Maybe I'm just a proud mom but I was very excited to hear the news from Elder Browning (AKA Kalten) this week. First let me say that last week was his first week in Ohio. He got there and had no investigators and only taught one first discussion. They did a lot of tracting but his spirits seemed up. He asked us to pray with him and his companion regarding their situation. Of course we joined him and his companion in this. This is part of what he wrote this yesterday:
So this week was a lot better. First we met a family of four, and then an elderly lady named Beverly, and then a pastor for the Lutheran church and his family of 5. We now have a many more investigators. The pastor said he used the Book of Mormon in his last sermon and we laughed about that. We also went on exchanges and we went to an investigator's (one of the other elder's investigators) house. He has had 8 sets of missionaries come teach him but he wouldn't commit to baptism. He is in his 60's I think. So we said hi and I introduced myself then we talked for about 30 minutes and I told him that he needs to be baptized on October 13. He said ok. I don't think that the spirit has ever gone through me like it did there. After the lesson Elder Heins (the elder I went on exchanges with) told me that he went with the intention of dropping him as a investigator because nothing was working and he wasn't progressing at all. It was pretty cool.
I'm excited for Kalten. I love hearing about his first experiences and can't wait to hear about many more.
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Wow, what an awesome first missionary experience. I was the nurse for the Washington Spokane Mission for 2 years and I loved those Elders and Sisters so much. We have 4 of our 6 that served missions and I treasured their weekly letter.
Blessings and hugs!
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