June 6th

Except for a few appointments here or there I go on exchanges with to meet, I haven't gotten out of the house much because Sister McQuivey's been sick. She's making some improvement now so we can leave the house for a few things, but it exhausts her, so we have to go home right after. But Brenda's making progress towards her baptismal date coming up next week, and she's excited. The other sisters have a Cambodian baptism this week too, so it's been cool to have two Cambodians on date at the same time! Both of our investigators have been coming to church, so they've been teaching school in Cambodian the past few weeks and that's the most progress we've made towards becoming a group until someone is called, but it's progress.

Last week I forgot to mention when the Jehovah's Witnesses came to our door. I was doing language study and had no desire to bash with them whatsoever, but when they opened the door they pointed to the picture of Christ we had on the door and said "I see you're a Christian?". I showed them my name tag and at their request explained the process of becoming a missionary, and why we're here. The two women glanced at each other at the mention of prophets, but they listened and shared their message about whether or not misery ends from a scripture in Revelations. I agreed that we do believe there is an end to misery, and took their pamphlet (to add to the vase we have stuffed with those we collect at doors). I thought about trading it with a mormon.org card, but I knew they wouldn't care for it and I didn't want to be pushy. Before they left one paused and said, "You have a sweet spirit." I was surprised, but thanked them. I can now attest that even though they might not be willing to listen, showing respect can still make a huge difference. I love this gospel and I want everyone to feel the power of the full gospel in their lives, but I know everyone will listen in their own time and way, so we might as well love them through the journey.

Sister Dunster