Hey everyone, how's it going? I'm kind of bursting to say this, so I'll just go ahead and say it: my sister got married on Saturday! Man, it seems like it was yesterday that I wrote my letter of how proud I was of her for her serving a valiant mission, and now I have a new brother-in-law....all I can say is, I am brilliantly happy for the two of them. I like the way President Packer summarized it, when it's all said and done: "The ultimate end of all activity in the Church is to see a husband and his wife and their children happy at home, protected by the principles and laws of the gospel, sealed safely in the covenants of the everlasting priesthood." I love it! I'm grateful for my parents and for other families that have exemplified that in their lives.
The work is cruising over here. We were pretty surprised to receive a phone call at about 10:45 Friday night from our branch president, telling us that Kelly wanted to get baptized the next day, but on the condition that she get baptized in the swimming pool by her uncle's apartment. Well, that got the check of disapproval, so for Kelly, the deal was off. It was strange, I've never seen someone negotiate about their baptism before. Kelly leaves for Taiwan tomorrow. She said she will meet with missionaries in Taiwan, so I'm happy.
We helped this one guy get some furniture out of his house this past week. You should have seen his house. It was incredible. The guy is a packrat, to say the least. He's basically never thrown anything away for thirty years. You know those comics, when the mom shouts at the kid to clean his room, and then she yells that she can't even see the floor, or that it looks like a hurricane blew through there? Yeah, it was like that. Piles upon piles of stuff. Swimming through stuff. I wanted to take pictures to show everyone how crazy and messed up his house was, but that seemed a little rude, so I didn't.
In spiritual news, we had a miracle in finding this past week! On Saturday night, we didn't have too much proselyting time left, but we opened a time for tracting for after dinner. Elder Dahl received a strong impression of where we needed to go the night before. He was definitely listening to the Spirit, because the first door we knocked on let us in! Our new investigator, Brother Liu, spoke about how he was reminded of his childhood in China (he's 75) of when he went to church with his dad but then when more anti-religious feelings spread throughout the country he had to stop. He was truly prepared to receive us! We had a brief 20 minute lesson with him and he accepted the baptismal invitation! The only problem is he's going to China on the 26th of this month and won't be back until December. He came to church yesterday and loved it and said he wants to bring a friend this Sunday, so we will give him the best impression we can before he leaves and then Elder Dahl or whomever is in the area in December can help him receive the fulness of the gospel. It was a miracle if I've ever seen one!
The Church is so true, the gift of the Holy Ghost is real, God really is directing His work as long as we let Him, and I'm loving being an instrument in His hands.
Have a great week, everybody.
- Elder DW
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