Happy May to you all. The weather in Oakland sometimes thinks it's September, but we are off to a good Spring!
This has been a crazy week for Elder Carns and I. We've been able to do most everything a Missionary serving in Oakland can.
The majority of this week has been spent finding new investigators. Elder Carns and I spent our entire Saturday all around our massive area immersed in every kind of finding activity available to us. We tracted, went contacting on the campus of Diablo Valley College (where we met a couple Chinese people), made phone calls to former investigators, and tried to reach out to potentials. It was a long day, and not much fruit to bare from it, other than a few spiritual conversations with people. Some of those people were pretty interesting, including a man who talked a lot about the White House and a woman who told us how G2 Towers are melting everyone's minds...you can't maje this sort of thing up...only in Oakland can you make these sort of memories. Hopefully we find someone this next week.
I'd like to thank everyone for their wonderful thoughts and kind words for Aris. We met with him Wednesday afternoon, and surprisingly, he's doing GREAT! We've decided to make our primary focus with him one that would allow him to maintain his faith and belief in Christ rather than to weaken it as we wait for a time for him to be baptized. He shared an incredible testimony with Elder Carns and I, and we know that he will eventually be baptized. We had a simple lesson with him on the power of prayer as a foundation of building our relationship with God. We also had the chance to take Aris to a concert this week. He's in an A Capella group, and we all enjoyed a BYU Vocal Point concert at the Temple. It was AWESOME!
We also had Zone Conference this week, a finding blitz as a Zone, and multiple service projects for both members and non members in our community. There is never a dull moment, at least we hope.
On to more spiritual things. I've finished the Book of Mormon again in my studies this past week, and have started studying it by highlighting and learning about some of the attributes and advice given to me in my patriarchal blessing. This has already helped me to view scriptures I've read hundreds of times previously in a new light, and learn even more from them. It also has shown to me that the Book of Mormon is something that can become a personally significant and relevant treasure to each of us. I love that Book! If you haven't read it, READ IT! Two thumbs WAY UP!!
Well, that's about it from our end this week. I love you and am so grateful for all of your support. It means the world to me. Please continue to pray for my brother and I as we continue our service.
我爱你们!! 加油!!
Elder Butters/包长老
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