Email 12/9/13

SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We woke up this morning to go to the YMCA and there was real genuine snow!!!! haha!
I drove like a granny don't worry. ;)

                        

I get to go to the Temple AGAIN on the 17th!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the Mission has a Christmas party and for part of it we get to go to the Temple!!!!!!!!!

I'm in the the Church news!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

https://www.lds.org/church/news/members-in-boston-plant-daffodils-along-marathon-route?lang=eng&query=boston

I get to go to the Temple AGAIN on the 17th!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Mission has a Christmas party and for part of it we get to go to the Temple!!!!!!!!!

Well... we Got a new investigator!!!!!

On the 4th we asked the Elders to give us a blessing of comfort and council. They were much needed and appreciated. :)

After that we were at the library and Sister Roy had the Prompting to say Hi to someone we had met before. We gave them a Christmas party invite and on our way back to our study room this guy says, "Excuse me"..."Yes!" :D He then went on to say, "I see you around a lot, Knocking on doors and your always at the Library! What do you do?" ..................Is this really happening?......is this real life?.... haha! We went on to tell him all about what we do and as we would talk his eyes would get really big and he would shake his head in agreement but then would say once in a while, "I don't know, I've just never heard anything like this before". He also had a lot of questions and asked us if there was a way for him to just stop sinning! He knows that what he's doing is bad and not what the Lord wants him to do. We then asked if he would like to meet up again and hear more? and the same wide eyed look and with head shaking in agreement. :) We then asked when he would like to meet up again and Sister Roy and I expected him to say, "Oh, how about next week?" or something along those lines but then he said simply, "Tomorrow?" ......us, "Oh, Yeah! that would be fine!" :D We met him the next day and the next and he likes it but the one thing that has been getting in his way is the Book of Mormon! and "Why didn't God just make one church and one big book so no one gets confused?" We talked for a while and just asked him to at least try? He then went on to say, "I feel like God is telling me not to read it" ...NO!!!!!!!! That's Satan! >< don't listen to him!

We are going to use the Bible some more and help him understand that We are not God and that he can do what he wants! I told him that but we will try a new angle. ;)

He is amazing and has so much potential. We will not give up on him this easily!

I love you all and thank you for the loving words and prayers!

Love,

Sarah
Sister Patterson