Week 26 - [Th]e Elders [and] Israel

So, this week has been pretty slow for us. We have pretty much the same investigators as last week, but a lot of references from yesterday. Hopefully we can capitalize on such a great opportunity.

So, we have an investigator named Israel, and he's a bit strange. We gave him a Book of Mormon, and asked him to read it. The next time we passed by, he had all sorts of questions about Joseph Smith and the Restoration. Well, being the great missionaries we are, we put to rest all of his issues with that and went on our way. 

Elder Scott and his current companion Elder Fernandez

The next time we saw him, he said he was in 1 Nephi 16 approxamately. He then proceeded to ask us why Zarahemla is never mentioned in the Bible if the Nephites were from Jerusalem. It's obviously in that area, right? 

In this entire multi-zone area, there are
only two of us from my MTC Generation.

At this point, we realized that he was not getting his information from the same sources as we were. He was definitely watching some Anti-Mormon videos. We've been answering his questions, and decided to make sure our lessons are sincere and invite the spirit. Maybe then he'll receive an answer. But he thinks some weird stuff, like that the wise men are ghosts that visit him in the night, or that the Nephites are responsible for the Crucifixion of Christ. Some strange stuff. 

But he tells everyone he meets that they should talk with us. We have a few references because of him. We'll see if we can convince him to come to church this week.

We had a Multi-zona this week, and it was really cool. Presidente taught that as members of the church, there's always a higher law. With tithing, the lower law is 10 percent, but if you'v covenanted to the higher law, the lower law shouldn't be a problem. It was really cool, and president it really wise. It makes me sad that he leaves at the end of June. He has a lot of wisdom.

Also, the Area presidency of Mexico authorized that all missionaries in Mexico can watch the movie Coco, if we use it to help people do their family history. It was a good movie, and we have a couple of members who are really interested to hear more about their family history. 

Today we went bowling as a district, and I finally won. If someone asks What Elder Scott has learned in the mission, tell them its that I learned how to bowl a little.