophets and started asking us lots of questions.  We ended up sharing the whole story of the restoration with her but focusing on the prophets and the apostasy.  She couldn't accept the fact that we have a prophet on the earth today or even see the need for a prophet.  She attends a Brethren church which has taught her that God has the authority and has given it to everybody and everybody has the power to baptize.  I think she could feel and see the truth of our message.   At one point she even asked me to stop using the word “authority” because she didn't like that word.  I think it is because she realized that her church doesn't have the authority.  It was a good lesson that sparked an excitement in my heart and mind that this is the true church on the earth today and that we teach correct doctrine.  I hope that she sincerely prays about our message and will accept that there is a prophet and that they are necessary. 

Thanks for all your love and support.  I love you guys very much!!!

Elder Mouritsen