I feel very blessed that Heavenly Father always gives me super cool companions. Even though I've been in Zhang Hua forever, it's a new ball game when you have a new companion. Elder Stroud and I have had a blast our first week together here in Zhang Hua. We actually got kinda wrecked this weekend with lessons falling through and people rejecting us (and I have a nice head cold), but for the most part we had a really solid week. We have an investigator named Zhao Wei, who is doing really awesome. He has a baptismal goal for next next Saturday (the 19th), the only thing in his way is that he wants to have his parents' approval before he gets baptized. That seems to be the big problem with our investigators lately. It's a hard problem that usually takes time to overcome. That being said, Zhao Wei fasted with us yesterday and he even bore his testimony during sacrament meeting! That's pretty awesome. I think he is the first investigator that I've had that has given a testimony in sacrament meeting.
Cool story!:The other night while tracting, we came across a Filipino woman. She had no interest, BUT she pointed out a house nearby and said that a bunch of Christian Filipino guys live there and might be interested. For some random reason I had a Tagalog Book of Mormon in my bike box so I grabbed it before we went up to this house. These Filipino guys were amazed that we had a book in Tagalog. Elder Stroud and I were then able to testify (in English) about the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. It was a very powerful experience and these Filipino guys invited us to come back another day and share with them more about the Book of Mormon.
Irrelevant story: the other day we were at the college basketball courts. There was a group of kids we contacted who were super nice but had no interest. As a joke, we asked them "hey, if we both hit half court shots will you come to church?". Long story short, I am 1/1 on half court shots for the year of 2016, but they didn't come to church.
We've got some solid plans for success this week (including going to eat a buffet with some members). #zhanghua4lyfe #literally
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