First off I feel terrible that you feel bad for your longer emails.
I love receiving updates! I did not ever mean to come across as
ungrateful for your descriptive letters. They are wonderful! This week
was very unproductive. We have not been able to really see anyone! It's
been very difficult. Those we have been teaching have all of sudden
gotten sick! It seems like everyone is getting sick around here!
We had one very memorable lesson, We taught a lady named Melinda.
She is Filipino. The language barrier is bad! Anyway, we found out why
it's been so hard to get her and her husband in the same room. We set up
an appointment and James will show up, then the next one just Melinda,
and it goes back and forth! We finally sat down with Melinda and put the
beef on the table! We found out that the reason she and James are
married is because he got her pregnant when he was serving in Japan, and
felt obligation to care for his child and the child's mother. They have
no foundation, and barely understand/speak to each other. Apparently
there was a pregnancy scare, and so when we showed up she was frantic
and going all crazy Asian on us. She wanted us to do the abortion right
there, she wanted us to get lawyers there, and she wanted us to
basically kill James for her, so she doesn't have to deal with him
anymore. It was crazy. In the end we convinced her to seek out the Army
Chaplain and counsel with him. (Her husband is a major in the Army) She
also agreed to meet with a marriage counselor. I was very glad our
member was able to talk her through how marriages take work and faith.
It was intense. After all of this we actually got her to pray, as a
child. She repeated every word Bro. Melling said. Then she committed to
read from her Tagalog and English Book of Mormon everyday! We are still
waiting to see what happens. While all this was going on Sis. Melling
was finishing up a Home Study so they can adopt two Russian girls. The
Mellings are troopers! I'm going to make brownies or something for them!
Attached pics: Beau (Recent Convert) and Monica (Excommunicated Member)
Chad Bolton (Recent Convert)
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