District Siebert 2.0

Hey everyone!
This is my last week for a while at least of being a zone leader. It
has been a fun haul and I have learned a lot. It's been a blast going
on exchanges with all my missionaries and now I will have far fewer
missionaries to look after--5! I am going to greenie-bust yet again,
for the third time actually. It'll be fun. I am going to Xindian and
it's going to be an adventure! Let's see if we can end the drought and
get someone baptized!

Verbatim:
"Whew, that was a very strawberry burp" (me)
"you smelled that one?" (Elder Kasparian)
"yup"
"Toots loudly in the restaurant. That's not gonna smell like
strawberries" (Elder Kasparian)

Sorry so many of these are about a certain bodily function, but Elder
Kasparian is a monster sometimes.

"You NEBRASKAN!!!!" --me on Elder Kasparian's flatulence
" Hi, this is Elder Shi, your new companion! No, I am your companion!
Fine, I'll put him on" --Elder Kasparian trying to pull the wool on my
new companion
"My singing voice is very unique, it's not always good in the air for
everyone to hear"--benjamin, a carribean investigator

By the way, people thought that I was a beast this sunday when I gave
my talk because I read a super hard scripture and also used a couple
really good idioms. Thank you mommy!

This week I saw an amazing miracle. We were riding along and I saw
this guy sitting outside a seven smoking. I had the impression that I
needed to talk to him and share with him. I said hello and asked how
he was doing. He told me that he was struggling with some personal
issues at the time. I assured him that God loves him and that he could
feel his love through baptism. He listened and talked with me as I
shared and I could feel his thirst for the gospel, something maybe
even he wasn't aware of yet. Nonetheless, he willingly set a date to
be baptized on the side of the street and set up for the next day to
meet with us. It was such a cool miracle for me to see. I really could
feel our Father's love for us. The next day when we met with Chen Jun
Hong he came in looking a little downcast, but as we shared his
countenance had the most amazing change. He went from looking a little
down to smilling and really having this glow by the end of the lesson.
I think that it was so good to see that he was willing to listen and
open his heart to the change.

I have also had a lot of miracles this week with people that I
contacted ages back. I got this Brother Wu to come to church yesterday
and meet with us having contacted him in the first week of the
transfer. I also got in touch with a guy that I got last transfer and
he set up and met with us. He was really cool because he told me how
he decided to come over because he could feel that I was trying to be
like Christ. It made me feel really glad that someone noticed because
I felt like a couple times this last week people haven't really
noticed. Though that's sad, it has pushed me to try harder.

I love you all, thanks for all your support!
(especially everyone who writes!)
Elder Siebert