June 27, 2011

Hey Family,

  We Finally have a legit investigator! After an entire transfer of finding, we have a soul interested in getting baptized! Boy is he gonna be a lot of work though! Haha. We found him at a bus stop and he is very sincere guy. Very blunt as well! If he wants to say something he'll straight up say it if it offends someone or not it doesn't matter! His name is Ian.
   You dont know how many Ian and Garraths I have met in Wales! It gets pretty confusing when you look at the list of potential Investigators and half the list is full of Ians of Garraths! Can't Welsh people come up with a little more creative names!
   So we had one lesson with Ian and we were barely able to teach him anything! He just blurts out question after question and goes off on all these tangents about this and that! He is more of "free spirit" type of guy haha It is ok though cause now that we're more aware of the situation we will be more prepared this time. He decided to come to church with us though. It was pretty exciting exactly what i needed since i havent had an investigator come to church with me in 6 weeks!
   We had some members pick him up for church and when they came in they hurried in frantically to find us and urgentally informed us that he is smoking a cigarrete on Church grounds! Haha the members walking into church were a little uptight when they passed by a man smoking a fag next the entrance to the church. Haha the primary kids looked a little confused as well! I figured they should be happy that he is coming to church but assured them we would inform him at our next lesson that he needs to smoke off of the Church grounds.
   The first lesson was Priesthood. In which we talked about keeping the sabbath day holy. Then we had gospel principles. IN all of these classes, Ian the free spirit, had many quesions and was very bluntly honest if he disliked any of the teachings haha! then we had my personal favorite the sacrament. Before sacrament we explained to Ian that at this time we dont talk or ask questions we just listen. In Sacrament meething The Stake President talked. In his talk He basically rebuked the whole congragation about being reverent in church and in sacrament. In his talked he mention how the church wasnt theirs and that it is the Lords. The Whole congregation was in complete silence and reverence while they were being rebuked! Haha so of course during this time Ian loudly yells out to the Stake President, In the middle of his talk, A comment/question about how tithing. Haha we were shocked haha and so was the stake president. He handled it well though and just answered Ian and then continued with his talk. OH it was so funny/awkward.
    Maybe the Free spirit will have a baptismal date in the next letter, take care everyone! make sure to write me!

Elder Weihing