We set a
baptismal date with Ana Gabi on Wednesday. On Tuesday
we had a lesson with her, her friend (Casidee) and her parents. Half way through the
lesson their home teachers come and gave an awesome testimony then out
of the blue started to spit out all of this false doctrine! They just
kept talking saying stuff like.. " oh ya. it took me 6 months to get
baptized and him 5 years" or "yeah a lot of people think that Jesus
suffered on the cross, but that is not true because we know that he
suffered everything in the garden of Gethsemane" and then they said some
weird stuff talking about crosses and how great the catholic church
was.. i wanted to slap him in the face... is that mean to say?
He was
studying to be a priest in the catholic church and apparently he still
has a love for it. When I touched the subject of the apostasy basically
saying that all other churches lack something (the authority) and have
added or taken things away ( I was not specific to any churches). I
was very blunt about how there is only one true church/gospel
and the member got all defensive saying how he didn't like when people
are "ballsy" saying that. I was angry. There only can exist two
churches... so if we don't belong to the true one then we
should still have respect for others beliefs. We shouldn't be
mormoncatholics, it just doesn't work like that.
The important
thing is that she is excited for her baptism on the 17 of this month! Everyone is excited. This week was by far the trunkiest week of my
mission, i hated it so much. EVERY single dinner we go to and the
members ask how long I've been out they always say.. oh your almost home..
you better start packing your bags (it ticks me off). Then with the
announcement of Daniel getting married, then going to the Temple, then
Lisa coming home soon (which is crazy!). Then I found out that one of my
other friends is getting married. It scares me..I try and soak up
every moment as a missionary. It does not effect the work. I
love the work!
