May 30, 2011

Hello Everyone!!

Well this week was a bit harder for us, we had to do a lot of finding and good ol' knocking. We met a man named Matt and he goes to a christian university down here, he was a very open and nice man, we taught him about the Book of Mormon and he was very interested. We had to end the lesson kind of abruptly because he got a call from a client that he works with and he had to go into work, but we set up another time to meet and the second lesson went well, I was not there though, we were on exchanges because I got to go serve in the Chinese branch with my old companion Elder Bray for a day! I miss that branch a lot, we got to have authentic Chinese food (I honestly didn't think when I got out here I would ever get used to some of that food, but now it has really grown on me!). We taught a lesson with a recent convert that had just been baptized in the Chinese branch, he has a very strong testimony and he is already trying to share the Gospel with his family and friends! When I was in my old area I found out the a member of the Chinese branch that I worked with was asked to have a Mormon.org video profile made of her. Her name is Shu Chih, you may see her profile and video on there soon. While Elder Bray and I were tracting in a neighborhood we saw a security guard walking around patrolling the area so I walked straight up to him and started talking to him. He was a very nice man and we had a conversation about how beautiful temple square in Salt Lake is and about the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He said he has always liked our church the most out of any he has seen, we invited him to meet with the missionaries and he requested that we send the missionaries that live by him to his house to teach him! In one of the neighborhoods I saw a younger kid who looked Chinese out playing basketball so we talked to him and he told us he has been trying to find the right church for him, he said he has been waiting to be baptized because he has always felt that he should wait until he found just the right church! So we taught him about Joseph Smith's experience and bore testimony of the Book of Mormon and we set up anther time to come and meet with him again!!! I love this work! I have learned so much that really anything is possible when we put our faith in the Lord and then just plain ol' work hard! I have come to know that serving a mission definitely has it's challenges but the good things of it all far out weigh the unpleasant moments. This Gospel is true! I love you all!! Until next week!