Cardinals and Converts!

OK, so for the first part, Cardinals are a cool Bird! and are Everywhere out here!  They are getting to be out even more, it's that time of year when most things are twitterpated!  Birds being the worst!  Morning Doves are also everywhere, and it's kinda fun to hear all the bird noises, but it's often time very loud, simply because there are so many!  I say cardinals to in a reference to the Catholic Church, because we run into so many people that say, "oh, well we are catholic, so we are good... no thanks..."

Cardinal

Mourning Dove

Converts: it's amazing how many converts are here...  It really gives me hope to know that most of the converts that we deal with in our ward, or who are in our ward, have been active, very active ever since baptism!  They are working hard to be able to go to the temple, and are great examples!  I would love to baptize someone in this area because they would be lifelong active members! 

BUT, People have their agency!  They are able to choose not to see us, choose to smoke, choose to drink, (let me just say there are so many bottles of booze, and cigarette butts around that it makes you sick!) and yet are happy in their faith's with Christ.  "We know it's a bad thing to do, and every time we do them we feel bad but the Lord Delivers us!" WHATEVER!!!  Satan has a huge hold here! and as I've read more about the Catholic Church, kind of a dominant one here, the more i see that they are twisted and corrupted.  They still teach of Christ, and have many wonderful people in their congregations, but don't quite have the full picture of the Plan of Salvation, and it's kinda sad because people are so stuck, and set, that it would be hard for them to ever change.  But we are asking a hard thing of them.  

People are generally nice! and the weather has been great and has made people even nicer!  People are out and about so we are able to talk to them outside their homes, makes riding a bike a lot easier because we get to stop every few houses and chat with people or maybe help them do a few chores...

Not much else is going on here...  Simply teaching a ton of Smokers, and Drinkers, and Knocking doors of other Smokers and Drinkers...


Till next week!