HEY-O! how are y'all doin!? hahaha I hope everyone has had a fantastic week!
The weather here is starting to get REALLY HOT! I almost forgot what summers here felt like.
This week I talked with Elder Hoyt and found out some legit news. Elder Hoyt was washing thier car in Knoxville and he looked over and guess who he saw!?... Eric Solberg! Eric was a guy that we taught and baptized in La Follette. After Eric was baptized his life got hit hard core. His wife cheated on him with his "best friend", his house was broken into and a bunch of other stuff... Eric went MIA for a long time and we had no idea where he was. He is living in Knoxville now and doing good. He called me and Elder Hoyt up and wants to take us out to dinner one night where we can all meet out in Knoxville =D can’t wait to see him!
Also this week Elder Lindner and I had a meeting with our Stake President. President McMurry told us about a guy that he wanted us to teach. He gave us his number and had us set up an appointment. Buddy Lester said he would love to meet with us. We met Buddy at the Church one evening and started to talk and get to know him. We came to find out that Buddy has a very interesting story. Buddy and his family had joined the church when he was a young boy. Later, His dad became the District President (stake President) and was one of the main people that helped get the Kingsport building and turn it into the Kingsport stake. Buddy left to serve a mission in England. He was a VERY good missionary too. While Buddy was gone, his dad apostatized from the church and took half of the congregation with him and started his own church. (Buddy had no idea) Buddy had just served his two years and was on his plane flight home. His dad went and bought a ticket for that same flight and anti-ed him the whole flight home. The entire family left the church...26yrs later Buddy knows that the church is true. and he wants to be re-baptized. It was amazing to talk with him. We sat in the chapel and the spirit was very strong. He told us of the differences with all the churches. how the spirit was not the same and how the other people just don’t have the same morals, or eternal perspective. He knows that when his family finds out that he is coming back that they will all abandon him. His Wife has told him that she would take the kids and leave him too. But he knows what the Lord wants him to do. and he is determined to do it. He wishes he had never left in the 1st place and he wants all those who have left or fallen away to do all that they can to get back and involved in the church, because the blessings ARE worth it.
I’m almost out of time so I'll throw in some quick highlights too.
We have been helping the Talleys move and one of their friends was there helping the whole time too. He was impressed to see young men working hard and helping others out that he decided that he wanted us to teach him about the church. We came over the next day and started to talk with Dennis, to see what his religious background was like. After, we started to teach the Restoration. Right before we got to the 1st vision, we talked about the role of the spirit, how to recognize it, and why God sends the spirit to us. after sharing Joseph's account with him there was a long pause.. the spirit filled the room and we could see that Dennis was being taught something. "Dennis.. what did you just feel and learn?".. He said " I know that its true." We invited Dennis to pray to ask God what he should do now. We all knelt down and asked Dennis if he would pray. He said he would and I closed my eyes and waited. I started to pray in my heart that he would be touched by the spirit and know that he should be baptized. Dennis didnt say a word. But I felt the spirit all within my heart. I knew that Dennis was praying and that he was indeed feeling the spirit.... Elder Lindner and I both looked up and saw a tear run down his face. Dennis has decided to be baptized on the 4th of june! =D
I know that this is the Lords church, if it wasnt, people would not get an answer to join that quickly. If the church was not true he would not send his spirit to testify that it is.
A couple days later we had stake conference, right at the end of it, John came up to us and said "i haven't smoked since last night.. Can I be baptized the week after?" Long story short.. we are getting blessing up the waz-zu!!! And the Church is true!!!
Love Elder Pearson
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