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Well this week was a little rougher then usual, but it was still good! It was bad because 2 of our bap dates are not answering their phones and not meeting with us, so they are not going to be able to be baptized as planned! Not going to lie I am a little sad about that.. they still want to learn but they are just so busy with their work and never have any time! We are going to meet with one of them tonight and I am exited about that! I hope that we can set a new date for her to be baptized! She is so ready all she just has to find the time! The other one Wu is very prepared as well, and has the same problem! I hope that they will start to develop faith in prayer, and realize that they can avoid this problem if they sincerely pray to have time.
On a good note, the rest of our investigators seem to be doing good! Chen Di Xiong is getting baptized this weekend! I love him so much, he is such a stud! He is not even a member of the church and he payed his tithing last Sunday already! This man is such a miracle! I am learning so much from teaching him! He obeys everything that we teach him, and is constantly asking for more to read. He LOVES praying! I wish you could hear him talk about it, the spirit is so strong when he does! You can really tell that he knows that it is a true principle!
We are also meeting some really cool people lately! We have been so lucky! Ling is the first one I want to talk about! He has already been baptized in another church, but because he moved to china town he was looking for a closer church! We contacted him on the street and he was so exited that we spoke chinese! He was amazed by the decision that we made to be missionarys and said that he wanted to meet with us! I was very surprised when he called us the next day to meet up! He was very accepting, and was so interested in the book of mormon! He left to north carolina for a few weeks, so it will be a while until we see him again, but I am very confident in him! We also met Wu Di Xdiong! He is a tour guide in china town! I told him that it has always been a dream of mine to work on the disney jungle cruise ride! He came to church on sunday and I was so impressed! We also met a Wu Jie Mei! She asked us to help her study for her test to get her green card. She is an english class student. after helping her study, we asked her if she is nervous. She said that she was. We told her that she can pray and heavenly father will help her feel better! She seemed very interested in prayer! We also met a Huang Jie Mei! Another english class student, who asked us to teach her how to pray! She missed the english class on prayer. She is so nice! We might go help her translate in her parent teacher interviews! That will be interesting!
Oh and by the way! Guess who almost all of the chinese people think I look like now?! If you just said harry potter then you are right! I have no idea why but they are all convinced that I am his brother of something! I have actully had like 5 people tell me this before this week but this week it got alot worse! I saw a member of our branch and her friend talking looking at me and laughing! I went over to see what the joke was and found out I look like a wizard.. that was interesting! That was definetly a miracle that I wrote down for this week it made me laugh so hard!
I really realized this week how important it is that investigators have their own faith, and own testimony! It is so obvious right now with our investigators! There is a big difference between the ones that are doing their reading and praying, and the ones that are not! The ones that are, are exited to meet with us and have this new glow to them!!! The ones that are not, do not answer our calls, and do not meet with us! It is so important not to borrow other peoples testimonys and work to have your own!
Well I love you all so much! Sorry this one is a litte short again! I am rushed today! I hope all is going well for you! Thanks for all of the love and support!
Elder Barton
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