January 30,2011 - "He would drink every night before bed. But now he reads the scriptures in stead."

Hello family!

Good to hear from you guys and from pops.
Sisi that's not something I need to hear. silly girl.
So this week should be sweet. Chinese new years. We have dinner appointments every day pretty much and there will be lots of fireworks and craziness here.
This past week was different. Monday was preparation day. Tuesday I went on exchanges with someone who is younger than me but is a senior companion. Wednesday was English class. Thursday all the leaders had training and my companion is district leader and so he had to go to that so I went with Elder Wheeler from Idaho. And during that time I was the senior companion because it was in my area. We ended up with really good numbers. A little bit better than we usually get. It was really cool. Then on Friday the same thing happened except it was a threesome with me and Elder Wheeler and Elder Waters.
It was really good and we taught lots of lessons and found lots of new people as well.
Next Saturday we are having another baptism for a Chen qiu zhen. He is 60 years old and is a taxi driver. He was a really solid member referral. He had a problem with drinking. He would drink every night before bed. But now he reads the scriptures every night instead. He reads for about an hour every day. So good.
Last night we met with Xu wen hao. He is the one who wants to get baptized but he can't quit smoking. Last night he told us that he asked God in one of his prayers if he could be baptized and go to the Celestial Kingdom and still smoke. He told us that God gave him the answer "No.". He received an answer from Heavenly Father that in order to go to the celestial kingdom he has to quit smoking. We watched "Finding Faith in Christ" (thanks mom). It was really good and it build his testimony. He would be such a good member if he could get over the whole smoking thing. Whenever we say something he always says something like "Yes I know, because I was reading in the Book of Mormon in ______ and it said that _________. Which is exactly what you are saying. Right?" He loves reading the Book of Mormon, speaking with his Heavenly Father through prayer. He loves learning at church. He would be so good.


OK its time for..... Miracle Madness!!
Monday the 24th: We got Brother Zeng to laugh. It was beautiful. Elder Farr peed his pants. I got to take a two hour nap.
Tuesday: We added 19 new investigators. I ate peanut M&M's. I saw a guy shoot a homemade firework gun into a casino.
Wednesday: I got to sleep in Zhou zhang lao's old bed. I ate M&M's for breakfast. And a muffin!
Thursday: I was senior companion and we did awesome.
Friday: I was senior comp and we survived the scary place.
Saturday: Brother Chen passed his interview.
Sunday: We had 7 investigators at church. Both Chen's came. Xu received an answer to his prayer while at church. Chen zhong liang got the priesthood. Good day.

So those were the miracles that happened this week.
This week I learned that if someone comes to church, reads the scriptures, and prays. They will get personal revelation. Also last week I started reading the New Testament. I'm in Mark right now. Jesus is pretty cool. He knew what he was doing.


Love,
Elder Graham