This has been a pretty good week for us in our area.
We spent a lot of time finding, going all over our area to hunt for new investigators. Last Tuesday we were tracting in the Concord/Pleasant Hill area and were invited in by the woman who answered one of the first doors we knocked. Her name was Bailee, she's a student at Diablo Valley College, and she'd always been curious about what we as Mormons believed. She had grown up with a lot of spiritual influences, put has also experienced a lot of very difficult trials. We had a long discussion with her about spirituality, and the concept of how Heavenly Father knows each of us personally. She ended up saying the closing prayer and accepting a copy of the Book of Mormon, and we later passed her on to missionaries serving in that area. It was a nice little visit and teaching opportunity, one that we as Chinese missionaries don't often get.
We are still working with our current investigator Aris. He is doing well, but was too busy to meet with us at all this week. He did tell the Visitor Center sisters from Salt Lake who are co-teaching him with us that he now knows that God is there. This is a HUGE step in the right direction for him. He has been challenged to read specific sections of the Book of Mormon by us, and we hope that that also propels his progress.
My studies this week have been really good. I've been focusing my personal studies on prophets, specifically Adam as the "Ancient of Days." It has been insightful to read about how he was baptized and how he was taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Its so much that I've never learned about before, and it's been so fascinating.
This week has brought me a lot of joy. Pres. Frandsen invited Elder Carns and I to participate in a panel discussions at an Interstake Youth Conference. We were apart of a workshop all about what it is really like to be a missionary, answering questions and telling funny stories. I also got to sing at this week's "Why I Believe?" fireside, given by recent-converts who've been baptized in the last few months in our mission boundaries. I felt a lot of joy as I was able to connect with people I've served with previously, both ward members, companions, and even friends from home. Joy has been something I've been searching for lately, and I've definitely been able to find it in strong relationships with others, and renewing those connections. It was a great way to end our week.
We spent a lot of time finding, going all over our area to hunt for new investigators. Last Tuesday we were tracting in the Concord/Pleasant Hill area and were invited in by the woman who answered one of the first doors we knocked. Her name was Bailee, she's a student at Diablo Valley College, and she'd always been curious about what we as Mormons believed. She had grown up with a lot of spiritual influences, put has also experienced a lot of very difficult trials. We had a long discussion with her about spirituality, and the concept of how Heavenly Father knows each of us personally. She ended up saying the closing prayer and accepting a copy of the Book of Mormon, and we later passed her on to missionaries serving in that area. It was a nice little visit and teaching opportunity, one that we as Chinese missionaries don't often get.
We are still working with our current investigator Aris. He is doing well, but was too busy to meet with us at all this week. He did tell the Visitor Center sisters from Salt Lake who are co-teaching him with us that he now knows that God is there. This is a HUGE step in the right direction for him. He has been challenged to read specific sections of the Book of Mormon by us, and we hope that that also propels his progress.
My studies this week have been really good. I've been focusing my personal studies on prophets, specifically Adam as the "Ancient of Days." It has been insightful to read about how he was baptized and how he was taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Its so much that I've never learned about before, and it's been so fascinating.
This week has brought me a lot of joy. Pres. Frandsen invited Elder Carns and I to participate in a panel discussions at an Interstake Youth Conference. We were apart of a workshop all about what it is really like to be a missionary, answering questions and telling funny stories. I also got to sing at this week's "Why I Believe?" fireside, given by recent-converts who've been baptized in the last few months in our mission boundaries. I felt a lot of joy as I was able to connect with people I've served with previously, both ward members, companions, and even friends from home. Joy has been something I've been searching for lately, and I've definitely been able to find it in strong relationships with others, and renewing those connections. It was a great way to end our week.
In other news, we were able to make some more good dinners, and just returned from a visit to Pixar studios! Oakland has been great thus far. Next week, lots of changes with the addition of Smartphones to the mission! Dun-dun-DUNNNNNN!!!
Love you all! Have an amazing week! TianFu Ai NiMen!
Elder Butters/Bao ZhangLao
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