Hello Everyone!!!
This week was very grindy and full of walking. However, many great things happened this week!
We have seen lots of many amazing miracles from working our butts off! This week consisted of about 5 hours or more walking around to find the prepared. We have lots of potentials and met a lot of great people.
On Tuesday, Elder Willes and I went into the AP's area. I was with Elder Dew who is a Spanish speaking missionary. So now I know how it feels to not understand a foreign language, but I got him back by taking him to a Chinese dinner!! 😁
On Saturday, I went on another exchange with Elder Lowry. He is a very new missionary, but is awesome! I love going English every now and then because you meet the most interesting people! One of the last guys we contacted was fairly old. I was yelling at him from pretty far since he was in a awkward spot. He walked up to us and said, "You are one of the lucky ones". I replied with " What do you mean by that". He said "It's because your happy in this doo-doo of a world". Then he jumped right into politics LOL. He told me that Obama was the Anti-Christ and led our Country to destruction. Then told me that Mitt Romney was wayyyyy too Mormon so that wouldn't have worked out either. LOL I love talking to people...😁
Then we had a miracle with a couple we met by the name of Brother Yang and Sister Yang. We were walking down the street and saw a couple working on their car. We found them trying to communicate with a Hispanic man who knew no English. So it was very interesting to see two Chinese people who don't know English talk to a Hispanic man who didn't know English either! We showed up and they were amazed we knew Chinese. We helped them find the trunk lever they were looking for. We talked to them a little bit after about our purpose and what we do as missionaries. We exchanged contact info with them and called them on Sunday. They didn't answer us so we decided to stop by. They are still in the process of building their front yard porch so it was kind of hectic. We asked her if we could come by later that day and they agreed. We came over around 7:30 and taught them the Restoration in their new home. We got to prayer and began explaining the role of prayer and how the Book of Mormon can help them receive an answer to their questions. Sister Yang (the wife) chimed in and said "We have attended many churches and never really found happiness or satisfaction in any of them. However the message you bring has brought a new peace into my heart I have never felt before". She continued, "We bought this new home hoping to find new happiness (at this point she is crying), but we haven't. You have brought a new peace and comfort in my life that I want". Then Brother Yang agreed and talked about how they are feeling such great warmth on the inside!! The lesson was amazing! We taught them prayer and that they can know these things are true. They accepted a baptismal date for 1/14. They are excited to read and can't wait to meet again. Miracles come from hard work... it's as simple as that.
Great week on the mission!
Elder Nelson 孙长老
Exchanges-Ben and Elder Lowry
Happy Birthday Jesus
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