Soccer = New investigators (10 months)

So this week it rained a little as you can see in one of my photos and this was right before we left for lunch so that was exciting .... Anyways but this week I learned a lot training and also in bettering my teaching. One of the chapters or sections talks about how when we find we teach and when we teach we find. I started to really apply this to my week and we also taught more of what a person needs to hear and not always the basic lesson. So we were more aware of the needs and not just a lesson. We actually found more than double our goal of new investigators this week and a lot of them are wanting to learn more and are listening to our message! 

Also this week we were teaching a less active family and as we were leaving I said "Iago throw me the ball (soccer ball) I will kick it!" He threw it up and over the fence and I then kicked it a little just so it would return to him..... I forgot how strong my leg is and I kicked the ball up over his house and to the other street and all the sudden I heard a Bang! He tried to get a ladder and look on his house but he didn't see it. Anyways I said I will find it and if I cant I will buy another. Lol we walk to the other street with shame and found the ball on top of a house under the water tank. So we were yelling from one street to another saying to him we found it. Then a young girl walked out hearing us and asked if she could help us. I said laughing so I kicked a soccer ball and it flew up onto your house. Can we grab it? I ended up helping Elder Capistrano onto the roof locking my hands together . He almost fell I was laughing and then we just made a contact by saying this is crasy but have you heard of the Mormons?!  We ended up teaching about the Book of Mormon and marked another day to return for her and her family and a friend too!! Lol I was not expecting this to ever happen in my life but I think I will walk around with a soccer ball and just throw it onto roofs and then teach . Heavenly Father works in a lot of ways this being the last way I would of seen coming but we couldn't leave this opportunity and not share the Gospel! Without a doubt I know the church is true and that God has a plan and reason for everything in our life!!!

Her are some photos too!!

 

Love you all!

 

- Elder Hammond