Hello Everyone!
Well it's Chinese New Year over here! Fortunately and unfortunately, today is the last day. I say fortunately because everyone will have time to meet with us again, but unfortunately because we won't have 2 or more meal appointments every day any more haha. But honestly, I'm pretty ready for that to end too. All the poor children in Africa will hate me for saying this, but eating is such a chore sometimes!
This last week was pretty awesome. First off, Fourth passed his baptismal interview with flying colors so he will be baptized this next Saturday(the 28th). He's so awesome! And he has a lot of support from the members. He's staying for sure:)
We also had a miracle. On Wednesday, we were supposed to eat lunch at a member's house, but she stood us up. We were pretty bummed about that, but then on Friday, the miracle came. We didn't have a dinner appointment that night, so we were riding out to find somewhere to eat when the member who had stood us up on Wednesday for lunch drove by and waved us over. She apologized and invited us over that night and said she had an investigator she wanted to introduce to us. We went over and met her 16-year-old niece named Joy. She's super cool! We met with her the next morning too and shared the Restoration. She committed to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it. She also came to church the next day and liked it. It was just one of those things where we felt like God just dropped a big miracle bomb on us. She still needs to make sure her parents are ok with it, though so pray for that!
Well it's Chinese New Year over here! Fortunately and unfortunately, today is the last day. I say fortunately because everyone will have time to meet with us again, but unfortunately because we won't have 2 or more meal appointments every day any more haha. But honestly, I'm pretty ready for that to end too. All the poor children in Africa will hate me for saying this, but eating is such a chore sometimes!
This last week was pretty awesome. First off, Fourth passed his baptismal interview with flying colors so he will be baptized this next Saturday(the 28th). He's so awesome! And he has a lot of support from the members. He's staying for sure:)
We also had a miracle. On Wednesday, we were supposed to eat lunch at a member's house, but she stood us up. We were pretty bummed about that, but then on Friday, the miracle came. We didn't have a dinner appointment that night, so we were riding out to find somewhere to eat when the member who had stood us up on Wednesday for lunch drove by and waved us over. She apologized and invited us over that night and said she had an investigator she wanted to introduce to us. We went over and met her 16-year-old niece named Joy. She's super cool! We met with her the next morning too and shared the Restoration. She committed to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it. She also came to church the next day and liked it. It was just one of those things where we felt like God just dropped a big miracle bomb on us. She still needs to make sure her parents are ok with it, though so pray for that!
We met with Sister Ding yesterday and taught her about the Plan of Salvation. She was pretty surprised it didn't include reincarnation, but she was ok with that. She had read the Book of Mormon that week and had some good insights. She was much more open with us yesterday too, so teaching her was a breeze. She's super cool!
I was thinking this last week and came to realize that I have been so blessed on my mission. I've had the opportunity of teaching so many cool people and seeing them come unto Christ and be changed for the better in the process. It's not the easiest thing in the world, but being a missionary is so rewarding! It makes me so happy:) I've got a little over 6 months to go and I'm excited to put it all to good use!
I love you all! Happy year of the sheep!
-Elder Smith
This week's song: There Is a Green Hill Far Away
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