May 13, 2019

Hey everyone,

So by far the most entertaining thing that happened was this guy we ran into and ended up getting stuck on his porch for an hour, talking to him. He told us about how the Earth isn't round, that it's standing in four pillars, and that it is stationary and everything spins around it, but then denied that the Earth is the center of the universe. (we asked, twice...) Then he told us that Christ never existed, but that he was black. He also talked about how you can't deny that God exists, but he thinks that faith and prayer are useless. It was so weird and reminded me of Korihor.

One of his biggest hold backs was his misunderstanding of the use of Christ's title as The Great Mediator. He saw it as if we were saying that Heavenly Father didn't have the power, so Christ had to perform the Atonement in order to make up for that difference, as opposed to us being the imperfect ones that needed the Atonement in order to make it back to Heavenly Father. I wonder if that same view warps his perception of how the Earth rotates because he sees mankind as immovable... Hmmm, food for thought?

Another highlight was that I went to visit my Recent Convert Julia down in Inner Harbor with the Inner Harbor Elders. It was a really good visit and a lot of fun to see her again. We also had Zone Conference on Friday, which was really fun. We talked about the desires of our hearts and how we can best serve with all our hearts. 

Sorry for such a short letter, that's really all I can think of that happened this week, other than that it was a lot of walking and a lot of getting rejected, as per usual.

Love you all,
Elder Howell

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