Week 86: Low temperatures in Lawton

Only three more fast Sundays!!

This week we had an awesome lesson with James. He started to bring up concerns like polygamy and faith vs. works but we dug in and found out that those aren't the real concerns at all. It all goes back to his testimony of the restoration because either it happened or it didn't. Either the church is Christ's church or it isn't. Once he finds that out those concerns that he thought were concerns will either fade away or it will be easier to address. He promised that he would read and pray with sincerity this week.

It seems like with all the cold weather here that people just don't want to have lessons with us. I know those two don't correlate at all but I think maybe there is something to it. We have been doing a lot of finding this week with a new method that we call survey tracting. With this new approach, we have a survey with 10 questions to see the investigator's religious background. The questions are questions we ask about the plan of salvation and the restoration. It is easy for us to elaborate on the questions and it gets the people interested in it more. We have already set 5 return appointments with it. We used that method all of Sunday to find people.

Kyle loves Risk but nobody wants to play with him at home so I am sure that he is loving the fact that somebody will play his favorite game with him.

This past Sunday on post I taught the plan of salvation. We had a group of 6 investigators in the lessons and 8 members. We have one on date to be baptized, Broadhead, and 3 invitations for baptism, Flinn, Guajardo, and Carter. Teaching on Fort Sill is the coolest thing ever because people come to basic training ready like Broadhead had been meeting with missionaries at home in Blackfoot, Idaho and has had all lot of the lessons but figured now is the time for him to join. 

Still loving Lawton.

Elder McMinn

Kyle still has a love for a really cool car.

"His invitation 'Ask and ye shall receive' does not assure that you will get what you want. It does guarantee that, if worthy you will get what you need, as judged by a Father that loves you perfectly, who wants your eternal happiness even more than you do."

-Richard G. Scott