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I’m happy for pictures!!!!!! It’s pretty wacky out here in Indy. The other day Elder Ricks and I were tracting and a lady opened the door and was very friendly until we said we were Mormon. Then she flipped out and started screaming at us. That we were all going to hell for teaching about the devil...... we told her we worship Jesus Christ, to which she said NO YOU DONT!!!!!!! THAT’S JUST WHAT YOU TELL PEOPLE SO YOU CAN CONVERT THEM AND ONCE THEY ARE IN YOUR CHURCH, YOU TEACH THEM YOUR "REAL" DOCTRINE!!!! SO DONT PLAY GAMES WITH ME!!!! We laughed and said why do you think that?? She said BECAUSE YOU ADDED YOUR IDEAS AND STUFF TO THE BIBLE!!!!! She proceed to tell us that we were devil spawn so me being...... well me.................. I cut her off and said " I'LL SEE YOU AT THE JUDGEMENT BAR OF GOD YOU DRUNK HICK AND WE'LL SEE WHO IS REALLY GOING TO HELL!!!!! I KNOW I’M GOING TO HEAVEN BECAUSE I DONT FOLLOW SOME APOSTATE PREACHER WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE AUTHORITY!!!! BECAUSE WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND YOU DONT!!!! ........................ We left after that (disclaimer I don’t believe she is going to hell, but she made me upset and my emotions got the better of me). So this week I told a lady to go to hell..... Don’t worry I repented, but the funny thing is, as we were walking back to our car she came out of her house and asked, "WHAT DID YOU MEAN YOU'LL SEE ME AT THE JUDGEMENT SEAT OF GOD?? I said "the judgment seat that God will sit on and judge the just and the unjust in their works." to which she said "NO THERE ARE 2 JUDGEMENT SEATS........ THERE IS THE BEAMA SEAT..... AND THE WICKED SEAT...... THE BEAMA SEAT IS WHERE THE RIGHTEOUS GET REWARDED AND THE WICKED SEAT IS WHERE THE WICKED ARE PUNISHED!!!!!" to which Elder Ricks said, "Where do you get that doctrine from?? It’s not in the Bible.” To which she replied.. ."WELL NEITHER IS THE CONCEPT OF RAPTURE, BUT THAT DOESNT MEAN ITS FALSE!!!!' ...Thus we see she condemned herself. She said we were going to burn for adding things..... and she and her church have also added things.... so i guess we are all going to hell!! What a joke. It was funny. But THE MISSION IS SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!! I love being here!!!!! We meet so many awesome people!!!!! Also not so awesome people too, but it’s fun!!!!!!

Oh oh oh!!!! Another funny story. I GOT TASED!!!!!!!!!!!! I and Elder Ricks were at a former investigators house and their 17 year old daughter asks..... Have you ever been tased before??? We both said no. and she asked if we would like to tase each other. WE ACCEPTED!!!!! So she went to her room and grabbed her taser and I tased Elder Ricks and he tased me!!!!!! It was shweet!!! The whole Riley family was laughing so hard!! No more fun stories or awesome spiritual things. Lots of our investigators are not calling us back and 2 of them are getting a divorce. Pray for us please. LOVE YOU GUYS LOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hugs,
Elder Swanson!!!