We had another fairly uneventful week. It has been really hot, and it doesn't seem to be letting up at all. Every once in a while a giant cloud will pass over and we just pray that it'll drop rain, but it doesn't. I'm not sure the water would help that much anyway. I think it would just half way evaporate and then it would be even more warm. But I hear in mid-August the weather starts to simmer down a bit, and that's not too far off. I think the bike will be a lot more enjoyable in the fall.
We found a young man about a month ago, and we taught him twice last week. He keeps on saying things that makes since. He has been reading and praying. We just need to get him out to church. I think that he believes it is true. Hopefully his parents will allow him to be baptized if he chooses to. He is 16, and his parents are Catholic.
We also got in touch last week with a man that had taken a Book of Mormon about 3 months ago. He invited us back another evening and when we got there he said "Is it ok if I invite my friend? He had some questions as well." We thought that for sure it was going to be a Bible bash. I'm not nervous about those, but they are a whole lot more unproductive. Luckily it wasn't. They had very sincere questions, and we were able to answer a lot of them with the Book of Mormon. Hopefully we can turn their curiosity into a desire to know.
Last night we taught a lady that we've been working with. Her husband is completely opposed to her meeting with us, and it also sounds like he is abusive. She is trying to find work so that she can leave him with her son and live somewhere else. It is really sad. But she loves the Book of Mormon. We had a very spiritual lesson. There were tears everywhere. Hopefully we can continue to help her see the blessings that would come by following the Savior's example.
We went to visit one of our eternal investigators named Alex. He is a 450 pound black man. He is a disabled veteran, some heart problem. He lives off of the government and has 9 big screen TVs in his house. We go over and usually just share a thought with him and challenge him to be baptized. He keeps telling us he is waiting on a calling from God. But anyways, when we were visiting him he was really feeling sick. He was heaving and almost threw up. So he asked us to run to the store for him and pick him up some medicine. We road our bikes about a mile to CVS and got the medicine. When we got back he said, "They must have been really busy." We said, "Not really, but we were on bikes." He thought we had a car, so now he loves us. He sure is a funny guy. He is excited about the Lord.
Other than that, nothing too exciting is happening. Please pray for our investigators: Matt Humble, Chris, Jeff, Jeff & Amy, Jorge, Caryl, and Alex. I love y'all.
Love Elder Rindlisbacher,
Thank y'all so much for the package. The cookies were a little destroyed, but they still taste good.
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