Hey hey hey!
Well this was another great week in New York! My forty-day fast is still extremely hard, but the number of marks on my hand is still continuing to go down on my hand. Well it was.. until our zone had a meeting on language! They said that we need to stop using words like gay, stupid, dude, and man! For those of you that remember the way that I speak, I use these words quite a bit! It is going to be very hard to break the habits! I had quite a few marks the first day but I am slowly starting to get better.. Wow it is hard! The plus side is it is really teaching me to think before I make decisions and before I speak!
As far as investigators go, this week was great!!! We set a Bap date!!!! A BAP DATE!!! I am so happy! Her name is Wang Xiao jie and she will be baptized on 13 of March!! She was the one that I told you I contacted in a restaurant. She met with us finally, and oh my goodness she was so prepared! She left China a few months ago and did not really know why she wanted to. She kind of wanted to go to college here but she doesn’t really like it. When she saw us, she said that she was reminded of a teacher she had in China that would always talk about Christianity. She really wanted to learn about what it was. When we started to teach her she pulled out a note pad and started to take notes! She is so awesome! It was so obvious to me that heavenly father had prepared her to meet with us. At the end of our meeting with her we asked her to pray and ask god if what we had taught that day was true. The second that she asked the question the spirit became so strong!! I felt like my body was going to collapse!!! I am so happy that we met her what a blessing that she is!
We also met with wu di xiong. He was awesome! He is the one that I met at the new years party! He came to English class and met with us after! We had a great lesson about prayer and taught him how. At the end of the lesson, he said a beautiful prayer with us and wants to come meet with us on Saturday!! I am so happy!
Me and Elder Near played ruby and xia jie mei in ping pong again for a lesson, unfortunately this time it was not as good. I think they trained or some thing because they were doing very well! They beat us.. So we had to teach them English again!! Ha-ha! This week I told them the story of the 3 little pigs. This was a very funny moment! I made them say,” little pig little pig let me in.” "not by the hair on my chinny chin chin!!" I don't know if you can imagine this in a Chinese/Fuzhou accent but it was one of the funniest things that I have ever heard in my life!! We recorded it on our phone so they could hear and it is now our ring tone!!
Those two right now are probably our most solid investigators. I really feel like they are just prepared! I think the rest of our investigators are as well, it is just not as obvious yet! It has been so awesome to see how the harder you work and the more obedient you are, the more people you run into.. It is usually not even in times that you are expecting! Most of the time is not even when we are contacting! It is when we are in a restaurant or in the subway, something not planned at all! This is why we need to contact everyone that we see! Everyone!! Even though it is very hard and impossible sometimes! Especially in New York!
Ok I just found out that I am allowed to tell you guys the best news ever!!! I thought that I was not allowed until after but I can now! Last zone meeting, the zone leaders told us that they had a special surprise for us. On the board they drew a picture of New York City.. Then they passed out two talks by elder Bednar.. We were all extremely confused.. Then they told us to add the talks with the picture on the board! Elder Bednar is coming to New York just for our mission!!! He is going to give a talk to the missionaries and after we are going to have a question and answer with him! I cannot tell you what a miracle this is for me personally. I am so exited! Our mission president has also asked us to prepare so that we will be ready to receive the revelation that we need from him! We are really supposed to try to fix every small thing. I was happy that I had a head start! He is coming in two weeks, wow this is awesome!
Oh today we are also starting a new cycle! China town only saw one small change. Two of the companionship's were switched around. So now elder Fan left our pad and elder Huang is coming in, I am going to miss elder Fan! He was a very funny elder. He was the same one that dropped the air conditioning out of the window! Ha He is a great guy! Elder Huang is also great though so it will still be great! He is the one I think I told my family about? The snoring one! We decided we want to open a Chinese talk show after the mission and announce ping-pong. It is fun to practice with him! It is so weird how fast time is going by! These cycles feel like weeks!
Oh I also taught gospel doctrine in Chinese on Sunday! That was a very funny experience!! The whole time they were correcting my tones and pronunciation! I also taught them how to say "puts the cherry on top." relating to baptism! Ha I am definitely not the best gospel doctrine teacher!
Well I sure do love you guys! Thanks for all of the love and support! Sorry this letter is not that long! I think I am just so pumped on the bap date and Elder Bednar, that I am having a hard time remembering the rest of the week! Well, I am still loving my mission, it is amazing how much I am learning really about myself! I know that sounds selfish but it really is true!
Love,
Bao zhang Lao
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