this week was really great in Jinhae. not a ton of time, but ill try to go fast. so recently our investigators have been slowly falling off a little. their progression is slow and sometimes we arent able to meet with them very often. So recently we have really been praying to find new investigators and expanding our pool of people to teach. so on tuesday we were going back to the church from the service activity we had. We rode the bus and my companion sat next to this very old man. they bagan to talk and it turns out this man has a friend that is a member of our church so he knows who we are. they continued to talk while we rode and we missed our stop because they just kept talking to each other. he is almost 100% blind so we got off the bus with him and took him to his eye doctor appointment. this whole time we are talking with him about God and he really doesnt believe in God. We stopped off at a local library and sat down outside on some benches. It was hard to understand him since he was so old but while we were talking, a different old man came up to me and starting speaking english to me! he continued to talk to me and was honestly a little loud so i went with him to a different bench and talked with him. as we talked i figured out that he has a cousin that is a member of our church so he knew a little bit about us. he actually said to me " what do you believe... Joseph Smith??" i was really surprised! haha we continued to talk more and he shared his beliefs about god and how much he loves Him. he goes to the prodestant church but said that he comes to the library everyday so we can meet whenever we have time. he is retired so he just studies foreign languages all day. so that was pretty cool! after he left i went back to talk with the first old guy and my companion. they were just finishing up talking but they were talking a little bit more about the existence of god and he said he would give prayer a try! he'll try to pray and find out if god exists!
We spent about 2 hours with that whole experience and it was cool to see how it all worked out. sometimes if we have to get off the bus we will jsut give them a card or get their number and go, but we stayed. and because we stayed on the bus and went to the library to talk i met the other old guy! everything seemed to work out perfectly! our prayer was answered, we found new investigators this week! ahh that was a good day. this next week should be good! I know god answers sincere prayers and wants the best for us. trial of faith before the miracle! have a good week everyone! look for the miracles! love yall
-elder carter
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