Darn Mouse!

Hey everyone!
This week I is reporting from dat dere southern place called Xindian! I just thought that I would try an affected southern drawl for a second because I am now in the south zone. I think it's be cool if I didn't leave the zone for the rest of my mission, that way I would have an equal number of transfers in the north as I did in the south.

Food:
I have become a frequent customer at a Thai shop nearby, one of the dishes that I tried was a Tofu pudding (the same consistancy as the stuff in the states) over noodles. It was okay but really strange and looked like snot. I don't think that it was particularly satisfying either. 2 gelatinous 'gumes (you know, legumes) out of 5.

Mo2Mo2ZhaZha: This is an amazing Thai drink with assorted jellies, tapiocas, and palm seeds in it. It's all in this really good coconut milk stuff and the place I had it at also served it with a squirt of cherry syrup. so good, and so refreshing! 5 bizarre baristas out of 5

Verbatim:
That's the one bad thing about this bathroom. When it's wet and you have to take a poo, you have to take your pants off. --Elder Murphy as he went to pass Congressional Acts on exchanges.
So what are they believing today? --Elder Murphy on the girl who told us that he parents believe Buddhism and Christianity on and off

The Visitor Checks in: We had a mouse come into the house Tuesday night and I was irrate. I don't mind the thing, but it was so loud and it was jumping all over my face and bed, making it impossible to sleep. I wanted to kill it so badly. I found a big cage trap in our house and I set it up thinking that I would catch the thing and then kill it. We came home and sure enough, we had caught it. (i have it on video). However, both my companion and I were a little too soft to kill it once it was in the cage, so we decided after a long discussion about drowning it, freezing it, suffocating it or smashing it that we would put it in a missionary's bike box. However, as time went on and the mouse looked worse and worse, we decided that we would just let it go. We took it on a long run and let it free. I think it was the most humane thing to do.

Benevolence with Bite You in the Bum: Well, last night I had a little bit of evidence that I am too nice. That mouse that we let free has come back. This was the only reason that I was reluctant to let it go in the first place. I am please to inform all readers that it climbed on my face this morning and this time will surely die. I set up the trap again, this time disguising it with a pillowcase and lining the inside with tissues. That little mouse will have no idea what hit it. I will though. It'll be a hammer. There's no remorse or apolgies this time. I will have a dead mouse.

The Miracle that was: This week was a good week for finding. Unfortunately a lot of my new investigators with baptismal dates ended being scummed from me because they don't live in my area. I was praying so hard for the chance to have a baptism this transfer and I saw a miracle last night. We were going to this road that I had felt good about before and I was praying in my heart that I would be able to find the right people. I kept praying and I had a subtle impression about this one stack of houses, so I told my companion and we got off. I gave him the option to knock or call and he took the calls. Haha. I started knocking, praying fervently that someone would let us in. The second doorbell got us into the stack and I just went up from there. I kept talking to people at the doors and I felt really powerful as a witness though nobody accepted, I know that they felt the spirit. It was taking a while really. I finally got the top floor and there was a girl and her little brother out. I asked if there parents would have interest and she said they were going to go to the hospital, but that her older brother would like it. She called him out. The parents lpassed us as she did and they told us they were too busy but to talk to the kids. Turns out the brother and the girl and little brother are all amazing. We shared about prophets, which they understood and then I had a feeling about Joseph Smith and talked with them about that. The older brother told us that he feels like Joseph and he has really wanted to know which church is true and has gone to many, seeking an answer. It was remarkable miracle. They were so excited about the idea that God wants to talk to us now and they accepted baptismal dates and told us they have time to learn everyday. It was the biggest miracle that I have seen in so long! I was so pumped all last night.

I know prayers are answered. I know that without a doubt.
I love you all,
Elder Siebert