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Ok before I move onto holy things, I just need to vent about our AC man. So a few months ago our neighbors below us said that our AC was leaking so we had to call this man to come and fix it. A week without AC and 2,500元 later it was fixed. Or so we thought. A few weeks later the neighbor complained again and I was not going to have it. I looked at our AC a ton and never saw a leak. Then I think the Lord taught me a lesson on humility and I eventually saw the leak. called the ac guy back and he said he has to take it out again. I asked how long it would take. He said 3-4 days. Great. 3 weeks later he brought it back. But then he forgot a part and has to bring that back this week!! Agh. Elder Nelson and I had some good laughs about it. Amidst the frustration we were able to tell some classic construction worker stories and had some more laughs. Lesson: Don't trust AC men. 'How long will it take to fix?' '2 maybe 3.....' '2 what? Days? Weeks? Months?' That's kinda how I felt.

Now onto the holy things.

This week went pretty well for us! We were able to find some cool people out street contacting! We had a day where no one was accepting anything we had to say then we saw this man sitting on his scooter on the side of the road. We started talking to him and he said that the missionaries used to visit his family when he was a little kid! We talked a lot about prayer and that God always hears our prayers. You could just tell that the spirit was working on him because he was thinking really hard about the questions we asked and such. His name is Titan!! He invited us to come to his house tomorrow to teach him more!! Super excited!! Except he says he has 8 cats..... pray for us. 

Samson passed his interview last week so we are very excited about that!!! He told our Zone Leader in the interview that he wants the blessings that comes after baptism. He said that I told him there is more to do after baptism and that is what he wants. He always tells us that he has seen this gospel make his life happier. When I asked how he knows it's true he said that the night before he came to church he prayed and asked God if it was true. The next day in sacrament meeting some member gave their talk and as he was listening to their talk, he received a spiritual confirmation that this is the true church! Really made me think that we can learn a ton from sacrament meeting speakers and that we can receive answers to prayers if we listen to what the speakers have to say! I say that rather hypocritically because before my mission, sacrament meeting was a battle between my smarts and my mom's elbow. Me trying to be smart to find ways so she doesn't know I'm a sleep and her elbow slamming into my ribs to wake me up. I sure missed out on a lot of spiritual opportunities. I hope you all don't do the same!

As a missionary you meet a lot of people every day. I have come to notice that all the people around me truly aren't happy. You can just tell! "What do you think the purpose of life is?" Their answer every single time "I have no idea. Never thought about it." How is that even possible!??? "Do you think this question is important?" "Yeah of course!!" But they never want to learn more. It's sad just to see these people wandering through the mist of darkness not knowing that eternal life lays ahead of them. We went an visited a former investigator and he invited us in and as we were talking you can just tell that he is so sad! The whole time we talked to him all that I could think is this man needs the gospel soooo bad!!! President Teh talked about it in his weekly email, the gospel is the only thing that can really bring us happiness. the world has nothing to offer in comparison to what God has to offer. Everyone needs to realize their identity and purpose.

We are very excited for Samson's baptism this week. Seeing someone enter the waters of baptism is very special. 

Church is true. 

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Elder Anderson

Haven't played ball in like 5 months so Elder Nelson and I decided to go play at the park. Got invited to do some 3 on 3's. Super fun!! Got to teach the ways of American basketball and the gospel! Perfect!

Fixing to have a FEAST this week!! Elder Nelson has never had it before. He's in for a real treat!!!! Manna from heaven!

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