It's becoming more and more apparent that when you serve a mission in Australia, you also get to experience the culture of several other countries. Most noticeably, New Zealand. We've met a Ton of Kiwis up here in Karratha.
This week has seen some obstacles but some blessings as well!
We tried to go over to visit with Jake again, but his friends had some bad news. Details aside, he's moved out to somewhere else. However, he might soon be moving to the same street that we live on... We really want to get in touch with him again! He was so interested in learning!
We have another high point as well: We were going through our area book, and found a former investigator named Carlo. We felt that we should go and meet him, see if he was interested in meeting again. When we went over, he was tired, but let us in. He told us that he'd been meeting with the missionaries a few times before, but that he'd been very busy with work (manager at a local restaurant). We asked him a few more questions, and discovered that he had a desire to be baptised! We committed him right then! He's still a bit busy with work, but we're going to help him as much as we can, and make sure he's prepared. :) Exciting! The March on March has begun. Things are happening!
Yesterday, Sunday, Sister Pilkington approached us after church and said, "Elders, I have someone for you to teach." (This is the part where I was jumping up and down in my head.) Ok!
Sister Pilkington has a friend, whose son began asking her questions like "who was Jesus?" This led to a conversation with Sis. Pilkington, and she invited her friend to meet with some missionaries, who can help answer those questions. The friend said "ok, sure." Hooray! So we're going to go over to meet the family soon.
We had a few new faces at church yesterday, as well. A Korean man walked in just before it started; he's a member from korea, and just came over to WA to work for a year. He's learning English. It was awesome to see many of the branch come over and greet him. One of the families invited him over for FHE.
In a couple of weeks, President Lindsay and one of his counselors, President Websdane, will be coming up to Karratha for a couple of days.
And so that's my week :) It's becoming very evident that sincere faith, combined with prayer, and a lot of hard work, come together to bring blessings.
Love to you all!
Elder Reeder
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