Chicago Chronicles Jan. 26th

Dear Family and Friends, Hello! This week went by rather quickly for us. We have one or two new potential investigators from tracting, but not much else in the way of increasing our teaching pool. I want to make finding and planning to be our focuses this week to better prepare Elder Leslie, should he have to take over the area. He's doing great, by the way! I love our companionship. Maybe it's just because we trained together, but I feel pretty close to him. Unity has been a strength for us. I wouldn't say we've reached our full potential of being the most hardworking missionaries ever, but I fully intend to repent and recommit ourselves to do much better. One cool thing that happened this week was Corrine, who contacted us last-minute and requested to meet with us. She has investigated the church off-and-on for over ten years (TEN YEARS!!) and recently felt very unsettled in her life. She asked us to pray for her to know what to do. She basically told us that apart from a few doctrinal disagreements, she would most likely join the church if her husband wasn't so against it. We promised her that God really does answer prayers, and if she sets out to do something she thinks He wants her to do, He'll provide a way. Today we're playing shuffleboard and Kübb (a Swedish block-knocking game) at the McLaws' house. :) I wish I had more to report back on, but that's pretty much all I've got. Has anyone learned anything from their personal of family studies that they'd like to share? Love, - Elder Jared Richardson