Letter #38

Sent:	Mon 11/18/13 12:14 PM

Good Morning!

I hope all goes well with your surgery! Know that you are in my prayers! What is the surgery for anyhow?

So this past week was a bit slow here in Coquille, well it always seems that way. Mostly cause it's so small and everyone goes to bed at like 5pm when it gets dark and nobody ever seems to be outside. Super inconvenient for us missionaries! Anyway, it is a very impoverish town. I think that's why it seems to be more humble and friendly. We found quite a few new investigators last week and are excited to start teaching them. One of them is a lady named Shauna. She's in her late 20's and has a 3 year old named Carter. She said that she just moved here about a month ago and that she's been looking for a church. We invited her to come and she said she will definitely try if she doesn't work and we also invited her to the ward Thanksgiving dinner. She seems to be pretty promising along with a man named Blue that we met which is her neighbor. His wife is an inactive member but she still knows quite a bit about the church. They are a very sweet couple and when we went back he told us that the reason he wanted us to come back was to tell us that he was scared for our safety and was wondering if there was any other way that we could share the word than by knocking on total stranger’s doors. He actually started tearing up. He and his wife said they are both very fond of Mormons and especially the food that we cook. Haha! They said they will for sure be at the Ward Thanksgiving Dinner but only if there is no "Green Jello" involved. Lol! We stopped by yesterday to give them a conference talk, it's called Come Join With Us. (You should look it up! It is an incredible talk!) And he told us that we are starting to convince him.. not sure what he meant by that but we took it as we're going back and teaching him and helping him enter into the waters of baptism. He said he's catholic but also a witch? So it should be interesting! We also met with a man named Brian. I'm not sure how to explain him but he is very knowledgeable about the Bible and is a 7th Day Adventist. It always intrigues me when people of other faiths have such a great relationship with God and they believe almost exactly what we believe but have such a hard time excepting certain principles of the gospel. He had many many questions, mainly about Joseph Smith but what it really came down to is reading the Book of Mormon. He just won't do it. We had a very spirit filled lesson with him and got him thinking and challenged him to read for the hundredth time so we will see what happens. We met last night with a man named Lewis that we found last week and started teaching him. He doesn't really have a firm belief in God or Jesus Christ and his wife wants absolutely nothing to do with any religion but agreed to let us come back to see and teach him. They both are a little closed minded but I know that they felt the Spirit last night because I saw the tears streaming down his face. He tried to hide it but it was clear that what was said touched his heart. We are planning on inviting everyone to be baptized this week so if you could keep all those that we invite in your prayers, it would be greatly appreciated :)

Also, the rain and cold finally hit. I am absolutely freezing everyday. I hope that the package you sent will get here soon. We are planning on going to Coos Bay today which is about 30 miles away cause they have a Wal-mart so hopefully I will find some warmer rain proof things there. I have also been sick this entire last week. I don't know if it's just a cold or a sinus infection or what but i've been having coughing attacks which is super embarrassing when we are in the middle of a lesson. I am going to try and buy some Vitamin C today. We have exchanges tomorrow with the Sisters in our Zone so I am extremely excited about that.  I hope that you are doing great and that all goes well with your surgery! I love you so much! Have an awesome week! Thank you for everything that you do!

Love,

Lyndsie

P.S. Does Trevor ever send pictures with his e-mails?? If so I would really like to get some of those :D .... and if he happens to get a forward of this, I LOVE YOU! Oodles and Oodles! :)