So. Imagine you are sitting on your couch watching the afternoon cooking show. You hear the doorbell ring. You reluctantly get off the couch with a "I´ll be right back Rachel Ray" to see who´s bothering you. You open the door to see two strangely beautiful asian girls who come with a message about Buddha. You don´t know why but you invite them to come back another day with a gift in the form of a book about Buddha and promises that your life will be better by hearing and applying the teachings of Buddha.
This is missionary work in Portugal.
Except they all think they know who Jesus Christ was and is here. But who in the USA doesn´t think they know about Buddha?
This is why it´s the Spirit that does all of the teaching and converting.
To these people, we are just two strangely attractive (i mean honestly) American girls with a message about someone they have already heard of and they think they know all about, then they feel something different, and that´s why they invite us to come back (if they do:).
Anyway this is one of the many interesting conversations Sis Brundage and I indulge in.
We had a great week! Great week! GREAT WEEK!!
got some new instructions from Mr President
We can only count a lesson if it had an opening and closing prayer and a new investigator if we have had previous contact with them. our numbers have gone down a lot but it feels so much better like this.
love you all! if any of you are online i´ll be online for the next half hour! write me back! but i think it´s like the middle of the night in Utah right now so scratch that idea. (but hey! other missionaries!! SAY HEY)
love you all!
sis shummers
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