Hey everyone!
I am sadly, no longer a district leader. I got called by President Grimley this week and got moved up to be a Zone Leader. I am was very sad to have to leave my amazing companion Elder Chris Reynolds, but I am glad to report that I am going to be moving to ShiLin which is about two feet from my current area in Tianmu. I am going to have plenty of opportunity to see him.
This week I had:
Thai Green Curry: This was probably the best thing that has ever happened in my life. I loved it so much. The taste was creamy, deep, aromatic and spicier than pretty much anything that I have ever had before in my life. It was an amazing experience that left me gasping in more ways than one. Haha. Well, I give it 5 curried concoctions out of 5. (that was lame, sorry)
We had a great week this week and had an awesome experience with one of our investigators Zheng dx. We went to a baptism for Nei4Hu2 with him and it was amazing. First off, I got invited to talk at the baptism by the candidate, who has met me twice for baptismal interviews. It was pretty funny getting asked by her even though I know so little about her. Anyway, Zheng dx was so excited to go and he actually cried when he saw the baptism. He was so moved! He told me how much he wanted that kind of new beginning and there was a major fire in him. He is really smart (he's an oncologic surgeon) and I am pretty sure he's already on his second time through the BOM even though we only gave it to him the other week. It's a great miracle to see someone that I actually found from a street contact progress so fast and love everything about Church.
We had another miraculous meeting this week. We were meeting with a Zhou dx who has been meeting with missionaries for a long time, but I don't think that he was taught too effectively before. However, the Lord let me know what I needed to ask him and teach him a while back and since then he has really been interested in figuring out if there is a prophet and if God will answer his prayers. I asked him about how he felt reading the BOM was helping him and if he felt that it was helping him know what we shared was true. He looked at me really intently and he said, "I don't know if I am doing anything wrong, but I don't really know if my prayers are getting answered." He then went on to describe a lot of his feelings while praying and I kept knowing what to ask him to help him have revelation for himself. He recognized the feelings of the spirit and was so excited to see that God actually has been answering him. He was so thrilled. He told us that he didn't care that he couldn't see God in a vision, but that he was just so happy that God was helping him change and giving him these feelings. I know that the reason that lesson was so great was because all those questions were straight from Heaven. It was a great miracle to see him completely change from the time that I met him weeks ago.
I know that miracles happen, no matter how small they are. I want to ask everyone to think of one miracle that you saw in your life every day before you go to sleep. You will realize how much God watches over you. I promise and testify that is true.
Love,
Elder Siebert
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