Chinese New Year

How is it going guys!!!!! Well this week was super super super super awesome. "I" GOT BAPTISED! It was such a lovely experience to see her enter the waters of baptism and to also see how far she has come. We found her on the 9th of January and she was baptized on the 6th of February! Now she is a totally miracle. The last few days I have just been overwhelmed with love towards my Heavenly Father. And I know that the Lord places and prepares those in our paths to receive the gospel. "I" bore her testimony after the baptism about how she has never really felt that anyone loved her. She always felt out of place and

sad. But she testified how she knew she had a loving Heavenly Father who was always there for her and loves her so much. It was such a powerful testimony and I will never forget it. Saturday really was such an amazing Day, the baptism was perfect and it was so amazing to see all the support for Iris. All the Chinese were there. Wei Wei and Joon are two members that taught with us every single lesson we had with "I". And they are both recent converts by just a few months. They really helped so much. The sisters in the visitors centre were always so welcoming and loving to "I". It really has just been a great experience to see everything work so perfectly.

Well after the baptism we had a Chinese New Year party and it was soooooooooo sick! Hahaha. We did tons of weird but fun Chinese games and just had a really really good time. It was awesome to see how connected "I" was with the ward already. She was making dumplings, laughing, and just having a good time. I'm not worried one bit about her. She will love it here.

Just a few dumplings!!

So I was talking to President and Sister Stevens, and they said their bishop emailed them and said that he was good buddies with Elder Parkins dad. Their bishop is Barnes!  It brought back some good memories of Vinhagen. They also said that Braxton has started his papers! That's insane! Time flies. I remember when we were just little punks catching frogs, shooting guns, and eating meat. Good times. Good times.

Well the rest of the week has been just contacting and trying to have people to teach after "I" and we are struggling a bit.  But this week has been seriously one of the best. It was so good to see "I" progress so much in just a few weeks.

So something crazy went down on Sunday in sacrament. So during testimony meeting Wei Wei got up to bear his testimony and another member got up but Wei Wei got to the pulpit first so this guy started freaking out and yelling and just losing it. So the bishop had to tell him to leave and it was just crazy.  Anyways the meeting ended up being really great.

Lords Hand

I have seen the lord’s hand in "I" being baptized this week. She has come so far and I know Heavenly Father has helped her along the way. She had some struggles but her faith helped and the Lord knew exactly what she needed and it was just a blessing to be a part of. I have also seen the lord’s hand in having the sun come out on Sunday just for a little bit and also a couple more times this week. It has been cloudy and gloomy for a while now so it was good to see the sun and it just lightens the mood so much I love it.

I love you guys. You are the best and I hope everyone is doing well.

Keep being the best family. I love you so much.

No Short Cuts

Jacob