Week 41

I've been having a good week!

Lately I've really been learning the importance of "friendshipping". There are parts to a person conversion in the gospel and that's the doctrinal portion and the fellowship/friendship portion. When you think about it, the best way to share the gospel with people is to just invite them into your home on a purely social basis. Become really good friends with them. They'll unconsciously recognize that they really enjoy being in your home.

They wont know it, but they'll be feeling the spirit everytime that they're there. You'll be able to show them what it feels like to have good, clean fun. If you look at society nowadays, if someone is looking to have fun with friends, they go to a bar. If they get together, they get drunk. If they want to have a really "Good" time, they'll get absolutely wasted. They're all looking for fun and ultimately for happiness. When you invite people over, you have the wonderful opportunity of showing them what it feels like to have fun that they will actually remember and that they wont regret later.

Almost right off the bat, people notice that Mormons don't drink alcohol, coffee, and other manner of substances. As people are invited into our homes and get to experience first hand what a Mormon does all day, you'll be able to figure out who is interested in the gospel and you'll be able to help them out along their journey of coming to find true happiness.

A convert changes their lifestyle in so many different ways leaving old habits, friends, and all manner of things behind so as to fully immerse themselves in the "Mormon" lifestyle. Having a friend during that time is so important. Someone they can come to for questions, someone who is currently living the lifestyle they want. The key to the gospel is the spirit, but best way they can feel that is in our homes!! Make friends with people and invite them over:) Invite them for dinners, social gatherings, ice cream etc. Then, it'll be really easy to invite them to church activities and gatherings, then to church, then to hear from the missionaries.

Lately my companion and I have been teaching this to people and I've seen that it works like a charm!! This past sunday we had a member of our ward invite her friend to hear her give a lesson in church. They friend showed up! Miracles have been happening like crazy!! :)

On a funnier note....a member this week told us that when her mom was growing up, she had a sibling that told her to go check out the antique store down the street. So she walks into the building and starts picking up stuff and checking it out....only to find out that her brother had tricked her, and that the "antique store" was actually a persons house and she'd just walked right into it! ha ha

Anywho, love you all!! :)

Lafrance Family

Fitt Family (I lived with them for a month when I got to my second area!)