That's what happens when you go tracting on a Sunday evening :) The man who answered the door in this occasion was in his pajamas and kept nervously looking behind him at the TV while we talked. We also made the mistake of knocking on doors during the Alabama vs. Tennessee game on Saturday (Alabama won 45-7-- ROLL TIDE!!) And one man was less than receptive of our message we had to share with him :)
We had a lot of awesome experiences to serve the people of the Talladega branch this week. We don't have many people to teach right now, so we're using our time serving :) We made a document full of all the things we know about the branch, and we have been finding less-active people and trying to strengthen their faith and help them come back. One day we spent about 2 hours making and delivering cookies to people!
We had one 1st councilor in the mission presidency, President Ford, come and speak to the Talladega branch last week. He told the branch that finding was their job, and teaching was the missionaries job. But if all the missionaries did was teach, they would have a lot of spare time on their hands! So he encouraged the members to help the missionaries find, because that was their job. He said that 1 out of 1000 doors knocked will end up in baptisms, but it only takes 1 in 4 member referrals to end in baptism. It felt like President Ford was scolding the branch the whole time! But already this last week we've been able to give extra Book of Mormons to members who want to give them away to their friends and family.
I know that this work is so important!! I love being a missionary in the Alabama Birmingham Mission!! Thank you so much for all the support you give me. I can really feel your prayers. Have an amazing week!!
Hermana Adams
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