The Bat Man's coming tomorrow to check em out. Who knows; maybe this'll be the beginning of a new era of a Super Hero.
Exchanges this week took me over to the even more hill-ridden country side of Mt. Airy with Elder Young. He's a laid back and relaxed Elder who appreciates dogs in street contacting almost as much as I do. :) We were walking down this country road, knocking on doors spaced fairly far between, when a man referred us to a farm waaaay down into the forest. Down we went, not knowing beforehand the insane people we were about to meet.
What first looked like a normal happy farm quickly turned into some sort of cult encounter. Upon knocking on the door we noticed a hand full of over weight bearded men covered in tattoos man-handling an old tractor into a barn. Strange, I thought. They all look the same. Hang in there. Six foot seven fat bearded ginger man, extremely tattooed, opened the door with a terrifying grin of yellow teeth. He was kind of nice, but I could tell something was up. When I started talking of God, he held up his hand to stop me there, then unbuttoned the top two buttons of his shirt, revealing a silver necklace ornamented with an eye surrounded with silver tentacles. What was scariest was that the necklace was centered in an even bigger eye tattoo in the center of his chest.
All he said was, "We're Pagan out here."
Up and off we went and a whole squad of the bearded tattoo dudes were lined up smiling horrid teeth as we walked back up the road.
Maryland farms are never a good idea to visit. Sheesh.
Jamin is doing fantastic! still coasting toward the 27th for his baptism, absolutely golden in testimony and actions. In his words, "It's like I've learned all of this before." I've never taught someone so open and so intelligent at the same time to digest the profound truths of the Gospel. It just clicks with him. Yesterday after church we drove down to the D.C. Temple visitor's center to show him around and answer some questions about temples.
We had to call ahead to get the Sister missionaries over there to give us a tour and a lesson, which turned out to be Jamin, Elder Wilson, and I teaching the Sisters about Baptism, the Sacrament, and the role the Holy Ghost playes in conversion. Jamin was pulling out scriptures and straight up teaching the two sisters in front of the Christ statue. He's solid.
The temple itself was the pinnacle of spirituality yesterday. We walked around the gorgeous grounds, green with growth and vibrantly brilliant form the recent thunderstorms. There's a semse of peace and love surrounding the Temple that is impossible to explain. It's awe inspiring walking in silent solemnity gazing up at the spires on a blue sky streamed with white lengthy clouds. What's most amazing of temples is the hope they bring to our loved ones who have passed on. Because of the Temple, the same expressive, palpable love we feel form God can be felt from the next life.
Even pagans :)
xoxo
Elder Burgess
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