Letter 1-26-09

Dear Family,

I’d like to thank everyone for the birthday wishes through cards, emails, packages, etc. In turn I’d like to wish a happy birthday to Michelle… and Bryce… and President Hellewell… and Holly Miller. Wow. Did I miss anyone else? That was a popular week for birthdays.

Anyway, following up with what happened on my birthday, for the most part it was just a normal day of missionary work. However, we got in and taught an 18 year old kid named Martin. He was really nice and receptive and accepted a baptismal commitment. I thought that was really neat. I said I’d bring a soul to Christ on my mission and that’s exactly what I did. However, we have yet to follow-up on him, so we aren’t yet fully sure of his true commitment. Usually the second or third visit will be where you truly get to know their interest level. There is a lot of one hit wonders in this mission. People will be nice enough to let us in the first time and they’ll act interested, but they really weren’t and we never see them again because they just avoid us. It’s a shame, but it happens a lot. Thats why I don't talk about investigators too much. I'll tell you about them once and then you'll never hear about them again because we don't either, so I save you the pain of keeping track. I’m hoping that isn’t the case, but we’ll see.

However, the baptismal date that we set last Sunday definitely wasn’t a fluke. His name is Paul Schlipf. He is 67 years old and he has been coming to church for at least a month now, but the member who invited him told us to give him a few weeks before we jump on him and ask if we can teach him. So we listened, gave it a few weeks and last week we visited with him and he was really accepting. As I said, he accepted a baptismal date for the 14th of February. Well, we’ve found that he really likes our company and enjoys the message. He doesn’t want to wait till the 14th, so that means we don’t either. It’ll most likely happen the 7th, so that is cool.

Anyway, I am signing off for this week. Remember to always keep me in your prayers because many times our blessings aren’t because of our prayers, but because of others praying for us, as shown in the poem/story “Shipwrecked Prayers.” Ask Dad to send to you. Anyways peace out. ...Oh, I did hear a rumor that the Super Bowl was this next Sunday... ... .... Just thought I'd let everyone know...


Elder Adam R Droge
The DrogeMiester