4/18/11

I also have another question. I am trying to sell my bike before I go home and I hope that it does sell but I was wondering that if not, would be a good idea to sent it home. I asked FedEx and they gave an estimate of $75ish to send it. and If i do I would need you to put that money into my account from my other account. What do you think?

This week was a sweet and interesting one. We were able to teach a lot of people that are looking for answers to questions that we can help with. It was one of those weeks were we would sit down for nightly planning and the next day would practically be full of appointments and that is how it still is. We have been trying really hard to improve ourselves, our companionship and our area and it definitely has not gone unnoticed by the Lord. We have really been blessed recently. In fact we have also noticed that a good 3/4 of the people that we are teaching don't have a belief in God for themselves, yet.

I am 21 now but I don't feel any different that is for sure but I will say that it was the best birthday that I have ever had. Our whole day was just on fire. We started it all with visiting a really good district meeting. Then we came back to Campus and we only talked to one person but she was really cool. She was actually out holding a board that said:
"Pray for Japan" so we went over and talked to her about it and actually ended up saying a prayer with her and then setting up a lesson. From there we actually went to a lesson with a Chinese grad student. Most Chinese and oriental students choose an American name that they go by so that other people can actually say there names, but anyways, He was very interested in learning more about God and Christ because his greatest role model is his grandmother and she is Christian and because of that he wants to learn. There was somewhat of a language barrier but not really that bad. We talked to him about what it is we do as missionaries and that our goal is to help him grow in faith and then to be baptized. He then asked what baptism was. We both got really excited as we explained what it was along with explaining very simply about faith and repentance and then also receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost. Then we invited him to be baptized and with a lot of excitement he said YES! We sat down and had gotten up within the time of 20 min and that is all that it took. We actually were able to meet with him again on Friday and he volunteered to say the opening prayer and in it he expressed thanks for us teaching him how to pray and also for the chance to learn and to prepare to be baptized. So it was a good Birthday. Also another really good day was Saturday. It was really rainy but we stayed very dry. The reason is because we sat in the institute and didn't leave it for 4 hours teaching people and it was great. Really quick I also wanted to say that on Sunday I experienced the hardest lesson of my mission on Sunday. It was with a Chinese guy that had really bad English and we had to teach through a member that is Chinese as well. It was really hard to stay focused at times.

I love you all and I hope that you have a great week