This week, like every week, has been kind of a roller-coaster. Every day is full of a bunch of different emotions and experiences. As a missionary, you feel so invested in the happiness of the people you're serving and when they won't let you help them or you can tell they don't really take what you're teaching seriously, you feel so devastated and helpless. It's a lame feeling. But! When they let you help them--when they listen, accept, and apply what you teach--you just see their lives change and you see their countenances brighten and it's one of the best feelings ever! This week, we had a little bit of both. First of all, Brother Lu AND Dhylyn are getting baptized next Saturday! We're pumped, the ward is pumped, and most importantly, they're both pumped. I feel so blessed to be able to witness them make this decision and follow through on it. It was really cool last night because I was able to call a lot of the Elders that have worked with Brother Lu over the past year and let them know he's finally getting baptized. They were all so happy! It made me happy. I went to bed last night super warm and fuzzy inside, that's for sure:).
As for our other investigators, Yonghan is doing pretty well. Last night, we met with him at a different member's house and he shared a really simple, but sincere testimony of how prayer has made a difference in his life. That was really good to hear. We were kind of worried that he wasn't really taking in anything that we were saying, but it was good to find out that he's let at least a little bit sink below the surface. Sister Lan's about the same. Junwei finishes testing today, so he'll start having time to meet again which is awesome! Other than that, though, not much else to report.
We had Stake Conference this last weekend. President Blickenstaff came and spoke which is always good. His Chinese is pretty good! I was also able to see some people from Yongkang that I hadn't seen in a while. I don't remember if you all remember, but there was an RC I worked with there named Brother Lee. He's doing WAAY better now! He looks so happy, he's lost weight, and he helps the missionaries a lot, it sounds like. It's super cool to see that huge change.
We also surprised Elder Stevens yesterday for his birthday. That was fun:). I feel really bad, actually, because I told him we were meeting a new investigator and he prayed for them twice in our companionship prayers. Both times, I felt like a terrible person. I probably should have thought of a different excuse to get him there without suspicions. Anyway, the other missionaries and some members were all there to surprise him and gave him cake and pizza, and stinky tofu. By the way, I had stinky tofu for the first time yesterday and it was really tasty actually. It tasted like squishy
Dorito cubes to me. yum:). but yeah, all in all, a pretty good birthday celebration!
Dorito cubes to me. yum:). but yeah, all in all, a pretty good birthday celebration!
That's about it! Love you all!
-Elder Smith
This week's song: We Are All Enlisted
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