November 20, 2011 - WofW testimony / Li family baptism!

OK so this week was pretty cool. To start off the week we had 4 first time sit downs. Pretty good for only 3 hours worth of proselyting. Then on Tuesday we sat down with a guy we met three months ago. And at first he could meet three times a week, but now he can only meet once a week. And so he has been making really slooowwwww progress. And the entire time, he has had Word of Wisdom issues (alcohol, smoking, coffee, and tea (the member shared WoW with him the first lesson)), and he tried giving back his Book of Mormon because he didn't think he could keep the Word of Wisdom. But on Tuesday when we met, he was so awesome. He reads about a chapter a day from the Book of Mormon, and prays several times a day. And on Tuesday we followed up on the word of wisdom stuff. He said he stopped drinking and smoking first. Then when he was at work he had enough energy to last throughout the day without coffee or tea. And then he shared his testimony of the WoW with us. He said that before when he was at work he would always be really tired and feel like he needs to sit down and take breaks. But now he has enough energy to be standing up and walking around all day long. And he also told us that he is starting to tell all of his co-workers about the Church and the WoW. So that is Zeng di xiong. He said he would love to be baptized (when before that was out of the question), the only problem is for the next month, he has to work on Sundays. OK so that was on Tuesday. Wednesday was just Wednesday.
On Thursday we sat down with a guy whom we contacted about two and a half months ago. He had read through chapter 14 in first Nephi and an entire liahona and had lots of questions. We only meet with him a few times a month, but he keeps his reading up which is really important.
Friday was... weekly planning sesh.
Saturday was crazy. First, right out the door, we went to the church for the wards Missionary day activity. At this point the Li family was already at the church good to go for their baptism. Us missionaries did some funny skits and some instruction. Then 12 was lunch of some kind of seaweed soup stuff. Then we went outside in the rain and did missionary work with the members for 4 hours! Then we came back to the church all wet for a testimony meeting and then dinner. Which was sooooo good. A lady named Pong jie mei who lived in England for a while made american style pasta. It was soooooooo000oo000ooo good. I had three massive plates of it. And she made a ton. There was a whole pot of leftovers. Then Wu di xiong finally showed up for his baptismal interview (45 min late). Then the Li family's baptism started. Then right before they were about to go into the water, Wu di xiong passed his interview and I had to help him fill it all out. Then the Zone leaders left without signing it. So it was crazy and then they had to come back all the while the Li family's baptism is going on. In the end it all worked out. Except the guy who passed his interview didn't come to church and hasn't answered his phone....
There is no such thing as thanksgiving here. I didn't get the package yet. And I don't think I need anything else. Gotta go. A member is taking us to a steak house. yummy
Love Elda gwaaaammmm