Pittsburgh Mission Memoirs

We were walking down the street. It was a pleasant day; the sun was shining, and clouds glided by, creating shadows here and there occasionally. A gentleman we had passed earlier when he was tinkering with a lawn mower was now out walking his puppy. We decided to say hi. Here's the gist of the conversation:   "Hey there!"   "Oh, hi guys. How are you doing? I was...

There's an awesome family that we've been able to visit, the Gonzales'. And don't let the name fool you - they're Filipino. The son is a security guard working nights and has a really hard time getting to church because its right when he's supposed to be sleeping. He hasn't come to church in several years. Well, we had a chat with him and found out that he's really been thinking...

It's been a really fun week. Seriously. Incredibly fun. Here's the rundown: Monday I went up to Harrisburg. Because Elder Ramos is training during this new transfer, he needed to drive out to Pittsburgh to be part of the trainer's meeting. I was going to be babysat by another elder in Pittsburgh, Elder Brady.  We did work up there. He's in the walking area, so we...

Like our usual work, we've been finding, finding, finding. Oh, and finding. Even with all of the awesome new investigators that we got last week, we're still in the midst of an investigator crisis. All of those people we were teaching who were close to baptism did just that. So,...

This blog post is probably going to sound like a Shakespeare comedy or a daytime soap opera. Just sayin'.   Earlier this week, we called Bolvina, the Mexican lady that we started teaching last week. I'll give a rough paraphrase of what she said: "Oh, I talked to my husband, and we're Catholic. We believe in the Bible. He doesn't want to meet you guys... Bye!" Yeah, that's...