A 7TH DAY DAY

December 16, 2010 Thursday

Today was a tracting day. Just before we quit for lunch we were at a door when we heard a motor scooter coming out from the back yard. The fellow on it was in a pilot’s uniform for Golden Eagle Airlines. Chris Cavilla was very friendly. He said he was a 7th Day Adventist and had known the Brewsters, a senior missionary couple from about 3 years ago. They had attended a “Get Fit” workshop the Adventists had run. He said we could come back to talk to him.
This afternoon, we went back out tracting. The first house that we went to had a dog who just couldn’t wait for us to come through the gate so we could pet her. The fellow who answered the door invited us in for a chat. Turned out he was also 7th Day Adventist. We spent a long time just visiting about each other’s beliefs and the JW’s as he called them. He seemed to be aware of William Miller, an apostate Mormon, who had influenced the beginnings of both the JW’s and the Adventists. He didn’t seem to feel threatened by our proselyting. He expressed that we are all teaching the same Gospel. Obviously, he hasn’t read the garbage the J-dubs have put out about us. He invited us to drop by their church sometime and meet the pastor and caretakers. His name is Colin. It was a great visit.
Tonight we did YW, but only Carolyn and Kerryanne Shires came. They brought one of Carolyn’s many friends, a girl named Dareyn. She was cute but definitely not interested in our Personal Progress work on Divine Nature. We read a couple of stories about President Monson as a youth at Christmas from a new book we received, “Christmas with the Prophets.” I’m worried about the Rollason girls. They seem to be busy whenever church stuff is going on lately. I hope we aren’t losing them.