There's so much that has happened in the past 2 weeks
and I feel overwhelmed. My favorite talks were the ones about trucks. The one
about jumping out of one was really good because so often as a missionary, I
need to make sure that I show people love rather than just making sure that
everyone knows who is more right. The other talk about the load is what gives
us traction. Trials are for our benefit. I think that missionary work is like fly-fishing.
This analogy should sum up the main problem that I'm facing and also the
solution. We cast our lines out all over the place. We try out many different areas
of the pond and streams. We get a lot of bites. So many people are willing to
talk with us. The problem is that I don't think that we have been reeling in our
lines fast enough to create that pull to bring people to baptism. We haven't
been bold enough. If we reel to slowly, the hook (or the good seed in the
parable of the sower) falls out of the fish’s mouth or the fish finds something
else to fill its mouth. Boldness is what I need. This last week we met a man
named Charles form Colombia, he's catholic. We haven't taught any Catholics
here before so this was a little scary. At the beginning of our lesson with him
we were being very soft and trying to not offend him. He was nice but we could
tell that he lacked interest in hearing stuff he already knows. It wasn't until
we introduced the Book of Mormon to him that he got very interested and
explained to us that he has been looking for another book like the Bible to
just talk about God. He's read many other books but they focus on trying to
prove that certain religions are right. That showed me the importance of being
bold. Charles quickly accepted the Book of Mormon and agreed to read it and
pray about it. The other great thing is he seems like a guy that will keep his
commitments. He is a big music producer here and is a good businessman. I love
you all and really appreciate your prayers! I can tell that they are helping
out a lot. Tell everybody I love them and have Gabby write me sometime please.
Hurrah for Israel!
Love, Seth
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