August 11, 2013

YOOOO!

This past week was great. Saw tons of Chee-G's! Aka miracles. By the time Saturday came around we still hadn't found any new investies.... So, on Saturday we decided to bike to Zhuole and find the guys we found a couple weeks ago. We bike all the way there, get to their house and they aren't home... But as we are leaving their house this guy on a scoot pulls up. We are getting our bikes ready to leave to go eat lunch, but we decided to go talk to the guy who just pulled up. So, we go make friends with him. He is actually the little brother of one of the guys we met a few weeks ago! Nice. We were able to share with him about the Book of Mormon, prayer, and Tianfu(Heavenly Father)! He is already Christian so it was like a refresher. At the end of the lesson we invited him to pray. He said a great prayer. After he said he hadn't prayed in about 5 years. Miracle number one. Miracle number two: We made lunches to eat there because there is literally no place to buy food there. Haha. After we ate we were planning where we were going to go first when this guy comes flying down road we were on. I yell to him, "Can I give you something?!" He turns around and we start talking to him. He is a college student who lives pretty high in the mountains. He told us he is Catholic. We introduce the Book of Mormon and tell him how when we read the Bible and the Book of Mormon together we can more clearly understand the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He was all for it. He was chewing bettle nut. This plant that they chew here that is red and nasty. It is like chewing tobacco? I'm guessing. Everyone loves it here. He started chewing it in elementary school. So crazy. But this kid was so good. We are going back to Zhuole this week to find our friends we found last week! The Lord is preparing these people!

We had such a sweet experience with the Rong family this week. I already wrote President about it. I'ma copy and paste.
This past week we saw a huge miracle with them though. We have been meaning to teach them the Word of Wisdom for a couple weeks now and every time we go to visit them either the whole family isn't there or something has come up. But this past week we were able to share with them the Word of Wisdom. It was the most special time I have shared the Word of Wisdom on my mission. They are Aborigine, so the dad pretty much does it all. Smokes, drinks, chews binlang, ect... So, sharing this commandment with them was a big deal. We went into the lesson knowing we needed to rely on the Spirit to help us know what to say to help them understand this commandment. As we went in there with humble hearts, open to the Spirit, the entire Rong family committed to living the Word of Wisdom. As we were teaching and testifying I felt the Spirit so strong. I could feel the Spirit testify through me, promising them blessings. That as the whole family keeps this commandment they will be blessed with more unity, harmony, and love in the home. It was a really cool experience. I know Heavenly Father helped them prepare to hear the Word of Wisdom. And we had been praying like crazy that Rong Dixiong's heart would be willing to accept. And he was. That is a testimony to me of the power of prayer. Heavenly Father hears our prayers. And I know He is preparing these people!

Yeah, so miracles left and right! This past week was really good. I love missionary work. I still can't belive how fast time is flying. I feel like yesterday I was writing e-mails. It is nuts. Last P-day we went to this music store to get two guitars fixed. One is the Sisters and one is a guitar that Elder Graves gave to me. Fo free! Niiiiice! We get to this music store and in the back I see some drums... I was a little hesitant to ask the boss if I could play them. But then I asked and he totally let me. It was awesome. So much fun. THEN, we found this less active Brother Huang. And across from his house is this house shack thing and inside it also has a drum set. When we were talking to Brother Huang I asked him whos drums they were. He said they are his. But no one ever plays them. They just sit there. I asked him if we could come play them today. He agreed. We're going over today. :) Super Stoked.

Alright, I love you all. The Church is true. God loves all of us. He is watching over us every single day! We can talk to him whenever we want. I know when we do He is a happy man. Have the best week ever!

Love,

Elder Relyea