February 6, 2012

Hello Everyone!

Well this has been quite the week. A lot has happened and it has been a lot to take in. My new companion Elder Chuang already went home. He decided he was not completely ready yet for a mission and on Saturday we drove him up to the mission home and dropped him off and said goodbye. The night before he left we tried everything we could to help him stay in the Mission field, but he already had his mind made up. But Elder Mensink and I are doing very well. This week we found about 3 new investigators, and I believe those are all miracles given to us from the Lord. We have really been striving to be as obedient as we can and as we have been striving extra hard we have seen the blessings just flow into our paths. We knocked on a door and a Chinese man opened it. I started to talk to him and explain a little bit of what we wanted to share with him and he immediately told us to come in and share it with him. He is from mainland china and only recently he joined a christian church. As we taught him he said he loved the idea of the book of Mormon and he kept saying he had a really special feeling whenever we would talk about it. At the end of our first lesson he told us he would ask his friends and his pastor about it....i politely told him to be cautious because of course his pastor would say he shouldn't have anything to do with it, because he will not want to lose a member of his church. But the second time we came back he felt the spirit even stronger. He said he really likes the Book of Mormon and especially how it teaches the same exact principles in the Bible. We are very excited for the next lesson with him because he wants to learn about the plan of salvation! We are seeing many miracles despite the rough patch we just went through. It has been an experience having to put my Chinese speaking to the test because my companion having served in English wards his whole mission is starting from the beginning again. I love this work and I know that God's hand is in it. I realize I have probably had some pretty lame and short weekly emails lately but I think now I can focus a little better on what I can share let you all know how everything is going. I hope everyone is doing well!