Monday a group of us missionaries went and checked out Opening day for a few minutes. A drunk girl who called herself Mary from Maryland was asking us a lot of questions. "We Catholics love a good drink" she said. It was pretty funny.
Tuesday was an interesting one, we had 3 lessons set up with new people but all of them cancelled as we went. But we got to contact a referral and meet some cool people. One guy named Trevor is a cool friend of ours. I found him slack lining at a park so we talked for a while and we ran into him a few more times since during the week.
Thursday it rained like crazy all day. But I had an umbrella so I did pretty good. Just my left sock got soaked because my shoes are dying consistently more every day. But we'll pull through together. That day we had the baptismal interview with Edward and he passed. We also got two new people Karon and Anthony who really liked the Book of Mormon and are super excited to meet again.
Friday was fun we went and tried former investigators during the day, which turned out to not be so great but we also went to the Orioles game and talked to people who were trying to get a glimpse of the game from outside the gate. I talked to two college age guys who were curious and they got pamphlets. This week in the Harbor has been Light City. Pretty much a tourist gimmick and they had a lot of different art exhibits. Some were cool, some were bizarre and I didn't "get" it at all. But a favorite was a spinning wheel that has a strobe light flashing and it makes a cool animation. As we were watching a guy my age got a seizure. It was pretty startling. I called 911 got a hold of the operator first but that's about all that I could do. He was OK though.
Saturday was one of the best days. Edward got Baptized. It was awesome! He has been so solid the whole time. It just felt like a day that was meant to happen. He always says the longer the journey the greater the reward. And he is loving life being a Mormon already.
We also taught a guy named Enoch afterwards and he loves the restoration. And he really understands the need for prophets and priesthood and believes Joseph Smith was called to be a prophet. So he is also really exciting!
Sunday Edward was confirmed and gave a testimony as well. It was pretty awesome. Edward brought his 80 year old mom named Flo to church. We had Enoch at church and there were 4 other investigators at church that the other missionaries are teaching. It was so awesome, I've never had so many people at church before. That was my favorite day. All of us missionaries here are working, doing our best and great things are happening here in Baltimore!
Elder Simmons
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