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 大家好! This week was so good and I can't believe I'm already halfway done with the transfer.

Tuesday we had a great lesson with 陸先生. We talked about following the prophet and he said he believed in our living prophet today so we moved on to the Word of Wisdom. He told us that he drinks sometimes but then was totally willing to give it up to follow the Word or Wisdom. He has a  testimony of this gospel but he says he's not ready for baptism yet so we're praying for him.

Wednesday we taught our friend Meili and gave her a Book of Mormon. We don't have set appointments with her so we usually just show up and see if she's home. She seems to really be interested in learning more about the gospel and is opening up to us now so that's really cool.


奶黃包 from Oakland

Thursday we had a bunch of member visits. We visited with a guy named Jay who has been a member for almost a year now. He actually goes to an English ward so he can learn English (and our branch is pretty much only old people who are active) but we meet with him anyway. He's super cool and we spend a  while just learning Chinese from him and teach him a little English haha.  We also met with the Hsu家庭 and Jennifer. They're all so nice especially  Jennifer who offers to help us fellowship even with her busy schedule.  

Friday we met up with Sun Yuan at a park so we could give her a Book of  Mormon. She's a really sweet Chinese lady who is actually really smart and has a high intellectual for learning. It's slow but she's progressing more and more as we reach her. Right after we got a call from Luda to meet her at her friend's house. We went and she introduced us to her friends the 糖家庭.  They were really nice and we prayed for their family. We shared a short message and got to know them. The whole time they talked in Mandarin and I wasn't able to understand everything but it was good practice and a taste of what Taiwan will be like.

My trainer sleeping during a meeting
Sunday our friend Emily and the 糖家庭 were at church! It was so awesome to finally have some of our friends come to church. We also talked to Meili again but it was cold and rainy outside so we didn't spend a lot of time teaching her.

The first couple of weeks were hard adjusting to new people and working hard everyday but last week I was studying charity and came across Moroni 7:48.  I read "pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love". I took Moroni's advice and prayed every day I could have charity for all those around me. And well it went pretty well haha. I  had an amazing week and even only being here for 3 weeks I already have so much love for the people I'm serving. The members are all so amazing and our friends are progressing in the gospel. I kept looking toward Taiwan instead of focusing on where I am right now but now I appreciate the opportunity I have to serve her in California.

我愛你們! Also, I'd love to hear from all of you so feel free to email me!  

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