Atheism

The fact that I'm writing this letter means that another week has flown by. It's pretty wild.

We've continued to meet with our atheist investigator whom I believe I mentioned a couple months ago. He's a great guy. He's smart and he knows history really well. We love him. We had a meeting with him yesterday and we continue to plead with him to pray. He said, "I can't pray. I'm an atheist." At the end, my companion was testifying and then the man said, "Maybe..." I joked, "Woah, can you say that? I thought you're an atheist." He then changed his mind and agreed that he can't. I asked him if being an atheist is an important part of who he is. He said yes. He said, "I was an atheist, I am an atheist, and I will be an atheist." I asked if he believed he could change. He said, "If I weren't an atheist, I would be nothing." It's interesting how much he has thought everything out and come to this conclusion without any openness to other possibilities. He's already read up to 4th Nephi in the Book of Mormon, which is the main reason we keep meeting with him. I think we'll keep meeting with him until he finished is at least. We testify again and again as representative of Jesus Christ that God lives and loves him. If he would just pray he could receive and answer and feel it too. I pray that he might feel God's love and be open to change. It'll be interesting to see how he accepts everything after this life.

I love the gospel and this Church. I love being a missionary. Thanks for all the prayers, love, and support.

Love,

Elder J. Mahoney 

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