June 15, 2009 Hello from . . . you know where!

Hello Everyone,
I hope you all had a good week, because it was kind of a downer for us. Had some good things happen, but generally, everything fell through. It was pretty disappointing. But we still have 2 people who are on date for baptism on the 27th of June, which is really exciting, Stacy and Kate. They're doing well and working their best to prepare themselves. Its great to see.
It rained for the most of the week, which was pretty nice. It would be nice and sunny for a little bit then the rain would start tearing through, then stop, then rain again, then stop and get sunny, then rain again. It was fun stuff.
Alright, the one really neat thing that happened this week happened while we were tracting. We were waiting to do some service, so we decided to tract until it was time. The first door we knock on the lady peeks through her blinds and motions us to leave. Then as we are walking she opens the door and asks us to come in. She explained that she is suffering from depressions, loneliness, and these 2 rare, painful diseases that I hadn't heard of but are pretty nasty. She also told us she was contemplating suicide minutes before we opened the door. At first she was too afraid to let us in, but then thought to herself, "God must have sent this 2 young men to my house to help me turn my life around." It was really neat.
We talked and she mentioned how shes been in a real slump and we talked about her faith and church. She mentioned how she misses church a lot and wants to get back into it. Her past denominations she attended didn't treat her too well, so she got disaffected and stopped going. But as we explained how our church works she got really excited and wanted to come. She said she wanted to sing in the choir and work in the nursery! It was cute. She said she couldn't come this week because of previous engagements, but wants to come this upcoming Sunday, so that will be great. We're going to see her on Wednesday and teach her more about our Father in Heaven's love for us.
Funny sidenote...the other elders in our apartment caught a spider 2 weeks or so ago and have been catching bugs to feed it. Well the other day we were doing service dumping a truck-full of branches for a lady and found a pretty nasty looking spider. So we caught him and tonight we're gonna have the spiders duke it out. Hopefully they'll do something...hey, missionaries need to have fun too somehow.
But other than that things are going kinda slow. All of our appointments are falling through and people are disappearing. But we're still working and trying to find more people to teach.
On Sunday, Elder Hansen, an area authority 70, was in town visiting President Cannon, so the missionaries got invited to the mission home to chat with him in the evening. He talked and taught us a lot of things. But one thing he stressed that is key to missionary work that Elder Perry stressed to and all the apostles and prophets teach...is that full-time missionaries aren't very effective without member support. Its important to realize that the missionaries are working in your wards. They're there to teach your friends, relatives and coworkers. Sure missionaries can tract...but often times that yields little or no results. True, solid, converts come from members referring people they know to the missionaries and being involved themselves in the teaching process.
So, stepping off my soapbox, I'd like to commit you all to sincerely pray this week and next, however long it takes, until the Lord reveals to you a person or family he has prepared within your circle of influence for baptism...then act on it! What would be amazing if each one of you could have at least one family/person taught in your home by the end of the year by the full-time missionaries. It will be a tremendous blessing in your life as you do so. I know that this is the Lord's work and he will aid us in our righteous efforts!
I love you all and hope you have a great week!
Love,
Elder Fitt