MORE ON MIKE

May 5, 2011 Wednesday

We met with Mike again today. It’s been interesting to see how the spirit is directing our teaching. Orson has been able to come up with analogies that really are meaningful to Mike. We talked some more about life and how what we do here is a preparation for the next life. We also helped him understand that this will be a life-long commitment. Then we asked him if he was willing to make this kind of commitment and he said he is. He’d talked to his girl friend about the church and she said she might come with him on Sunday. When we asked if he’d read the Joseph Smith pamphlet, he said he’d read up to page 10. He then told us in detail everything he’d read and had no questions about it. We teach him again on Saturday. It’s not often you get to teach someone 3 times a week!
Tonight we visited Lori Manners. Her visiting teacher told us it’s better to visit her in the evenings. She was up watching TV. We had a good visit. She’d gotten a letter and pictures from her son in Melbourne. He’s involved with a church that sends missions to South Africa. He and his family of 5 little kids are on their way there for 5 months. We finally found some slippers that fit her and she was happy with them.