My second companion from the mission left today.
That's the second missionary I've "killed" in almost 5 months.
People say it's hard but I guess it’s good that I'm doing it, because I don't
really get homesick that easily (sorry mommy). Sad to see him go, but two
years is a long time!
You teach and teach and teach, and hope people understand,
then they don't get baptized. Frustrating, but still a thing we have to
deal with. We can just hope they make decisions that are good for them.
It's interesting, one of these guys, after Heaton went
really hard on him about baptism, said we planted a seed. He said the
seed hadn't yet blossomed and his belief in everything we were teaching was
about 60%. I don't know about other people, but 60% to me, sounds like a lot.
We still have a week left to work on him though!
One of our investigators is a last year undergraduate.
He's really stressed right now with exams and everything. During a
lesson, he said he would think about a topic we were discussing for a
minute. He fell asleep for ten. Some things about being a student,
you don't miss. In a later meeting, on the topic of prayer, he said he
was going to try an experiment. Try praying to God in the name of Jesus Christ
like we teach, then try again just closing his eyes and talking to
himself. He was going to see if he felt a difference. That was a
very interesting idea, and I encourage everyone to try that. I know
you'll feel a difference.
We try to contact all the Chinese/Chinese looking people on
the street. Inevitably we run into people who are not actually
Chinese/from China. Most are not phased by us, but one guy a couple days
ago took offense to Elder Heaton asking if he was from China (he was an
American born Chinese). He got really angry and really sassy with
us. Sorry your parents are from China bro...
For a goodbye party for Heaton, we had a big hot pot party
at the institute. It was delicious! A very good taste of
home. The Spanish elders that were with us were interested at the hua
jiao, peppercorn pieces in the hot pot, how it numbs your tongue!
Hot pot!
Handing off the
Chinese children's teaching Book of Mormon
Bye Elder Heaton!
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