How radically different Joseph Smith's theology was...and zombie polar bears?

Hey!

Thanks for the responses to my questions! I really appreciate it! I figure as many personal insights I can get from investigators (I know you don't like that word, sorry :)) about the process of being taught, the better. I'll be honest, sometimes it's a little hard to put oneself in their shoes and think about how it would feel to be learning about all this stuff.

And then okay I'm so jealous of the Terryl Givens fireside, you don't even know. Reminded me of a talk I read by him a few months back about how radically different Joseph Smith's Theology was, and how much that had to do with the strength of the church. (http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=1508).

My companion

It was a pretty great week! It started out pretty awesomely, with our P-day being pretty dang great. It was a "free day" at the Denver Zoo, which is in our ward, so we went there with some other missionaries, which was a blast, even though it was a little chilly. Then on the way home I introduced my companion to Voodoo Doughnuts, which was pretty great. I'll send some pictures!

It's like a freaking zombie polar bear!

That lion was so close to the glass!

Wednesday was a pretty interesting day, and kind of showed some of the great parts, and some of the not so great parts of missionary work. We had two appointments cancel on us, and an investigator tell us that she wasn't interested in meeting with us anymore, which was pretty disappointing. But there were some great things too! We met and taught a less-active that I'd never met, taught, or even heard of before, which was pretty cool. We did some pretty cool service at the food bank, and met some pretty cool people there, and a member took us out to Red Robin for dinner, which was pretty sweet!

We also were able to set the investigator that we've been teaching a lot, who's husband is a member, on a baptismal date! We actually had dinner with her on Friday (super good. She cooks really well.), and then we taught about the plan of salvation and invited her to be baptized on December 6th, and she accepted, and it was great!

So it was a pretty good week. I went on exchanges with our district leader, and it was pretty cool. It's been a while since I've been with a missionary who's been out for more than a few months, so it was kind of cool.

So basically it was a good week. I love you all a lot!

 

Love,

Peter