This one is probably going to have to be a short one, we didn't get a chance to e-mail yesterday because the libraries were closed due to Columbus day and today we don't have as much time.
This week has been a pretty good week, we had MLC and received some good training about using the Book of Mormon more when we teach. We found out that Zone Conference got moved up to the end of this month because Elder Godoy is coming in to do a mission tour. It is weird because this will be my last zone conference in the mission. Where is the time going? The next day we also got to go to the mission office to watch "Meet the Mormons". It was such a good movie, I would highly recommend you all seeing it. I felt like it was really well done and that it wasn't preachy but it had good underlining messages about each person. It is defiantly a movie I would recommend taking non-members to.
A tender mercy from the Lord this week: A few weeks ago I got into contact with a less active man in the ward and we have been working with him every week now. This past week we went by and talked about the Book or Mormon and read the first chapter with him because he says he doesn't quite understand the scriptures when he reads them. It was so a great experience to be able to do that with him, you can see the spirit working on him and changing him. He even watched General Conference last week! We actually had quite a few less actives watch general conference which was amazing to see. It is so great to see the spirit working on these people and to see them making progression. While leaving Brother Van Dongen's house(the less active we are working with). He asked us if we would come back next week again, usually we are the first ones to ask him if we can come back next week. Although we don't see as many baptisms or have as many investigators as we would like I feel so much satisfaction from working with these less active members. I think of Brother Van Dongen, who is in his 80s and how if the Lord hadn't been hastening his work here in Boise where missionaries are able to work with members more and more, he might of never of been able to find his way back to the gospel.
Things have been going well in the area, and we are keeping pretty busy, but of course we can always be busier. Our investigators are moving along, they are progressing but very slowly. I still have been trying to figure out how to get the fire going with them. Every week is an up and down week I feel like. Some people progressing along and really want to meet with you and then others that want to drop you or aren't interested in meeting with you. For example we had set up an appointment with a less active man to meet with him and work with him. He seemed really wanting to come back and we were going to see him today, but he called this morning to tell us that he was unsure now. That he had some feelings of uneasiness. I tried to talking to him for a little bit, but you could tell the advesary had been working on him. We agreed to allow him to take a couple weeks to continue to think and pray about it and we are gonna follow up. Sometimes things would be so much easier if the Adversary wasn't progressing his work along as well.
I hope that things are going well for all of you. Again so sorry about the short letter hopefully I will be able to write a longer letter next week. Love you!!!
Love
Sister Metcalf
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