Songshan

Hey everyone,

This week I got to my new area, songshan without any problems. This place is great and people here are awesome. I love it. The members really like to feed us and give us food all the time. It makes me worried about being able to keep up my figure. I will have to work out really hard now. Haha. Good thing that I have a weight gym around here.

 

Food: Wild cherry chocolate ice cream bar: I know that this is really lame for a review but it was a good deal, buy one get one free and we had a feast of ice cream bars on a very hot day. really hit the spot. 4 cold cherry creams out of 5.

 

Verbatim:

(I hope somewhere out there Brandon Rogers reads this, or someone gets on my facebook and tells him to read this):

Me: Oh, have you ever had Ceviche?

Elder Cordon: Oh yeah, it's most what people eat when they're drunk though. They go and throw up and then eat ceviche and it kind of like...brings them back to life.

Me: (after laughing really hard) Oh, my friend learned how to make it on his mission, he made it for me in college. It was really good.

Elder Cordon: Oh, I wonder who taught him how to make it....I'm worried!

(Both of us bust up laughing)

 

What if it's a good lie? Like to make someone feel good?--Makiko, our investigator, on the 10 commandments

 

I don't cheat on my husband!--Makiko, after I invited her to keep the law of chastity. This happened mostly because our member said that it was basically if you're married to not cheat on your spouse and all. It was really funny and I assured her that we don't think that she cheats on her husband and that it's just a standard that we are expected to keep. It was hilarious. She's so cute. She's this Japanese woman who is just so sweet and accepting.

 

I met with the bishop here because no one had done it in forever and he was super happy for us to come over. He told us that it was so rare that missionaries would come over. We shared a message and it was both funny and serious and he really liked it. We earned a lot of trust with him and in Ward Council the next day, he just gave the time over to us to present some new plans from the mission and some of our plans. It was amazing to be able to work with him and see the impact of having the bishop on our side. It's something that I have learned over and over on my mission. 

We also worked a lot with members this week and got to know them a lot. Most missionaries here have just kind of clustered around Wu mama who is amazing but she's not the whole ward and can't substitute for it. The members seemed surprised and touched that we wanted to see them and all. When we visited, they were so warm and accepting of us and we have already gone a long way to establish an amazing relationship with them.

 

This week also saw a great miracle on the street. We were going along contacting at night before a lesson and I was talking to people and I just talked to this guy, a brother Liao. He is already Christian and recently got baptized in another church just because the minister said to. He is super open to the message though and as I shared about the restoration with him he seemed like he like it a lot. I set up with him to come back to the church later that night and he really did come back! He came to church this week and has met with a few times. Both times he's been a little late so we have had very little time to share with him but we are excited to set a date with him this week. I can't wait. I think that he's got tons and tons of potential!

I love you and thank you for all your support!

Elder Siebert