Hey family! SO this week was a really good week. It first started off with Elder Ulugia and I going down to Spring Branch area and where we got to do some teaching and tracting with the Spring Branch Elders (Moody and Chadwick) It was good to get out of our rich area and go to the ghetto!
Later on in the week we had interviews with President Pingree and I had a really good visit with him - man I LOVE interviews! We then had a training on Table Manners by Sister Pingree and that's where the picture of all of us and sister Farmer came from. Yeah there is a lot of tie trading going on I am getting into big fat ties haha.
Then the real highlight came on Sunday where we actually taught a non member lesson finally! And it was a Gladys Knight referral and it went so well! We met with Rachel and Anne and they like and respect our church A LOT! She told us she loves everything about the whole church except for one thing,, which is the 1975, but she really likes that the church isn't trying to hide that fact by sweeping it under the rug - she really respects our church being very open about it. We gave them 2 Books of Mormon and answered their questions. Told them our personal conversion stories and what our church teaches about. They told us they believe there is a reason why they went to the concert and there is a reason why we were meeting together. They said that they aren't going to join our church right away because they have been hurt before by other churches so they want to do research first. And we highly encouraged them to do that since well, that's what we are telling people to do, is find out for themselves :) It was a lovely meeting and I hope to see them soon.
I am glad Mom, Kyle, and everyone is doing well. :) Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Cory Barton
