The Anti-Missionary and Me in a Suit

A concerned citizen, lessons taught and a dare accepted

Our missionary wins a dare!

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Glynis here: We were able to talk to Jacob this week while we were on Fall break! He is doing so well, and is enjoying his time in Iquitos. He is healthy and happy, and I couldn't ask for more for him! Enjoy his letter this week.

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OK guys, I have a story for you.

This week Elder Argyle and I were out contacting in our area, when we knocked on this one door and a man pulls up on his motorcycle as we were knocking on his door. He takes off his helmet and asked, “Do you remember me??” We had no clue who this guy was! we started talking to him and we told him we share many beliefs and we asked him if we could come in to teach him.

I think he thought we asked if HE could teach US… because we went in and had an … interesting experience.

We should have known from the get-go that it was going to be a weird lesson. We walked in and there was this old man in the corner who was working on his Moto. He stood up slowly, came over to us, and said, “Los gringos Mormones no entrarán en el reino de Dios.” (The gringo Mormons won't enter into the kingdom of God) Not the best sign in the world. Somehow we knew that this was going to be a good lesson, either for us or for him.

We sat down and he started trying to teach us how our church was wrong, and we were like, "Hold on buddy, we run this show." We asked if we could say a prayer to start and then we got going. He opens up his Bible and he says he is going to start from the beginning. He starts reading Genesis with us, and I am 90% sure he was going to read the entire Bible with us right then and there. Basically he hit us with every classic anti-Mormon doctrine ever, and we were defending it all very well.

Then I shared a scripture from the Book of Mormon, that Really got him going. He was furious I would have the audacity to share the Book of Mormon with him in his house. He put his hand on my shoulders and said, "It's not too late, you can still be saved," and then he said that that night I would have 3 dreams, and if I didn’t heed them, I would be damned. I told him I wanted God to know at the final judgment that I testified that the Book of Mormon was true. My companion said the same and we felt the Spirit.

We left his house in awe. Such a weird experience, but I'm glad I had the opportunity to testify of what I know to be true. And I didn't have the dreams so it's all good!

Apart from that, we have 2 baptismal dates still, and they are progressing towards their baptism dates. We haven't been able to visit Ramiro this week. We know we need to go with a member, and we've done that every other day this week, but every time we go with a member, he's not there. I think it's a curse. Nah just kidding.

Hope you guys have a great week, Love you all!

-Elder Neves

P.S. Elder Argyle saw that I have a suit hanging up in our closet, and he told me he would buy me an Inca Cola if I wore it for the whole day, so I totally did. It was the hottest day of my life but at least I got the Inca. Here is a picture of me with the classic Inca Cola and Chifles combo. Enjoy!