Hey everyone!
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Yeah, all of my friends will be married when I get back too...except for one...then I'll get home..and then she'll be married too. Hahaha.--Elder Kaluhiokalani on friends before the mission
I wouldn't want to shave my arms because when I shave, my hair growth goes crazy. My arms are the one body part that hasn't gone wildebeest.--Elder Kaluhiokalani on shaving off body hair (I will be happy to tell all of you that I have convinced him to shave his armpits. I have had amazing success with that lately. I got him, Elder Weng (actually american) and Elder Sabey to do it. I am rockin' the new trend! It's so much more hygenic!)
You just haven't tried dark meat....You don't know what you are missing until you have tried dark meat, once you have, you realize how dry and tasteless white meat is. That's how my friend explained this to me.--Elder Kaluhiokalani on looking through my pictures and realizing that all the girls I knew before were white. He doesn't like white people that much.
Let's get weapons of war *wink wink*.--me right before we got drinks for war
Well this week was an awesome week because I have a short term missionary with our companionship right now. He's a great kid and he's having a blast with us, though I think that he's exhausted out of his mind. Last night we had the awesomest war in the world! We went and got drinks with the big black tapioca balls in them and then we drank the drinks, strained out all the tapioca and had an all out war in our apartment! We put all our papers and everything away and were going in and out of rooms, ducking behind furniture and just blasting each other silly with the little tapioca things. It was the funnest 10 minutes ever! We were all covered in tapioca balls and so was the apartment! We spent a long time getting them off everything and then mopping the floor and wiping everything off, but it was totally worth it. It was the funniest thing, we were all screaming and yelling and shooting each other. I think that we'll likely all remember it for the rest of our lives. haha.
This week was also a week of hard work. We met with an awesome family this week, A Sister Chen2 and her little boy who is eleven. They both came to church this week too and the ward was so excited to see them. The bishop was talking about it to everyone afterwards and the whole ward it seemed, went up and talked to them, got to know them and invited them to come back. It was a great miracle to see this ward so excited and in the game.
I had a really cool miracle as I was going down the street this last week as well. I was headed to an appointment and I still had a little time and I saw a guy walking on the other side of the street. I just had a strong feeling to talk to him. I went to the other side of the street and started talking. For some strange reason, I had a feeling to ask if he'd just been to the bookstore because he was holding what looked like a book in his hand. He said yes and that it was a religious book. I then asked what religion he had and he told me that he had just started going to church not too long ago. It was really cool. I started talking about the restoration and he was immediately interested to hear more. we went over in the shade and I had some time to share the whole message of the restoration with him. It was super cool. I was blown away at how prepared he was. I am also grateful that the spirit told me to talk to him, otherwise I would have missed the great opportunity to share the gospel with him and have my own testimony strengthened as well.
I just know that the spirit will inspire us to do all the things that God wants us to do, He will also tell us all things. We were teaching a former investigator this week and as we were talking about the BOM I could tell something was bothering him about it. I prayed and then it came to me by the spirit--He thought that the BOM replaces the bible. I quickly told him right then that the BOM doesn't replace the bible but supports it. He instantly softened. It was a great miracle. The next time we met, he brought up a question about the sabbath on sunday because he's seventh day adventist and I shared some scriptures but then the discernment came that his real question was if there really is revelation at this time or not. I asked him and he looked surprised and responded that yes, that was his problem. We testified of the BOM and Joseph Smith and he committed to pray about both and also to baptism. It was a great series of miracles. As long as what we do doesn't drive the spirit away and we are willing to slow down and listen to Him, I testify that He will lead us to do all things that are good for us and those we love and serve.
I know that this gospel is true and I love you all. Thanks for all your support, love and prayers!
Elder Siebert
