My
people,
I
wished I had some profound story of how I found some super interested in the
gospel living in the apartment above me by using Facebook, BUT it was a little
bit slower this week. I posted a question in a bible study group asking
"Why does God allow the righteous to suffer?" To my surprise, it got
about 300 comments so I have been trying to reach out to people individually,
but usually no one responds, or throws some profane things at me, or English is
their 3rd language and can't understand me. However, I know He has a plan and a
season for everything!
Another method of finding that happened this past week was we put a Book
of Mormon up for free on Facebook marketplace and some guy named Jon reached
out. We drove it over to his house (which, for the record, he is in my ward's
boundaries) and he came out with a child in his arm, a few wrapped around his
leg, and apologized because his wife wanted him back for dinner. My companions
and I just walked away PUMPED because his situation is perfect! We just have to
find a trigger point that gets him super interested...our problem is just
getting a fixed appointment that will stick!
Other news is that I started up a piano Facebook group this past week
(fyi, if you aren't in it and haven't invited like 5 people in it yet, you're
missing out hahah!) and it is growing...slowly, but surely! It's amazing and so
humbling to see my family and friends share these videos but also the most
random people from the Philippians, or Chile, or Taiwan! I am constantly blown
away by the effect that social media has to reach millions in a matter of
moments. God is showing missionaries and the rest of the world how to use the
tools he has given us to their full purpose! I love it and am praying for a
miracle this next week!
PS. Virginia is
beautiful! We drove up to the most north part of the zone to drop something
off, and I literally relished in every second of our 3 hour car trip driving
through Virginia...there were times I even thought I was in Brazil!
Elder Gardanier
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