This week we have worked with another Persian family again this week and we encouraged them to invite some of their Persian friends to dinner with us next time. They started naming people and they really want too and they said that they would after we learned how to testify because they how important and powerful it would be for their friends to feel the sweet spirit in their own language. So we are going to learn that this week and visit them again on Friday so that way we can continue to build our relationship with them.
Tuesday we met with some referrals from Sister Larson. It is a family of three and they are awesome and we are really excited to be working with them. They are excited to teach us Farsi and we are excited to learn how to talk to them about the gospel. The wife and daughter seem open and the husband has come to church before. So we are going to see if we can get them to the ward Christmas party and to the VC for a performance and to church of course.
We've done lots of contacting on Westwood and we are going to try Pico this week. That has been an experience as funnily enough i haven't ever had to street contact because there weren't places to do that in Korean C and when i was in Malaga Cove no one walked outside when we were tracting. So it has been a very humbling experience in which i have learned a lot from Elder Larkin and continue to learn from him. Funny thing i realized is that in his last transfer (which was his first in the field) he probably gained the same amount of teaching experience i have over the past year. Such a good Elder.
Friday was amazing. We followed up with the 'point in the right direction' from Sis. Atkinson and we went to Longburger, (which for 3$ you get 12 inches of really good burger that is healthier than other fast food joints just ) Anyway we went and we ate there and we began talking to the woman at the cash register and she was semi-interested but not really. However, as soon as we started talking to the chef, the owner of the restaurant, the conversation got so much better and he was very excited to find out who we were and what we do. He gladly accepted the Book of Mormon in Farsi and the testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith and we are planning on going back on Friday to follow-up. The amazing thing is he volunteered to be accountable to us about the reading!
Saturday we met with another man who is teaching us Farsi. He love us but he himself isn't to religious. So we are having him teach us the Articles of Faith in Persian. It is pretty cool. He really seemed to be enjoying them. After that we will hopefully be able to move to the testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith and slowly teach him as he is teaching us and we talk about it.
Thanksgiving was good we ate with a member of our ward. Since the only times we can are if they have a referral for us. A YM ( there has been a problem with getting them on missions. They are hoping that having Elders in the ward will help. They have had Sisters there for a long time because they are a Visitor Center Area.) and or if it is a holiday.
Elder Craner
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