Hey everyone.
So I have very little time this week for e-mailing because today has been nuts. The most important news is: I'm staying in Yongkang, but I have a new companion! His name is Elder Gish. He's from New Hampshire and he plays lacrosse. He's a really cool guy. He just got finished training one of the people from my MTC district. I don't know him too well yet, so I'll let you all know more about him and send you a picture of us next week because I also forgot my camera. Sorry.
As far as this last week went, like the title says, we didn't get a lot of lessons in this week. A lot of people cancelled so that was a bummer. As far as investigators go, we're meeting with Chen (the super awesome one with the work that prevents him from coming to church) tomorrow and basically, if we can't figure out how to help him come to church, we have to take a break from teaching him for a little while. We haven't met with him in a really long time because he's had things come up every time we've scheduled with him before. So yeah, he might be too busy to investigate the church right now which is really sad, but we can't keep using time that could be used helping other people who actually have the ability to investigate come unto Christ and be baptized in order to receive of those blessings trying to meet with him, only to have to reschedule. It's such a bummer. Please pray for him!!
John came to church yesterday and he's doing well. We gave him a lesson 3 pamphlet and invited him to read it in preparation for the next meeting with him. We met with Andy yesterday and had a really good and impromptu lesson about the Word of Wisdom and the Sabbath Day. He says baptism won't be an issue, but he's concerned with whether or not he has the ability to keep the commandments after baptism, so we'll keep working on that.
We met a new guy on Friday. His name is Chen as well. He's 17 and he's a high school drop-out. He and his dad live alone together and he works at a drink shop by his house. He's got some pretty sweet tattoos and he seems like he probably has a Word of Wisdom problem, but he is a really deep thinker and he agreed to a date to be baptized. We're meeting with him again tonight to discuss the Book of Mormon a little bit more in depth so that will be good! We also just got a new investigator with a baptismal date from the Elders in the other ward. We haven't met him yet but he sounds awesome and we're meeting with him on Friday. The most important thing is we have a lot of investigators and they're all really cool and have their own personal problems with the gospel and it is our job to help them resolve those concerns so they can have the most happiness. Sorry I don't have a lot of time today to go into detail.
But yeah, the lesson I learned this week was that numbers don't mean everything, investigators all have to go at their own pace. Sometimes, you need to push them a bit by inviting them to do things that help them, but you shouldn't try to move too fast with anyone. The gospel is a very personal and important thing. It requires many people to make drastic changes that might not always be easy, but in the end, it is so very much worth it. That's my two cents. Everyone have a good week! Be amazing people! Help people!
Love you!
-Elder Smith
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