You Can't Judge a Book by it's Cover!

Dear Fam,

This past week was one of the very best of my whole mission! Everything just seem to work in our favor. I haven't kept tack of the most lessons I have taught in a week but I'm pretty sure last week would be my PR. We also had our best week at sacrament in probably the last six weeks or so. This week we will be blessed to have the baptism of Victoria Love Kotey. She is 65 and I would say she is one of the most solid people I have taught so far on my mission. She was going to be baptized a number of years ago but stopped investigating the church because people told her things about the Book of Mormon. President Smith Interviewed her yesterday and said "go find ten more just like her." She has a solid testimony of Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ and I look forward to Saturday.

This week I learned and important lesson, that the gospel is for everyone. I have always know this is true but sometimes when we are proselyting we meet people that are "not ready for the gospel" The way I learned this important truth is because of a man named Harold. Since the time I came to Osu Harold has always been giving us problems. He would always swear at us and tell us we were lying to people, once or twice he did that to us when we were teaching an investigator. This week we ran into us and said "do you remember me?" I jokingly said how can we ever forget you?" We laughed about that and continued to joke around a little. A women sitting near us recognized us as missionaries told us she had a Book of Mormon she couldn't read. That must have sparked his interest or something because a few days later he stopped us on the road and pulled out a Book of Mormon from his back pocket, he told us he went to the women three times to get it and that he was now in part way through 1st Nephi. We taught him a few times last week and he came to church on Sunday. We even gave him a Baptismal date for the 9th of July. I don't know if he will actually be baptized but we are going to do all we can to help him. He has a lot of things to overcome but he has the desire. Weather he is baptized or not I will always remember this story and it has taught me a great lesson and you can't Judge a Book by its cover! Please keep in your prayers Harold, Daniel, Philip, Pascal, Pat and Sis Vic.

I have to run but I am so grateful for all of your love and prayers! I'm happy to hear all is well back at home! Know that I love you all and you are in my prayers.

Love, Elder Andrew K. L.