Monday, March 25, 2013

 

I don’t know James Robertson that’s coming to the mission. The mission is growing a ton. We have been working hard and had 60 at church so we are growing. This week we are going to take the whole ward in a "Microbus" (I’ll let you look that one up) and go visit all the less actives. There are many that don’t go because they don’t feel accepted, so we are going to take the whole ward to visit the less actives. It’s going to be sweet!

 

This week has been great and we are looking at a possible baptism that will be Elder Sosa’s first. How cool is that! This week was pretty normal. But Sunday was weird. On Sunday we went to church and about half way through the service we got a call from a member that was in sacrament meeting that told us to come to her house. I guess she left early, she is a young sister. So we left and when we got to her house her husband was sitting on the couch with his shirt off. Her husband is inactive. We got there and he told us a huge story about how he is a drug addict. When he was high he wanted to jump out of his house to hurt himself or something. It was a huge story about how he’s kind of suicidal. My companion was freaking out.....I found it quite normal. This isn’t the first time that I have worked with suicidal individuals. He told me that he wanted to get himself into a rehabilitation clinic, and get everything sorted out. I could see in his face that he wasn’t really sure about doing it. We put on a video, one that Bro. Orme showed me one time "The Touch of the Masters Hand." I think he understood that he was the violin and the master could help him as he was crying after it was over. Pretty cool experience. So we took off and we walked him to the clinic, but when he saw the doors of the clinic he was super scared to enter. We walked in asked a few questions and found out that he needs a family member to sign for him. We went back, but by then he had cold feet and didn’t want to go. We struggled with him for a few minutes, but he lost the desire. He will fall into drugs again and sooner or later he will get in there. I know the gospel can help him. Going to church would also, but he repeatedly refuses to go to church, read The Book of Mormon or even participate in lessons. So I strait up don’t know how he’s going to overcome his drug problem alone, but sooner or later he will make it into the clinic. Anyway cool experience and that’s about all that happened. We did have half of the family of the ex bishop come, but he didn’t this time. I told a few sisters to talk to his wife and they did. My companion had a great idea of having people that are new or recently returned sit next to very active members which seemed to work out pretty good.

 

I’m fine and my companion is still running on MTC fumes. I am taking advantage of the moments of excitement with him, and trying not to do anything to get rid of the excitement that he has. Everything is great!

 

Elder Hendricks

 

 

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