Good to hear from you this week dad. Last, week you were missed :-). but youre right, i have great siblings and friends who write. You guys are the best. Thanks for thinking to send that email about the earthquake in Chile. It really is amazing isn't it. I actually had already read it. We were invited to dinner at an ex-pats house on Sunday and they read it to us. It is amazing how fast things travel through the internet.
I'm sorry to hear so many illnesses back home, that hurts my heart. i hope everything ends up ok. You are all in my prayers daily. Cuz I luvs ya so much! I love reading about how cold it is. It excites me. I had a deam the other night where it was cold and i had to put on a sweater, it was awesome. I woke up wrapped in my blanket that usually sits at the end of the bed, sweating...
Sister Lim is good. She is hilarious. She says the funniest things. You should see the two of us try to kill a cockroach. It's embarrassing. I think there is a nest in our house somewhere. When sister lim sees a roach she screams and runs away, then i start screaming, and we jump on chairs or beds to get off the floor. That sad part is we want it dead but we really don't want to kill it, or come anywhere close to it. Last time sister lim rolled up a poster and started wacking at it but each time she missed by a foot because she didn't want to get close to it to actually hit it. haha she screamed throughout the experience. man it was funny. we are pathetic. She is also an incredibly fast walker. She is pretty tall for an asian and has long strides. I jog to keep up. She always wants to pass people in front of us who are walking slow. With out fail, every time she wants to pass someone she whispers to me "overtake OVERTAKE". It makes me laugh. she speaks english very well but she says things no one ever says, it's correct english, but who really says "overtake"? i love it.
Right now we are teaching a bunch of Chinese men: Kho, wong, Kong, and paul haha. They are great. Last week was Kong's first time fasting. He thought he was going to die. Throughout church he kept asking me how I was doing, as if I was going to faint or pass out any minute. He was genuinly worried, probably because he felt like he was going to. Kong has really been stretched since he was baptized. He gets picked on to say the prayer all the time and he takes it like a champ. I know he is scared to pray but he is doing so well! His prayers are adorable; like a three year old.
Paul is cool too. He is the one who left a letter in the church mailbox. He loves what we teach. He is really good about bringing friends to introduce to us too. He always shows up with someone; and they are always young girls who work at a hair salon or are going to beauty school... It's kind of wierd. Paul is 30+, no front teeth, and kind of a goober. but he has a lot of really hott beauty school friends. hmmmm.
We had a neat experience teaching Kho yesterday. He is a friend of Jonathans (a branch member baptized about 6 months ago). We sat down to teach him and he had a lot of really different ideas and questions. He viewed the commandments as more of guidelines and thought the path to heaven was a highway instead of a straight and narrow path (only to name a few). We taught him and he had an objection to everything and tonz of random questions. BUT, we had the spirit with us and were able to give him a solid indisputable answer to everything he threw at us. It was awesome. He would say something with the face of "try and dodge that comment i dare you" and we would have a simple reply that couldn't be argued, every time. When I would respond to things he said, he would sit there quietly for a bit and say "i never thought of it that way"; at least until he thought of something else to argue. I'll be honest, it felt awesome to know that with the spirit, I would have an answer for everything. That's how awesome this gospel is! At that moment, I was completely confident there wasn't a question he could ask that I couldn't explain. I wish I felt that confident all the time. I have definitely had lessons before where they asked questions I didn't really know how to answer. but not this time. When I gave him answers he would tell me I was very good at explaining things and answering questions. It wasn't me, that is for sure, but it rocked just the same.
Late last night we had another small neat experience. We have been teaching this adorable Tamil lady named Vasugi. She has been a joy to teach. She goes to institute, sings in the branch choir, comes to church, it's only a matter of time... But lately she has been really busy. We were going to meet with her on Thursday but the other day she told us she was busy. THe only other night she could meet was Wed and we were busy that night. So, later we decided to move some things around and make time to see her tonight (wed). I called her last night and she picked up the phone saying "oh sister v I was just praying that you would call! I was praying to the God for guidance and direction and that you would call!" It is cool being the answer to a prayer, I am very grateful for a God that looks out for us individually and knows exactly what we need. He's the best.
I sure love you all. thanks for the emails!
sis v
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